The Mineral RevolutionUnit 3: Mineral Revolution: Lesson 16

DO NOW:

Read pages 776 – 778 in your Scramble for Africa notes.

Make a timeline of the key events in South African history from these pages.

Success Criteria:

MUST: Understand what the mineral revolution was

Know where and when gold and diamonds were found

Know what life was like for mine workers and mine owners

SHOULD: Understand why the Mineral Revolution caused the South African war

Understand what is meant by migrant labour

COULD: Understand how the Mineral Revolution contributed to racism in South Africa

Understand how the Mineral Revolution was a cause for Apartheid

Timeline:

1652 1816 1830s 1860s 1879 1887 1899 1902 1910

Dutch settle Cape Town

Zulus under Shaka

Great Trek

Diamonds discovered

Zulus lose war against British

Zulus surrender

British fight Boers in South African War

End of the South African War

South African Union formed

The discovery of gold and diamonds

DO NOW

Unit 3: Mineral Revolution: Lesson 19

How do historians interpret the South African war?

Why do modern historians generally refer to this conflict as the South African war rather than the Anglo-Boer war?

DO NOW

Why was the South African war caused by the Mineral Revolution?

Unit 3: Mineral Revolution: Lesson 20

What was life like for Black South Africans during the Mineral Revolution?

How is gold mined?

Watch the following two clips:

Write down everything that you see about what life was like for mine workers

What life was like for mine owners