Lesson video

Hi everyone, it's nice to see you.

Welcome to today's lesson with me, Miss Emms. It's a history lesson and I'm really excited to be here with you looking at this question today.

Let's have a look straight away at our key question for today's lesson.

So, in this lesson we are going to be answering this key question: What impact has Nelson Mandela had? And this is lesson three of three with me, Miss Emms. It's really important that you've had a go at completing lessons one and two.

In lesson one, our key question was: What was apartheid? We learned when and where the apartheid laws were made and in lesson two we learned all about the very important person, Nelson Mandela.

We learned who he was and what he wanted to achieve.

Today, we're going to learn about the impact that he has had.

So, our star words are going to be the first thing that we do in today's lesson, followed by a recap of the previous lesson's learning.

Then we're going to think about Nelson Mandela's release from prison, before moving on to talking about the election and some of his other achievements.

And finally, it will be time for the end of lesson quiz.

So, you're going to need three things in this lesson.

Firstly, some paper.

Secondly, a pencil.

And thirdly, most importantly, your brain switched on and ready to go.

Now you've got that there.

You need to go and get your paper and your pencil.

So pause the video now, and go and get yourself ready by getting your paper and your pencil.

Off you go, pause now.

Great, well done everyone.

Now you're ready, let's get started.

Let's have a look at our star words.

My turn, your turn.

Star words, star words, star words! Great, well done.

Apartheid.

We've learned about apartheid and the apartheid laws in lessons one and two, okay? We know that the apartheid law-- apartheid was a collection of laws that separated black people and white people in South Africa.

The next star word is South Africa.

And we know that that's the country in which the apartheid laws were made.

Our next star word is Nelson Mandela.

We've already had a think about Nelson Mandela and who he was and what he wanted to achieve.

We know that he wanted everyone in South Africa, whether they were black or white, to be equal and to be treated fairly and equally.

President, your turn.

A president is someone who is in charge of the country.

Okay? So we are going to learn about who is the president of South Africa at the time and we're going to learn about Nelson Mandela becoming president after he comes out of prison.

Election.

An election is where people in a country vote for who they want to be in charge, for who they want to be in power, okay? So, a quick recap.

I want you, using these two key words, equal and separated, to complete the sentences.

The government wanted black and white people to be ____? Great, the government wanted black and white people to be separated.

Nelson Mandela wanted black and white people to be ____? Equal, well done! To be equal, great job! Why did the government send Nelson Mandela to prison? Was it because he had committed a crime? Or was it because they were worried about the amount of support Mandela was getting? Put your finger on the correct answer, option one or option two.

Great, hopefully you put your finger on option two.

They were worried about the amount of support that Mandela was getting.

It wasn't because he had committed a crime.

And finally, up for our recap.

How long did Nelson Mandela spend in prison? Nelson Mandela spent ____ years in prison.

Can you remember how long he spent in prison? Write it down or tell your screen if you can.

Did you get it? It was 27 years.

Don't worry if you weren't able to remember.

You can write it down now: 27 years in prison.

Great! So, let's have a think now about Nelson Mandela's release from prison.

He spent 27 years in prison.

That's a really long time to be in prison, to be in jail.

Why was he released from prison? So we know why he went into prison but why was he released? There were a few reasons.

Firstly, lots of black people and white people felt angry with the apartheid laws and with the leaders of South Africa who kept the laws in place.

They wanted the laws to change.

They felt angry at the leaders of South Africa who kept these laws in place.

The second reason was that leaders from around the world did not agree with the apartheid laws and they wanted them to change.

So leaders from around the world put pressure on South African leaders and told them that they wanted these laws to change.

And thirdly, a man named-- his name is Frederik, but we're going to-- his full name is F.

W.

de Klerk, was the president of South Africa at the time.

Here is a picture of him on your screen.

Now he was worried that people would start physically fighting to end apartheid and he did not want that to happen.

He made the decision to release Nelson Mandela from prison.

Okay? I wonder if you can remember those three reasons.

Can you remember the three main reasons why Nelson Mandela was released from prison? You're going to use these images here to help you.

So, who was angry and what were they angry about? Leaders from where wanted the laws to change and this man, you don't need to remember his name, he was the president.

What did he do? Write down your three reasons on your piece of paper.

Off you go, pause now.

Great, well done! Let's recap.

You don't need to have written down the exact reasons, let's see if you were able to remember.

You can tick or fix.

The first reason was that lots of black people and white people, so everyone, lots of people, not just black people, not just white people, lots of black people and white people felt angry.

And what were they angry at? They were angry at the apartheid laws and the leaders of South Africa.

That was the first reason.

Leaders from around the world did not agree with the apartheid laws and they wanted them to change.

That was the second reason.

And the third reason is that F.

W.

de Klerk, Frederik, was the president of South Africa at the time, so he was worried that people would start fighting to end apartheid, physically fighting.

So he decided to release Nelson Mandela from prison.

So, Nelson Mandela was released from prison.

What happened next? So, F.

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de Klerk and Nelson Mandela decided, well they worked together to end apartheid.

So both of them made efforts to work together to end apartheid to stop the laws from being in place.

What happened next? In 1994, there was an election.

Remember, election was one of our star words and we know that an election is where people vote for who they want to be in power, for who they want to make the laws and to be in charge.

And we know that under the apartheid laws, black people had not been allowed to vote in elections.

In 1994, black people were allowed to vote.

That's one of the big changes that came about when the apartheid laws ended.

What happened in 1994? Tell your screen: "In 1994, there was an ____?" There was an election.

Well done if you got that right! There was an election and were black people allowed to vote? Yes, they were.

Nelson Mandela became the president of South Africa.

Okay? So we know that this man, Frederik, F.

W.

de Klerk, was the president but in 1994 when the election took place, Nelson Mandela was voted to be president of South Africa and that was a really important achievement.

He became president of South Africa.

And when he was president of South Africa, he continued to fight for equality, okay? So he didn't stop because things weren't complete, things weren't equal, okay? So he wanted to continue fighting and making sure that in South Africa, black people and white people were treated fairly and equally.

He also won a very special prize.

He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and he won this for his lifelong efforts.

That means, he didn't just spend a little bit of his life trying to make life in South Africa fairer for everyone, he spent all of his life, a really long time, making sure, trying to make sure that life in South Africa became fairer for everyone.

And that's what he was given the Nobel Peace Prize for.

As a recognition of his amazing efforts.

So, why did Nelson Mandela win the Nobel Peace Prize? Can you write down an answer? Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize for ____? Go, pause the video and write down that sentence with an answer.

Great, well done! Hopefully you've got something like: "Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize for "and then, his lifelong efforts or just his efforts "or trying to make life in South Africa "fairer for everyone." So, there is something very special called Mandela Day.

Mandela Day is a day where we celebrate Nelson Mandela and we celebrate this day on the 18th of July.

And this was Nelson Mandela's birthday, that's why we celebrate it on the 18th of July.

And it's an opportunity, a chance, to remember how he took action and led to great change.

So on this day, we can remember all of the efforts that Nelson Mandela made to take action because he really cared.

And to make sure that things changed, to make sure that things became much more fair, much fairer for everyone.

For black people and white people in South Africa.

Why do we celebrate Mandela Day? I want you to tell your screen: "We celebrate Mandela day because ____" Tell your screen.

Great, we celebrate Mandela Day because we're celebrating Nelson Mandela and all of his efforts to make things fairer for black people and white people in South Africa.

Do you remember how he took action and led to change? Great, well done everyone! It's going to be time for your end of lesson quiz next, when you can think about your learning from this lesson and see what you can remember.

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You should feel really proud of yourselves.

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Well done on a great unit of learning! You've tried so hard.

You've learned a lot and you've put in lots of effort.

Well done! Can you give me a big high 10? Three, two, one.

Bye, everyone.

See you next time.