Nelson Mandela Guided Reading Play

Nelson Mandela Guided Reading Play (or Readers Theater).
6 speakers plus quiz. An in-depth discussion amongst the key 'players' in Mandela's life, raising many issues for further discussion among students.
This is one of a collection of 5 plays - Unit 20 Famous People of the 20th Century:
1. Martin Luther King 2. Nelson Mandela 3. Mahatma Gandhi 4. John Lennon 5. Prominent Women (Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Marie Curie, Mother Theresa, Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana)
Speakers:
Nelson Mandela
Winnie (second wife)
Desmond Tutu
P.W. Botha (Nationalist Party - hardliner)
F.W. de Klerk (Nationalist Party - moderate)
Nobel Peace Committee
Sample Text:
Mandela:
1994! What a year in South African history!
Winnie:
The year you became South Africa's first black President!
Botha:
The year the African National Congress won the election.
De Klerk:
The year millions lined up to vote with Nelson Mandela for the first time.
Winnie:
The year my husband said "We are moving from an era of resistance, division, oppression, turmoil and conflict and starting a new era of hope, reconciliation and nation-building. I sincerely hope that the mere casting of a vote ... will give hope to all South Africans."
Tutu:
And it did that all right! After all those years of injustice and suffering. At last the battle was won!

Also written by Sue Russell:
Black History:
• The Slave Trade
• Heroes of the Underground Railroad
• Amazing Women in the American Civil Rights Movement
• Martin Luther King
• Nelson Mandela
And
American Heroes:
• Heroes of the American War of Independence
• Heroes of the Underground Railroad
• Native American Heroes
• Heroes in Science and Space Exploration
• Heroes from Different Walks of Life (incl. children)
And
Amazing Women:
• From across the world 15th – 20th century
• From across the world 20th century
• In the American Women’s Suffrage Movement
• In the American Civil Rights Movement
• And First Ladies 31-35 (taken from First Ladies collection)