Friday 22 October 2010

The apartheid: the Soweto riots.


Curious about what we have been working in class these days? Visit these links:

-Images and more info about the Soweto riots here. Read the information under the videoclip and answer the questions:

1)How many people were killed during the first riot (on June 16,1976)?
2)How many people were killed in other riots that year?

-The story behind the iconic photograph of Hector Pieterson. Read about it here. Answer the questions:

1)Who took the picture? What happened with him?
2)How old was Hector?
3)Who is the girl running next to them?
4)Who is the boy carrying Hector´s body? What happened with him?
5)Which newspaper published the picture? What happened with it?

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