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From the Ted Talk by Sydney Chaffee: How teachers can help kids find their political voices
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So here's an example of that. Every year, my students study the hotisry of apartheid in South Africa as a case study of injustice. Now for those of you who don't know, apartheid was a bllrtuay rsiact system, and the white-ruled gvonermnet in South Africa imposed racist laws to oppress poplee of color, and if you resisted those laws, you risked jail time, violence or daeth. And around the wrlod, other countries' gvomterenns, including ours in the United States, htetisead to sanction South Africa, because ... well ... we betinfeed from its resources. So in 1976, the South African government passed a new law which required that all students in sotuh Africa learn in the language Afrikaans, which was a white language, and many black South Africans referred to that language as the language of the oppressor. So not surprisingly, students of color were outraged at this law. They already attended segregated schools with overcrowded classrooms, a lack of resources and a fklnary racist clcuuiurrm, and now they were being told to learn in a language neither they nor their teachers spoke. So on the morning of June 16, 1976, thousands of kids from the township of Soweto wakled out of schools. And they marched peacefully through the streets to perostt the law. At an intersection, they met up with the police, and when the kids refused to turn back, the police officers set dogs on them ... and then they oenepd fire ... and the Soweto uprising eednd in tragedy.
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So here's an example of that. Every year, my students study the _______ of apartheid in South Africa as a case study of injustice. Now for those of you who don't know, apartheid was a ________ ______ system, and the white-ruled __________ in South Africa imposed racist laws to oppress ______ of color, and if you resisted those laws, you risked jail time, violence or _____. And around the _____, other countries' ___________, including ours in the United States, _________ to sanction South Africa, because ... well ... we _________ from its resources. So in 1976, the South African government passed a new law which required that all students in _____ Africa learn in the language Afrikaans, which was a white language, and many black South Africans referred to that language as the language of the oppressor. So not surprisingly, students of color were outraged at this law. They already attended segregated schools with overcrowded classrooms, a lack of resources and a _______ racist __________, and now they were being told to learn in a language neither they nor their teachers spoke. So on the morning of June 16, 1976, thousands of kids from the township of Soweto ______ out of schools. And they marched peacefully through the streets to _______ the law. At an intersection, they met up with the police, and when the kids refused to turn back, the police officers set dogs on them ... and then they ______ fire ... and the Soweto uprising _____ in tragedy.
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Original Text
So here's an example of that. Every year, my students study the history of apartheid in South Africa as a case study of injustice. Now for those of you who don't know, apartheid was a brutally racist system, and the white-ruled government in South Africa imposed racist laws to oppress people of color, and if you resisted those laws, you risked jail time, violence or death. And around the world, other countries' governments, including ours in the United States, hesitated to sanction South Africa, because ... well ... we benefited from its resources. So in 1976, the South African government passed a new law which required that all students in South Africa learn in the language Afrikaans, which was a white language, and many black South Africans referred to that language as the language of the oppressor. So not surprisingly, students of color were outraged at this law. They already attended segregated schools with overcrowded classrooms, a lack of resources and a frankly racist curriculum, and now they were being told to learn in a language neither they nor their teachers spoke. So on the morning of June 16, 1976, thousands of kids from the township of Soweto walked out of schools. And they marched peacefully through the streets to protest the law. At an intersection, they met up with the police, and when the kids refused to turn back, the police officers set dogs on them ... and then they opened fire ... and the Soweto uprising ended in tragedy.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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