1Listen! What do they talk about?
Watch the whole video once. Tick the things that are mentioned.
2Early life and the fight
3Prison and the world
4Freedom and presidency
5Later life
6A life in ten dates
Match each date with what happened.
7True or false?
First, guess. Then watch the whole video again and check.
Did you know? Mandela first tried nonviolence. It didn't work, so he tried violence, and that's why he went to jail. But after 27 years in prison, he chose to forgive.
8Your turn: a tribute to Mandela
Write a short tribute to Nelson Mandela (60 to 80 words), as if you were giving a speech.
- Say who he was.
- Give three key moments of his life.
- Say what he taught the world.
- Read your tribute to the class.
Useful sentences
Nelson Mandela was a great man who fought against apartheid.
He spent 27 years in prison, but he never gave up.
In 1994, he became South Africa's first democratically elected president.
He taught the world how to forgive.
We lost an incredible man, but we will never forget him.
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