The slides focus on grade 12 History on the topic of The Sharpeville massacre, it focuses on things that happened during the Sharpeville massacre and things that led to it.
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Added: Oct 21, 2025
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History
GRADE 11
A Folktale
The Outcomes
•At the end of the lesson leaners must be able to:
•apply their understanding of the Sharpeville
Massacre to historical and social contexts.
•Understand identity different perspectives on the
Sharpeville Massacre.
•Identify the causes and effects of the Sharpeville
massacre.
The Key
Concepts and
definitions
Massacre-Refers to the Major
killing that is brutal and
unnecessary.
Apartheid-Refers to a
discrimination system On the
grounds of race
Pass laws-Refers to set of laws that
were established to control black
peoples lives During apartheid
period.
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS, WHAT DO YOU
THINK LED TO THE SHARPEVILLE
MASSACRE?
The Results of the
Massacre
During the massacre there were:
300 policemen shooting unarmed people
People fled, and the shooting continued
which led to:
69 people killed
180 wounded
The Impact of the Sharpeville Massacre
•ANC changed from
being non-violent to
armed struggle.
•Increase in Protests
and arrests
•ANC and PAC banned
under Unlawful
Organization's Act.
•Government declared
state of emergency to
restore law and order
Continue
•In October 1960, referendum was
held to decide whether South
Africa should become a republic.
•On 31 May 1961, South Africa
became a republic
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