Mr. K. Weiner

GLOBAL HISTORY 4

APARTHEID

APARTHEID EXPLOITED THE NON-WHITE POPULATION IN

SOUTH AFRICA

INTRODUCTION

How does it feel to be a foreigner in your own land? Millions of non-whites knew and experienced this feeling during the period of apartheid in South Africa. The apartheid system of South Africa existed began in 1948 and ended in 1994. During those years the ruling white government imposed many laws that forced all non-whites to live and work in terrible conditions. Thirteen percent of the population was white. However, this group owned 75 % of the land and the best land at that. The black population was moved into ghetto-like townships and were completely separated from the affluent whites under the government policy of apartheid. Apartheid was accomplished legally and constitutionally under the white leadership of the Afrikaner government. You will investigate this issue under the global theme of racism. Apartheid was a legal form of racism that led to three decades of conflict in South Africa.

AN IDENTIFICATION PASSBOOK

FOR BLACK RESIDENTS

TASK:

(1) As a historian and policy analyst you will be looking for evidence, causes and public policies related to apartheid. Your objective would be to determine how the apartheid policy of the government of South Africa created a racist society.

(2) You will be responsible for writing an essay using the Global Studies Public Policy Analyst approach. You will complete the following steps. First, you will complete the four Global History Public Analyst Steps using information obtained from your internet research.

Then, you will use the research from the work sheets to write an essay of THREE PAGES. The essay should be typed, double-spaced, and include a bibliography.

(3) Global History Public Policy Analyst Steps to be used as a research guide in writing your paper

PROCESS

· You will individually evaluate the policy of apartheid by using the internet to obtain evidence and determine the causes of this racist policy.

· Next, you will complete the five page Public Policy Analysis worksheets before writing your report (click below).

Identify Problem Determine Causes

WORKSHEET 1 WORKSHEET 3

Gather the Evidence Evaluate the Policy

WORKSHEET 2 WORKSHEET 4

· Next, you will use the On-Line Resources listed below, and your textbook, to answer the Public Policy Analyst questions on the worksheets.

· After you complete your four worksheets, type a three page paper evaluating the apartheid policy of the Republic of South Africa in MSWord.

RESOURCES

·ON-LINE SEARCH ENGINES

(1) http://www.yahoo.com/ (4) www. excite.com

(2) http://www.altavista.com/ (5) www.askjeeves.com

(3) https://www.google.com/ (6) www.dogpile.com

·REMEMBER, USE THE ABOVE LINKS TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR COMPLETING PPA.

YOU SHOULD USE PRINT MATERIAL AS WELL.

EVALUATION

A. Your grade for this project is based upon the following:

(1) The completion of the four Public Policy Worksheets

(2) AN MSWord research paper of three pages.

B. Your grade will be determined by using the following rubric:

Criteria Points

	1- Inaccurate	2- Needs improvement	3-Satisfactory	4-Execellent
Quality of information	Inaccurate information	General information. Uses one specific example. Has a vague understanding of issue.	Accurate information. Uses one specific example.	Accurate information. Uses two or more specific examples.	____
Accuracy	Serious grammar errors.	A few serious errors.	Few spelling mistakes.	Grammar is perfect	____
Format	No format used.	A format is followed.	A general format is followed.	Format followed is perfect.	____
Web site research	To few links with little relevance to project	Used more links, but insufficient support for project.	Many links which support the project	Excellent use of many links. All support the project.	____
Microsoft Word Research Paper	Incomplete, but includes the five step Public Policy Analyst format – does not use the conventions of standard written English	Complete with few analyses of the Public Policy Analyst format for this topic – shows a weak usage of the conventions of standard written English	Complete with sufficient analysis of the Public Policy Analyst format for this topic –shows an acceptable usage of the conventions of standard written English	Complete with superior understanding of the Public Policy Analyst format for this topic – shows a strong usage of the conventions of standard written English.	____

Total grade: __________

Grade Structure

Points Grade

14-16 = A- to A+

11-13 = B- to B+

8 - 10 = C- to C+

5 - 7 = D- to D+

0 - 4 = F

NEW YORK STATE STANDARDS MET FOR SOCIAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH

(1) The students will have met Social Studies Standards numbers 1 and 2.

(2) The students will have met English Language Standards numbers 1,2, 3 and 4.

CONCLUSION

This Public Policy Analyst WebQuest will help you understand how the government of South Africa carried out the policy of apartheid. Also, you will have found evidence, causes and the public policy of the Afrikaner government. Through this process you will have expanded your knowledge of how the people and government of South Africa lived under the racist policy of apartheid. Also, you will have increased your ability to do research on the Internet, understand how to be a public policy analyst, and further developed your writing skills.

Our next Web Quest will determine the policies of the South African under the leadership of Nelson Mandela.