Age of Iron Lesson Plan

U.S. and Apartheid?

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

In this activity, students will read about and discuss the ways in which the United States and its history of racial oppression mirror the apartheid regime in South Africa.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.C

Structure:

Part 1:

Students should begin by reading the following opinion piece:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/10/race-apartheid-united-states-george-floyd-protests/

While they read, students should reflect on the following questions:

1. How do the events of the summer of 2020 reflect those of South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s?

2. According to the author, in what way is...