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Introduction:

In Burger's Daughter, the reader is presented with a story about a family that is dismantled due to their politital beliefs. The story is set in South Africa during the early-mid 1900's. This was a time of great political turmoil and tension in the country. In this webquest, you will be asked to perform three tasks that will help you better understand what is going on in South Africa at the time of the novel. Each task that is given will help you understand the novel in more ways than one. This is an excellent way to help prepare you for the issues that are brought up in the book. Good luck!

Imagine that your parents were both in prison for standing up for African American rights. What would you do? How would you act? How would you feel about it? Would you follow out your parent's ideals? Write short responses to the questions and add any more responses to similar questions. Then develop your responses into a well organized essay.

1. First take ten to fifteen minutes analyzing the questions that have been proposed to you.

2. Write your ideas down on a sheet of paper and formulate them into answers.

3. Then visit the first site and make sure that you read the information very carefully and see how your information relates.

4. Once you have read all the sites reread your responses.

5. Then change your responses. Most likely these sites will have allowed you to see a different part of prison life that you never new existed.
 
 

Write a two page paper discussing the role of the communist party and the politics in mid-twentieth century South Africa. Make sure to include details on labor unions as well as who made up the party and why. Is the party still prevalent today? In your paper also talk about the politics of the day in South Africa.

1. Look at the questions and links provided by the webquest.

2. Separate each of the sub-questions in the task and determine which sources are the best.

3. Take notes from the provided sources on each given question.

4. Your notes will be checked so make sure they are useful and properly cited.

5. Take your notes and compose a two to three page paper on the given task in which you clearly answer each of the questions

6. This paper will be typed, double spaced, and written in twelve-inch font.

7. Place your completed paper in a folder accompanied by a works cited page at the end.

8. There must be a minimum of two sources used in the paper.
 
 

In a well-developed essay, discuss how life in South Africa has changed since apartheid was officially declared dead. Is apartheid really dead? Have the views of whites towards blacks really changed in South Africa? Has Nadine Gordimer captured this in Burger's Daughter?
 
 

1. Read or re-read Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer

2. Thoroughly read and understand the questions asked.

3. Write down everything that you know about apartheid.

4. Compare life in South Africa with apartheid and without apartheid. Use the appropriate web links for help.

5. Create a venn diagram to visually show the differences of apartheid and post apartheid life.

6. Use the diagram to support your answer to the essay questions.

7. Write a well-developed essay and have fun!
 
 

In conclusion, the sites that are on this webquest are here to provide you with enough information to fully understand Burger's Daughter. If all three of the given tasks are completed, your knowledge and understanding should be greatly improved.