PEER ASSISTED STUDY SESSIONS
Facil: Luke Prior
Course: HUMR 1001 B
Week: 10
Email: [email protected]
Office: ML 408
Office Hour: Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30AM
APARTHEID
What is “Apartheid”
 What comes to mind when you think of the word “apartheid”? (5 min)
 Defining Apartheid:
What is a synonym for
apartheid?
Who is the “perpetrator”
in cases of apartheid?
Give an example of a state
that engaged in apartheid.
What is “discrimination”?
Who can be a perpetrator
of/engage in
discrimination?
How does discrimination
differ from apartheid?
What article in the UDHR
dictates that everyone is
entitled to “equal
protection of the law”?
How is this article relevant
to apartheid?
Parallels: Apartheid in South Africa and Segregation in the United States
 Choose a topic (South Africa or the United States); divide into groups accordingly
 Create a short presentation outlining the important points (indicated below) for the
other group. (Take notes if your final paper will be on this topic).
South Africa (p 244)
United States (p 242)
 “Townships”
 Abolishment of Slavery
 “South Africa Union”
 Land Act; Native Affairs Act; Urban
Area Act; Prohibition of Mixed
Marriages Act; Population
Registration Act; Group Areas Act;
 13th and 14th Amendments
 Jim Crow laws
 Plessy v. Ferguson (USSC)
DISCLAIMER: PASS worksheets are designed as a study aid for use in PASS workshops only. Worksheets may
contain errors, intentional or otherwise. It is up to the student to verify the information contained within.
PEER ASSISTED STUDY SESSIONS
Facil: Luke Prior
Course: HUMR 1001 B
Week: 10
Email: [email protected]
Office: ML 408
Office Hour: Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30AM
 Brown v. Board of Education (USSC)
 National Party
 “Separate but Equal” doctrine
 Three Levels of Apartheid
 Internal resistance to apartheid
 Response of the international
community
 Civil Rights Act, 1964
 Continuing problems of racism in the
united States
Outline for Your Essay
 Summarize the topic that you’ve chosen for your paper (5 min).
 Speak to a partner about your topic for 5 minutes (10 min).
 Find one source through MacOdrum Library that will help with your paper (10 min).
Topic
Summary
Source (and what it’s about)
DISCLAIMER: PASS worksheets are designed as a study aid for use in PASS workshops only. Worksheets may
contain errors, intentional or otherwise. It is up to the student to verify the information contained within.