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MADIBA! A webquest

by Seiyifa Koroye

Mandela with a child Mandelas birthplace


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PART OE: OUTLIE

SUMMARY: A Webquest on the Life and Achievement of Nelson Mandela

LEVEL: Advanced/University

TIME:

o 2 hours: introduction; warm-upso 1 hour: poster presentationso 1 hour: surveyo 2 hours: proposal presentations; follow-up activitieso 2 hours: online researcho 2 hours: homework

LAGUAGE OUTCOMES:

o Integration of visual and listening comprehensiono Summary and poster writingo Essay writingo Public speaking

SITES/TECHOLOGY USED:

o Various websites, for document, audio and video fileso In class: laptop with internet access, data projector and videocam (to

record presentations, for feedback/evaluation)

http//www.southafrica.info/mandela

http//www.anc.org.za/people/mandela

http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela

http//www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandela

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-lecture.html

http://www.nelsonmandela.org/index.php


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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Nelson+Mandela

http://time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mandela

www.mla.org/style_faq4.

ICT OUTCOMES

o To develop internet search skillso To learn to use an email forumo To introduce students to ho electronic documents/resources are cited

in academic writing.

PREPARATIO

o Open an account at Google Mail. Use your student number as yourusername, in the following format: u.year.xxxxxxx. E.g:[email protected].

o Send your full name as a message to [email protected] and Iwill invite you to join the class forum at Google Groups.

o I will put you into 20 groups of 6 or 7 students each.PART TWO: LESSO PLA

SECTIO 1: ITRODUCTIO (in class, 1st session, 2

hours: data projector; laptop with internet access)

1. Who is Madiba?

o You know him! elson Mandela, first democratically electedPresident of South Africa, 1994-1999.

o Madiba is a respectful and affectionate nick-name for him.o See the batikshirts he is wearing? He wears them a lot and they have

been named after him, asMadiba shirts.

2. Who is the Asian Mandela a little web search

o Kim Dae-Jung?o Hose Alexandre Gusmao?o Asif Zardari?


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o Let us find out by doing a little web search.o Now we are online, I will search Asian Mandela.o Next, I will call on three of you to come and key in one name eachand we will see what happens.o So go ahead! Find out about these persons and write a 200-word

essay on one of them, beginning xxx is called the Asian Mandela

because

o Hand in your essay one week from today.o Below: Robben Island where he

was imprisoned for a long.

o Right: the cell where he was kept.

3. Mandela belongs to the World!

o Read the following passages while they are projected on the screen.o Briefly discuss what the passages are suggesting with the members of

your group.

SECRET WISH: If any hypothetical ew World Order were to

emerge during his remaining years, we cast an early vote for elson

Mandela as president of the world. .

http://www.askmen.com/men/business_politics/58b_nelson_mandela.html


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o Write two sentences to summarise your own impression of Mandelaas suggested by the two passages.

o Now, hand in your answers.4. and now a real warm-up!

o Pay very close attention while watching this slideshow withcommentary.

o Answer the following questions:a. On what day was Mandela born?

b. In what year did he open his law practice, and in which city?

c. In what year did he marry Winnie?

d. The commentator defines apartheidin two words. State the twowords.

e. What are the last five words of his address to the judge at his trial in

1964?

f. In what year did the Soweto riots occur?g. On what date was he released from prison?

h. On what date was he sworn in as President of South Africa?i. At his inauguration he called South Africa "a .... nation" - what is the

missing word?

j. After his divorce from Winnie he married again. Whom did he marryand on what date?

o Now, hand in your answers.

In the canon of human conscience elson Rolihlahla Mandela is themost famously revered in the contemporary world. In the 20th

century he was one of the few who, in contrast with those who made it

infamous for fascism, racism, dictatorship and war, marked the era

as one which achieved some human advancement. That is the context

in which his name will live in history, beyond the new millenium.

elson Mandela belongs to the world.

adine Gordimer, South African novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize in

Literature, 1991, "Let us now praise famous men ..." (2006).


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Mandelafor President

SECTIO 2: TASK

1. Before the next class (online)

o Go to the class forum and do the following tasks:o Open the survey template and post your answer to the question.o Write out the survey question and get responses from 10 persons who

are not members of this class. Bring your survey results to class.

2. The main task and the way leading to it

o The main task in this webquest is for each group to write a proposalto the AU urging it to honour Mandela by declaring his birthday aPride of Africa Day to be celebrated by all African countries.

o Before this individual task the class will conclude the Mandela surveyby analyzing the results and, working in groups of 5, research the lifeof Mandela on the Internet and do posterpresentations in class.

SECTIO 3: PROCESS

This part will have four interlinked stages: research; poster presentation;

survey; proposal on honouring Mandela; follow-up individual poster.


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1. Research (online)

o Research the fivemain phases of Mandelas life: Early years;Freedom fighter; Prison years; Freedom and the presidency;After the presidency.

o Each phase will be assigned to four groups working independently.o The following websites are recommended, but you can find more!http//www.southafrica.info/mandela

http//www.anc.org.za/people/mandela

http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela

http//www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandela

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-

lecture.html

http://www.nelsonmandela.org/index.php

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Nelson+Mandela

http://time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mandela

2. Poster

a) Preparation (group homework)

Discuss in your group what you have found out about the phase ofMandelas life that you have researched.

Prepare a hand-written poster featuring at least 6 themes or facts thatcharacterize that phase of Mandelas life.

Reproduce the content of the poster as a Word document and have itphotocopied for circulation to all students.

b) Presentation (in class, 2nd

session, 1 hour)

Class looks around poster display. Each group will have one member present its poster.


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The four groups that worked on each phase will discuss their postersand agree to make one poster out of them.

The five phase-linked groups will each present its new poster. After a brief class discussion of the issues raised by the posters youwill vote to choose the best of the five posters.

3. Survey (in class, 3rd

session, 1 hour)

I will give you the results of the class survey. We will collate the results you have brought from the survey of

persons outside the class. Does the outcome of the class survey differ markedly from the larger

survey? What conclusions can we draw from the survey? Does it help in any way to prepare us for writing the proposal to

honour Mandela?

4. Proposal (in class, 4th

session, 2 hours)

Groups will write their proposals for presentation in class. The focus should be on circumstances, events and actions that make

Mandela an extraordinary person in your groups view. Maximum length is 1000 words. For citing electronic documents, see www.mla.org/style_faq4. The posters and survey results will be on display, projected on to a

screen, as a backdrop for the presentations. You will vote to choose the best of the five presentations.

5. Follow-up: Poster summary

o Summarize the information you have gathered about Mandela. Usinga poster format, present your points in 10 text-boxes, one for each ofthe following themes/topics:

o Family backgroundo Political situation at the time of his birtho Childhoodo Events that influenced himo Struggleso Hardships


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o Turning pointso Victorieso Achievementso How he changed the world.

o See the illustrations below. (Yes, you may use different colours foreach of the ten boxes or slides!)

o Post your document to the class forum, so that your colleagues can seethe findings you consider most important.

SECTIO 4: EVALUATIO

The essay task of Part One and the poster, proposal and personal poster tasks will

be assessed, using an adjusted format based on the following chart:

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Below average Average Above average OutstandingGrades F and E Grades D and C Grade B Grade A

Presentation

simply read

aloud; not easy to

follow, poorly

illustrated, and/or

under-rehearsed;

work not well

distributedbetween group

members; little

apparent liaison

or collaboration

Presentation

organised into stages,

clearly illustrated and

sufficiently detailed

to give a general idea;

evidence of rehearsal

and sufficient group

collaboration, even ifworkload not evenly

distributed; some

reading aloud, but

some improvisedtelling

Well organised

presentation, with clear

and detailed rationale,

showing evidence of

thorough research and

rehearsal; attractively

illustrated; work well

co-ordinated andevenly distributed;

some reading aloud, but

some improvised

telling

Presentation painstakingly

researched but presented in

an engaging, even

entertaining, way;

technically impressive, well

resourced; even distribution

of work, each contribution

harmoniously linked to makea coherent whole; report

delivered with notes but not

read aloud; questions

handled effectively andspontaneously

Further ReadingHallengren, Anders. "Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow of Culture", 2001.

Mandela, Nelson.Long Walk to Freedom. The Autobiography of elsonMandela. Boston & New York: Little Brown, 1994.

Mandela, Nelson. The Struggle Is My Life. New York: Revised, Pathfinder,

1986.

Answers to warm-up quiz:

a. 18 July, 1918b. 1952, in Johannesburgc. 1958d. racist ideologye. I am prepared to dief. 1976g. 11 February, 1990h. 9 May, 1994i. rainbowj. Graca Machel, on his 80th birthday, 18 July, 1998.


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o Thank you for joining me in the Madiba! webquest.oMandelas 90th birthday comes up next year!

Seiyifa Koroye

July 2007

[email protected]

Survey question: will you agree to sign a proposal

addressed to the African Union calling on it to honour

Mandela by declaring his birthday a Pride of Africa Day

to be celebrated by all African countries.

Answer by choosing one out of options A-D:

A. Yes, I agree absolutelyB. Yes, I willC. Well, I dont knowD. No, I wont.

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