Good afternoon P3, You have been working so hard at home and we have now completed all the work on Famous People, provided to you in your booklet. We still have a few more weeks of work before the summer holidays, so Miss Mahood and Mrs Atherton had a chat about other famous people who we think would be interesting to learn about. This week we would like you to learn about a man called Nelson Mandela. He fought for black people to be treated the same as white people. If you have been watching the news over the past week, you will have seen other people wanting black people to be treated the same as others. Love from, Miss M & Mrs A

•  Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa on 18th July 1918.

•  He went to prison for 27 years for fighting against the government and their unfair treatment of black people.

•  Four years after being released from prison, Mandela became the first black president of South Africa.

•  He died on 5th December 2013.

•  Mandela was and is a worldwide hero.

Facts about Nelson Mandela

Growing Up Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo in South Africa. His father called him Rolihlahla which means ‘troublemaker’! However, when he went to school, his teacher gave him the name Nelson because she could not pronounce his African name. After school, Mandela went to university where he studied law and eventually, he became a lawyer in 1942.

Problems in South Africa Most South African people are black but there are also many white people who live there too. White and black people spent years fighting over land. When Mandela was growing up, black people had little say in how South Africa was run and most of them worked as servants or in factories and coal mines.

Problems in South Africa In 1948, the South African government made new laws to keep white people and black people apart. This new system was called the apartheid. A white person and a black person could not marry, they could not share a table in a restaurant or even sit together on a bus! Black children and white children even went to separate schools.

The African National Congress In 1944, Nelson Mandela joined the ANC. The ANC wanted black South Africans to have the same rights as white South Africans. They protested against the government but this was dangerous. In 1956, Mandela and 155 other people were arrested and Mandela went to prison for 5 years. He was released from prison early, in 1960.

Continuing Problems Violence between white and black people grew and the South African government blamed Nelson Mandela and the ANC for causing it. In 1962, Mandela was arrested again and was given a life sentence. He spent the next 18 years in Robben Island prison before being moved to a different prison for another 9 years.

Free Nelson Mandela! Mandela became the most famous prisoner in the whole world. People around the world were calling ‘Free Nelson Mandela!’ In 1990, South Africa’s president, FW de Klerk, finally set Nelson Mandela free. Mandela became the leader of the ANC group in 1991. Mandela and Klerk agreed there was to be no more fighting. Mandela called to all South African to live together in peace.

Mandela as President In 1993, Mandela was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.

In the 1994 elections, all black people were allowed to vote for the first time. As a result, Nelson Mandela became the first black president in South Africa!

In 1999, Mandela retired from being the President of South Africa.

The Rainbow Nation Archbishop Desmond Tutu (another famous South African) and Nelson Mandela called South Africa a ‘rainbow nation’ because people of all races and skin colours were working together.

The Death of a Hero On 5th December 2013 Nelson Mandela died, at the age of 95. People around the world mourned.

Photo courtesy of (Darren Glanville@wikimedia.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

Mandela Day

Try to make your world a better place. You

could do this through being kind, standing up for what is right or

caring for the environment.

In 2009, it was decided to hold a special day each year called Mandela Day. Mandela Day is held each year on Nelson Mandela’s birthday, 18th July. The aims of the day are…

Try to help other people (friends,

family, teachers) be interested in

making the world a better place.

Don’t wait for a special day

to do all these things,

do them every day.

Take Action Inspire Change Make Every Day a Mandela Day

History task

We would like you to use this PowerPoint to help you order the dates of Nelson Mandela’s life. Have a look at the task on the school website and find the earliest date, then find out what was special about this date. Cut out the fact and place it in the correct place on the timeline. Helpful hint: do not stick the fact down until you have sorted all of them incase you change your mind. Challenge: there is one date without a fact from the Powerpoint, can you find out what happened in this year?

Art/Geography Task Nelson Mandela was born and lived in a country called South Africa. Each country in the world has its own flag, this helps us to tell countries apart. We would like you to find out what the flag of South Africa looks like and then create one for yourself. You can choose how you present your flag and what materials you use. You could: draw, paint, collage, use chalks, design the flag on the computer, make it out of materials found in the garden or even decorate a South African flag biscuit or cake using icing sugar…

Please let us see your lovely art work and enjoy your learning P3.