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Peer reviewedSweeney, Maria – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1997
Illustrates the possibilities of critical literacy by discussing a project a class of fourth-grade students undertook to write and produce a play about the conditions of apartheid, the history of resistance, and the upcoming South African elections. Concludes that students felt empowered as social activists and believed they had a mandate and the…
Descriptors: Activism, Apartheid, Class Activities, Critical Thinking
Hendrikson, Leslie – 1983
This unit is designed to introduce upper elementary and middle school students to the traditional cultures of the people of Southern Africa, particularly the Swazi. Information on housing and family life covers family structure, marriage customs, respect for ancestors, male and female roles, employment, eating customs, and handicrafts. An overview…
Descriptors: African Culture, Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Family Life
