Apartheid was a system of racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa that separated people into four groups: white, black, colored, and Asian. It gave whites control over the country despite most of the population being black. Some apartheid laws prohibited interracial relationships and enforced separate education systems. Apartheid began as European settlers colonized South Africa and divided ethnic groups. It ended in the 1990s as the president helped pass laws dismantling the system and Nelson Mandela was elected president after the end of apartheid, though its effects like poverty still impact South Africa today.

1. Apartheid By: Annette Armellini

2. Why I chose this topic I chose this topic because I knew that Africans were still not completely free from Apartheid, I wanted to know more about how South Africa got this way.

3. What I already knew I knew that Apartheid separated people by race, which I believe is very wrong.

4. What effects does Apartheid still have on South Africa? (Essential Question) Africans are hardly free; although they can speak to whomever and go where they want to. Many still live in poverty. South Africa remains a divided nation.

5. What is Apartheid? Apartheid was a type of government in South Africa. It separated people into four groups: white, black, colored and Asian. Apartheid basically means “apart” or “separate.” Africa was under the rule of Whites, even though the majority was Blacks.

6. What were some laws during Apartheid? Married couples and families had to have state permission to live together. Black children and White children both had different education.

7. How did Apartheid begin? European settlers wanted to colonize South Africa. They got their power by separating them and making them fight each other.

8. How did Apartheid end? After forty-five years, the president, F.W. de Klerk, wasn’t for Apartheid. F.W. de Klerk helped pass laws to end Apartheid The government had given up after the economy was weakening in 1990. Then, Africans, of all colors, peacefully elected Nelson Mandela as the new president.

9. What happened after Apartheid ended? After Nelson Mandela announced that they were “free at last,” they had struggles to get over. It took awhile for it all to settle in, and some are still not completely free.

10. Some more questions after research Why aren’t the blacks completely free? Is Africa trying to get Africans out of poverty?

11. What surprised me Apartheid was really similar to that time of when Blacks and Whites were separated and how Martian Luther King Jr. ended it.

12. The end Thanks for watching!

13. Sources: http://www3.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/nph/twt/apart/timeline.htm http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/02/02-20-06tdc/02-20-06dops-column-01.asp http://home.snu.edu/~dwilliam/f97projects/apartheid/Document5.html

14. Sources (Continued): http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-apartheid.htm http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/global/Global_News_Headlines/Archives/EqualityCourts.asp Our Social Studies book

15. Sources (Picture): http://www.southafrica.to/history/Apartheid/apartheid.htm