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First activity - selection of scenes from Skin. (optional)
South Africa - apartheid until 1994.
1. view from 8.40 Sandra in the classroom to 9.26 - the accent is difficult to understand but basically Sandra is being bullied by the teacher and students because of her difference.
2. view from 13.00 to 13.41 - The principal of the school beats Sandra and then she is expelled.
3. view from 32.14 to 32.40 - the grown up Sandra is unable to enter the shop with her mother because she is coloured and in South Africa this was not allowed.
4. End of film - after suffering so much Sandra is able to create a place where she is accepted. She begins a business The Rainbow Tuck shop and she is happy. View from 38.00 to the end of the film. (Sandra is reunited with her mother and you can see how happy she is with her people)
View PowerPoint in Resources.
Group work
1.
- why was apartheid so wrong?
-should all people be included in society?
-what would you say to Sandra Laing or anyone who is excluded?
-why is Sandra able to be happy when she is an adult?
2. Choose three quotes from the PowerPoint slide and explain what they mean. Which do you agree with most of all? Create some powerful statements of your own about the importance of belonging.
3. Why is it important to belong and why can it be hard sometimes? Use your own experiences.
4. Watch the PowerPoint again - is there anything you do not understand or have an idea to add?