Study Guide Questions - Chapter 13 - Apartheid

Here are some study guide questions for chapter 13 "Apartheid". Remember, your test is on Thursday next week - April 29! Also, your project is due the following Monday.

1. What is apartheid?

2. How is Heather affected by this system?

3. What does it mean to be charged with being coloured?

4. What evidence or clues do the Race Classification Board use to determine a person's race? Discuss Petra's examination. How was she treated and how does she react? Are you surprised by these actions?

5. How is Detleef van Doorn similar/different from his ancestors Wilhem and Adriaan? What do you think they would say to their descendant?

6. Where are Bantu, Indians, and Coloureds moved to and why?

7. How did languages change in mines?

8. What would Shaka's friend Nxumalo say now to Jonathan?

9. What was the purpose of BOSS and how did they operate?

10. What was the purpose of Robben Island?

11. Was the system set up to fill Robben Island? Was Daniel Nxumalo more wise than Matthew Magubane for having avoided jail?

12. Reread the end on page 1116 - How is apartheid essentially justified to the Afrikaner leadership?

Final Project for The Covenant

What’s up gang. This is it. No more papers…on The Covenant, that is. You will certainly have more papers to write (pause, and excited cheer), but not with this novel. As I am slowly returning your written work – no, Alex, I haven’t finished yours yet, stop buggin’ homey – we will work on our next project. I have exciting news. Each of you…wait for it, wait for it…will become the producer of the soundtrack for the novel The Covenant! (insert: classroom cheers and high-fives all around)

Holy English teacher, Mr. Philen, what does that mean? I’m glad you asked. That means that you will create a song list that depicts the plot, the mood, the tone, the emotion, the symbolism of this beautiful historical novel.

In class we will be exploring a few soundtracks – namely Pulp Fiction, There Will Be Blood, The Dark Night, Blood Diamond, and Cold Mountain. Hopefully this will stimulate some creative energy for your work.

There are several ways to do this. You may create numerous tracks or songs for your soundtrack. You may also have one continuous song, however, this work should reflect/demonstrate the novel in full. It is not enough to focus on one chapter. You may also create your soundtrack to follow, if you will, the movement of one group of people throughout the novel. For instance, perhaps you will choose to emphasize the van Doorns or the English and how they are portrayed in this historical novel.

You do not have to write lyrics, but you must include passages in your soundtrack that will assist the listener in understanding your song/tempo choice for a particular track. I truly dislike setting minimums/maximums for things like this, as I think they occur best when organic. However, I realize some of you, not naming names (Alex), will cry and whimper until I give you a direct number. So, you must have AT LEAST 5 passages for your soundtrack. I know this sounds confusing, but it will all make sense, I promise. You may, however, write your own lyrics if you choose.

· Your soundtrack must be between 10 and 15 minutes! (Some of you will exceed this and that is cool, too) You may work in pairs for this assignment, but please keep in mind I am not privy to extending deadlines because you and your partner can’t find time to work together because of sports, student council, etc, etc. Remember our Macbeth play?!?

· You must give titles to the songs on your soundtrack.

· You must create a CD cover – meaning artwork!!!! You must put the artwork in a nice CD case that will include the CD cover and backcover, which will mimic CD cases you might see in stores. Don’t worry, we will work on each stage of this in class.

· You will write a very brief reflection about your work that will explain to me the madness of your creative work.

We will work in class on this, but if I were you I would not rely primarily on this scheduled work time.

Due Date: Tuesday April 27^th.