Introduction
You have been hired as a researcher for the news247 channel. Your job will be to find specific information for the events that led up to the soweto uprising. The directors want this information in the form of a newspaper. They also want colorful pictures to attract the readers.You are a journalist sent out into the soweto museum to find out about certain aspects of the soweto uprising. After you research these items, you will be creating a newspaper.
Task
As you research, you will focus on the event that took place on june 17 1976.
1) You will be writing an article on what lead to the soweto uprising. You will need to include the start date, ending date, Generals, where it took place, casualties and the outcome. Along with this information, feel free to add other interesting information. This article needs to be at least 2 paragraphs long.
Most of all have FUN creating this newspaper. It should be factual but also creative and should reflect you as a writer.
Process
As any journalist, you will have many steps to go through before you are ready to hand in the final copy of your newspaper.
1) You will need to read over he task assigned to you. You can find what is expected of you under TASK on this web quest. Once you have read over the 4 sections of your newspaper, you will need to determine which battle you will research, which famous person, and another aspect of the soweto uprising.
2) Once you have determined what the four sections are going to be specifically focused on, you will start researching each item. We suggest you take one section at a time and find out all the information needed before moving on to another section.
3) Once you feel you have all the information you will need for each section, start writing the rough draft of your newspaper. Remember to go back and check specifics of the 4 different areas. (Some have length requirements.)
4) You have completed your rough drafts? Great, find an adult to proofread these for you. Ask them to, not only look for spelling and punctuation errors, but read it to see if it makes sense. You may have to explain what each section should sound like based on the information you gathered in the TASK section. (One needs to look like an interview between two people, one needs to be more informational, etc.) Then we need you to revise it and make sure you have met all the requirements specified in the grading rubric.
links to help you with your research.
- "The Count-Down has Started": Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising by O. R. Tambo, 16 June 1986
- Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
- Student walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
Evaluation
| key elements | 2 points | 4 points | 6 points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| layout format-headlines and captions | The article have headline that accurately describe the content. Most graphics have captions. | The article has the headline that accurately describe the content. All graphics have captions. | The article has the headline and caption that catches the reader attention and describes the content. | |
| who,what,when,where and how | less than 75% of the article adequately address the 5 W's. | 75%-89%of the article adequately address the 5 W's | The article addresses the 5 W's. | |
| article interest | The article contain some of facts or figures but is marginally interesting to read. | The article contains facts ,figures or word choices that make the article interesting to the readers. | The article contains facts,figures and or word choices that makes the article exceptionally interesting to the readers. |
Total marks:18
Conclusion
Now that you have completed your research, you should have a good idea how it was to be a reporter during the soweto uprising march.
Credits
- Cross, M. (1992). Resistance and Transformation: Education Culture and Reconstruction in South Africa, Johannesburg: Skotaville.
- Howcroft, P. unpublished South African Encyclopaedia papers.
- Kallaway, P. (ed) (1984). Apartheid and Education: The Education of Black South Africans, Johannesburg: Ravan Press.
- Saunders, C. & Southey, N. (1998). A Dictionary of South African History, Cape Town: David Philip
Teacher Page
welcome to the social sciences grade 9 webquest. My name is Selaotswe Motlhanke and i created this webquest to help learners to know their history in order to know where they are going. The intoduction of Afrikaans along side English as the medium of instruction is considered the immediate cause of the Soweto uprising.