February 25, 2015 : Nelson Mandela

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers

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Activities:

1. Write M-A-N-D-E-L-A down the side of a piece of paper. Paste newspaper words that start with the letters and describe Nelson Mandela next to each letter.

2. Find five people in the newspaper you would invite to a party for Mandela. Explain your choices.

3. Find three people in the newspaper who are good leaders. Explain why you chose them.

4. How did these influence Mandela’s life: (a) Jongintaba, (b) Afrikaners, (c) apartheid and (d) Fredrik Willem de Klerk?

5. Find a problem in today’s newspaper that would interest Mandela. Write about why it would interest him. How would he solve the problem?

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them.

This week's standard:
Students use biographies to understand the individuals who are honored by nations. (Social Studies: History)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)