Nelson Mandela campaigned for equality and justice in South Africa and spent 27 years in prison for his cause. In 1994 he became the first black South African president and revolutionised government, pioneering equality for all and improving the lives of millions of people. Here you can find amazing KS2 Nelson Mandela facts, resources, activities and worksheets. All teacher-made to inform your lessons and inspire young students.
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Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa in 1918. Mandela grew up in a time when a white government ruled South Africa and introduced the apartheid system. Under this regime, life was very different for black and white people. Schools were strictly segregated and white and black people were not allowed to marry each other or even eat together. Black people couldn't change any of this because they weren't allowed to vote.
Mandela believed in equality and dedicated his life to stopping apartheid. At first, he tried to protest peacefully but the government was extremely violent. As a result, Mandela escalated his own methods of protest. He organised the destruction of strategic buildings and electricity pylons, scheduling these attacks for nighttime so that they were unlikely to harm people. However, over the course of the campaign against apartheid, the organisation that Mandela worked for and helped found - the African National Congress (or ANC) - was responsible for many deaths.
Mandela was arrested and put on trial. He faced execution and famously stated:
'I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a free society in which all persons will live together in harmony. It is an ideal which I hope to live for. But my lord, if it needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.'
The government reconsidered their position and instead sentenced Mandela to life imprisonment. Mandela was jailed in 1962. He stayed in jail, forbidden to make contact with the outside world, for almost thirty years.
He was released from prison in 1990 and continued to campaign. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and became the first black president of South Africa. He never gave up on his belief that all races deserve equal rights. A famous quote from Nelson Mandela is: "It always seems impossible until it's done."
Mandela died at home in 2013, aged 95, surrounded by his family.
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