Make a poster on the life and struggle of Nelson Mandela. If available, read some portions of his autobiography, The Long Walk to Freedom, in the classroom.
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Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918. He was the main leader who protested against apartheid.
He was arrested for sabotaging against the apartheid South African government.
In 1962, he and seven other leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment for daring to oppose the apartheid regime in South Africa.
He spent the next 27 years in South Africa's most dreaded prison, Robben Island.
In prison, he had to work in a coal mine. After completing his punishment, he became the first black President of South Africa on 10 May 1994.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993 and received more than 250 awards. He retired in 1999 and decided not to stand for a second term. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Madiba.
On December 5, 2013, he passed away.
A Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography of Mandela that was published in 1995.
In this book, he has described his childhood, education, and 27 years in prison.
He has also talked about the social and political effects of apartheid and his struggle against this policy.
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