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Studentname(s)_DelilahRodriguez,CynthiaAzuero,KelseyEscobar________________________

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Title_HowdidNelsonMandelahelpfightforequalityinSouthAfrica?

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1.THESISSTATEMENT
Presenttheprojectsargumentorinterpretationintwosentences.IfyouareusingtheNHDtheme,youmight
wanttomakeitevidentinyourthesisstatement.

NelsonMandelafoughtforequalityinSouthAfricabyjoiningorganizationsliketheAfricanNational
Congressandagitatingviolentlyforequality.Hisactionsledtosomejailtime,wherehestudiedlaw,
andbecameinspiredbyGandhi,thenonviolentactivist.After,hechangedhiswaystoamorepeaceful
approach.HewaschosentobecomethefirstblackSouthAfricanPresidentandmodeledforgiveness
totheentireNation.

2.SUMMARYOFPROJECT
Brieflyexplainyourprojectanditsconclusion.Include:Howandwhydidchangehappenandwhatwasthe
impact?Whyisithistoricallysignificant?Whathistoricalmeaningorimportancecanwelearnfromyour
findings?

Forourprojectwechoseoneofthemanyfamouslywellknownleaders,NelsonMandela.Wecreatedathesis
statementthatshowedwhathismaingoalthroughouthiswholelifewas.Weincludedsomeofthemost
importantkeypointsinhislifethathelpedblackpeople,inourwebsitepages.InSouthAfrica,theapartheid
systemwasonethingthatreallygavenoequalitytoblacks.Foroverthreedecades,whitepeoplpeinSouth
Africawereincontrol.Nelsonwasanimportantleaderthattheylookeduptoand

3.RequiredforprojectsusingtheNationalHistoryDaythemeonly.
ExplainhowthisprojectintegratestheNHDthemeLeadership&Legacyin[Chicago/Illinois]Historyintoits
argument.

WefeelthisprojectintegratesLeadershipandLegacybecauseNelsonMandelaisagreatcandidatethat
showsthosequalities.HewasgreatlyknownforallhisaccomplishmentsinSouthAfricaandhowhemanaged
tokeepfightingafterallhisyearsinprison.Notonlydidhehelpabolishapartheid,buthealsobecamethefirst
blackpresidentinSouthAfrica.

4.PROCESS

A. Whathistoricalquestiondidyoustartoffwithandhowdiditchangeonceyou
begandoingyourresearch?

Fromthebeginningwehadthisquestioninmindbecausewealreadyhadprior
knowledgeonNelsonMandelaandhowgreatofaleaderhewas.Wejustmanagedto
comeupwiththequestionbyincorporatingwhatweknewhethathewasgreatlyknown
for,hisleadershiptobringingequalitytoSouthAfrica?

B. Whatkindsofsourcesdidyouuseasevidencetodevelopyourargument(for
example,letters,photographs,governmentdocuments,interviews,etc.)?

Mostlywhatourgrouphadusedtodevelopourargumentwasphotographsand
speechesthatweregivenbyhim.

C. Selectonepieceofevidencethatyouusedandexplainhowitinfluencedyour
argument.

WehadmanagedtofindadatatableonSouthAfricaspopulationthatshowedagreat
populationdifferenceinthetimeoftheapartheidsystem.Itshowedthattherewasa
whiteminorityandblackmajority,butyetthewhitepeoplewereinchargeandthatreally
comestoshowhowmuchinequalitytherewasbetweenthepeople.

D. Listlibraries(otherthanschool),museums,andotherinstitutionsthatyouvisited
todoyourresearch.
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