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toc //(NOTE: After you add your information to this page, delete the instructions in parenthesis, including this note, so that all that's left is the 4 headers and your information.)// =G.R.A.S.P.S= = = ( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion.) **Presentation: comprehension - 25%, content - 25%, volume- 15%, posture and eye contact - 10%, enthusiasm - 15%, time limit - 10%.** || =Understanding(s)= • the events and underlying themes of Apartheid can be related to conflicts within American society and culture. • both personal and secondary - expert accounts are important in understanding Apartheid. • Apartheid had lasting influences both inside and outside of South Africa. =Introduction= "A terrorist has just been elected president," bemoans a middle-class Afrikaner citizen that you pass on the street, referring of course to the election of the newly-freed Nelson Mandela. Two blocks down, you pass by a group of African citizens celebrating the election of their hero, Mr. Mandela. By the time you get to the front door of your work, you realize that as a member of President Mandela's public relations team, you have a monumental task ahead of you, to convince the most powerful class in South African society that their president will not lead them to ruin.
 * Goal || **The goal is to create a 3-5 minute piece for an ad campaign, which describes the prejudice, restrictions, and violence faced by Black South Africans under the apartheid system.** ||
 * Role || **You are the public relations team for Nelson Mandela, who has just won the 1994 presidential election.** ||
 * Audience || **The White South African middle-class, that has lived largely shielded from the horrors of the past five decades.** ||
 * Setting || **The context you find yourself in is 1994 South Africa, which has just seen its first free election. While Black South Africans are excited by the prospect of finally having a legitimate social and political voice through President Mandela, White South Africans are fearful that with this shift in power, they will lose their political and economic power. This is complicated by the fact that most White South Africans live willfully ignorant of the true nature of what it was like to be oppressed under the apartheid system. The Mandela administration must begin to break down the walls that apartheid has built around South Africa's diverse population.** ||
 * Presentation || **Your team will create an informational advertisement using movie-making software that demonstrates life as it was under the apartheid system.** ||
 * Standards || **Movie: concept - 25%, citation - 15%, creativity - 20%, teamwork - 20%, quality - 10%, time limit - 10%.**

=Task= With free elections in 1994, the oppressed Black South African majority voted for the charismatic Nelson Mandela: your boss. He has given you the task of rewriting mainstream South African history through a series of extended television advertisements, where you must reveal the true nature of the apartheid system to the White middle-class; a group that has lived willfully ignorant of the true level of inequity that exists in their country. Given their fear of losing power and position to a newly-empowered Black majority, you must begin the process of bringing mutual understanding to two bitterly opposed groups of people, so that they may thrive and coexist in a free country. =Conclusion= Your actions may have prevented our country from falling into racially driven chaos, and Mr. Mandela is surely very pleased with your work. Hopefully, both you and your audience have gained some insight into the horrors of apartheid.