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Grade 5, Module 4, Lesson 1 (Commander Days 13 & 14)

Essential Question: How can sports influence individuals and societies? Focusing Question: How can sports affect the way we view others? Content Framing Question: Distill: What is the essential meaning of the documentary about Nelson Mandela and South Africa’s 1995 Rugby World Cup victory?

1. Nelson Mandela, the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, once said, “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.” Do you think these statements are true? Why or why not? If possible, support your ideas with examples from your own experience. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. The former President of South Africa, who died in 2013, spoke about the power of sports at the 2000 Laureus World Sports Awards, a ceremony held each year to celebrate achievements in sports around the world. Optional: Listen to his words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTH771HIhpg 3. The prefix a- means “away” or “from,” and the word apartheid contains apart, which means “away from

each other.”

Read Handout 1A: Background on Nelson Mandela and Apartheid in South Africa

1. What does the word “apartheid” mean?

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2. Provide a brief 2-3 sentence summary of who Nelson Mandela was and how he impacted South Africa

and the world.

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Nelson Mandela used sports to unite racially divided South Africa

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | DEC 05, 2013 | 7:04 PM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — He emerged into bright winter sunshine, stepped onto the lush field and

pulled on a cap. His long-sleeve green rugby jersey was untucked and buttoned right up to the top, a

style all his own. On the back, a gold No. 6, big and bold.

Within seconds, the chants went up from the fans packed into Ellis Park stadium in the heart of

Johannesburg: "Nelson! Nelson! Nelson!"

Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, was wearing the colors of the Springboks and 65,000 white rugby supporters were joyously shouting his name. It was 1995. The Rugby World Cup final, rugby's biggest game. And yet it was much more. It was

nation-defining for South Africa, a transcendent moment in the transformation from apartheid to

multi-racial democracy.

The day spawned books and a blockbuster Clint Eastwood movie. It still speaks — nearly 20 years later

— to what sport is capable of achieving. With his cap and a team jersey, Mandela showed an incisive

understanding of the role sport plays in millions of lives.

Mandela died Thursday at the age of 95.

"Sport has the power to change the world," Mandela said in a speech five years after that match. "It has

the power to inspire, it has the power to unite people in a way that little else does."

A statesman, Mandela didn't just have brushes with sports, occasional appearances timed only for

political gain. He embraced them wholeheartedly — rugby, soccer, cricket, boxing, track and field,

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among others. And, by many accounts, he truly loved athletic contests, with their celebration of

humanity and how they unite teammates, fans and countries in triumph and, sometimes, in despair. At

one time in his youth, Mandela cut an impressive figure as an amateur boxer.

On June 24, 1995, Mandela and South Africa were triumphant. And he may just have saved a country

by pulling on that green and gold jersey with a prancing antelope on the left breast. The Springboks

were dear to the hearts of South Africa's white Afrikaners and loathed by the nation's black majority.

By donning their emblem, Mandela reconciled a nation fractured and badly damaged by racism and

hatred.

"Not in my wildest dreams did I think that Nelson Mandela would pitch up at the final wearing a

Springbok on his heart," South Africa's captain on that day, Francois Pienaar, said in a television

interview some time later. "When he walked into our changing room to say good luck to us, he turned

around and my number was on his back.

"It was just an amazing feeling."

Mandela also could leave millionaire sportsmen like David Beckham and Tiger Woods star-struck.

"Allow me to introduce myself to you," Mandela joked to then-England soccer captain Beckham when

they met in 2003. Only there was no doubting who wanted to meet whom.

A young Woods came out of his audience with Mandela proudly clutching a copy of the president's

autobiography.

Beckham, sitting — almost shyly — on the arm of Mandela's chair, said his meeting was "an amazing

honor," even if Mandela wasn't sure what to make of the superstar's hairstyle of the moment —

dreadlocks.

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Nelson Mandela's love of sports went beyond political motives. The former South African president was a boxer in his youth.(Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

"I'm too old to express an opinion on the latest developments for young people," Mandela said with a

laugh.

In fact, Mandela, who came out of prison at 71 after decades of isolation, never lost touch. It was part

of what made him an inspiration for sport and sportsmen and women. While he was incarcerated, South

Africa was thrown out of the Olympics for over 30 years and only allowed back in after he was

released.

Now, Mandela, known affectionately to South Africans by his clan name Madiba, was wearing the No.

6 jersey of Pienaar — the Afrikaans rugby player with whom he had struck up a close friendship. The

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relationship was portrayed by Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon in the film "Invictus" and took rugby

and the story of the '95 World Cup to millions unfamiliar with South Africa's game.

The underdog South Africans won that day, beating New Zealand — the top team in the world — in

extra time of a nerve-racking final.

"We underestimated how proud it would make South Africa," Pienaar said, recalling the tournament

and telling of how Mandela would phone him up regularly to check on the team. "It would be Madiba,

wanting to chat to me, to find out what's happening. Is the team focused? Are they OK? Are the guys

cool?"

The phone calls told of Mandela's desire for the Springboks to win for all South Africans, but also his

affinity with sport.

He repeated his success in 1996, this time wearing a South Africa national football team shirt as Bafana

Bafana claimed the African Cup of Nations title, again on home soil. With Mandela, it appeared you

couldn't lose.

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Nelson Mandela's influence was decisive in South Africa earning hosting rights for the 2010 World Cup.(FRANCK FIFE/Getty Images)

He also was pivotal in helping South Africa eventually win the right to host the 2010 soccer World

Cup, the first in Africa and perhaps the biggest test of South Africa's progress, of its coming of age, just

16 years into its young democracy. South Africa came through it with high praise, sweeping aside the

doubters — as Mandela said his country would.

Mandela's last public appearance for South Africa was at that soccer World Cup final in Soweto, the

township closely connected to the struggle against apartheid and the center of the world again for a few

weeks — this time in celebration. By then, Mandela was old and, unable to walk for too long and

bundled up against the cold in a thick coat and hat, he circled the stadium on a golf cart.

South Africa, and the world, couldn't celebrate the country's biggest sporting moment without him. Yet,

painfully maybe, it reminded them of a former Mandela. One 15 years earlier.

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As he strode out onto the Ellis Park field in June 1995, Mandela stretched out his hand as he

approached a line of muscular, young, mostly white South African players. He was crossing a chasm,

both in sport and in politics. And yet, he made the journey smoothly and with a smile.

After South Africa had won the final 15-12, a fairytale ending to its first major event as a democracy,

Mandela — still in his jersey — handed the glistening gold World Cup trophy to the blonde-haired

Pienaar, an ideal picture of a new South Africa. Mandela reached out his left hand and laid it on

Pienaar's right shoulder, patting it gently.

"He said to me 'Thank you for what you have done for South Africa,"' Pienaar recalled. "I said to him,

'No, Madiba, you've got it wrong. Thank you for what you've done for South Africa.' And I felt like

hugging him. I really felt like giving him a big hug, but it wasn't protocol ... and that just gave me

shivers down my spine."

And then Mandela raised both his arms in celebration, smiling gleefully with obvious and undisguised

delight as Pienaar lifted the cup.

"Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in

breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination," Mandela said.

And he proved it.

March 16, 2020: https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/mandela-sports-unite-racially-divided-south-africa-article-1.1539151

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Commander Day #13-5th Grade Math

1. Watch the video linked below on Module 4 Lesson 1: Measure and Compare pencil lengths to the nearest ½, ¼, and ⅛ of an inch, and analyze the data through line plots.

Link to Module 4 Lesson 1 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYO37FR82Lc&t=319s

2. Option #1: Complete Module 4 Lesson 1 on Zearn by going to the following

website: https://www.zearn.org/ **Students will use the same login that was used at school.

Option #2: Complete Lesson 1 Homework Set (found below): Option #2 Module 4 Lesson 1 Homework Set:

(NTI Lessons 13, 14, and 15) Constitution Think*Tac*Toe Board

Read over the attached Preamble and Bill of Rights. Choose 1 activity from the Choice Board to Complete each day. You should find extra paper to work with in your packet.

Create a informational picture book of the branches of the U.S.

Government. The book should be at least 5 pages and should include illustrations and text on each page.

Write an argument.

If you could eliminate an amendment, which one would it be?

Make your argument convincing.

Take the Citizenship(I.Q.) test. Once the test has been taken, Write

an argument for which, if any, questions you feel should be

eliminated and whether or not the test is necessary at all. Then give

one question you think all Americans should be able to

answer, and include the answer.

Propose a new Constitution amendment.If you could propose

additional amendments what would you think? Use the amendments to

help with ideas. Be clear and specific with the reasons and

impact.

Create a visual of what the words, “We the People” mean to you Use one of the blank sheets of paper to

illustrate.

Write an opinion essay. Which goal of the Preamble do you feel is most

important? Use reasons and examples to support your opinion.

Preamble We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense,promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States ofAmerica.

Bill of Rights1-Congress can’t make any laws against freedom of speech, religion, or press2-Congress can’t stop people from having and carrying weapons3-You don’t have to let soldiers live in your house, except in war, if Congresspass a law about it4-Nobody can search your body, house, or papers without good cause5-If a jury says you’re innocent, you can’t be retried and convicted of the same exact crime6-If accused of a crime, the trial must be public with a jury of local people7-Protects the right to have a jury trial in a civil case8-Protects you from unreasonable fines or bails, and cruel and unusual punishment9-Just because these are listed in the Constitution doesn’t mean that you don’thave other rights, too10-Anything that the Constitution doesn’t say Congress can do should be left tothe states or thePeople