Unit 13 9-12: Desired Results

Big Ideas:

• The fight against apartheid in South Africa was deeply interconnected with the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and African American activism.
• College campuses became critical spaces for mobilizing anti-apartheid advocacy, highlighting the power of student-led movements.
• Global solidarity movements emphasize the interconnected nature of struggles for justice and equality.

Essential Questions:

1. How did African American activists influence the global fight against apartheid?
2. What role did student activism on college campuses play in pressuring the U.S. government to act against apartheid?
3. How can lessons from the anti-apartheid movement inform contemporary social justice activism?

Enduring Understandings:

• Students will understand that African American activists played a key role in connecting domestic struggles for racial justice to global human rights movements.
• Students will understand that student activism on campuses was pivotal in building momentum for anti-apartheid policies.
• Students will understand that global struggles for justice require collaboration and collective action across borders.