Nation building and cultural heritage Flashcards
What is nation building?
Nation-building is a term used to describe the process of creating a national identity. Nation building usually occurs when a country is being ‘rebuilt’ after a war or some
other event has broken the country down. Nation building should develop a feeling of belonging and, with it, accountability and responsible behaviour.
Why is nation building important in South Africa?
South Africa is made of many different cultures. People speak different languages, have different religions and come from different backgrounds. In order to make sure that South Africa becomes economically and socially successful it is necessary for its citizens to also have a shared identity – a common ‘South Africanness’.
What is cultural heritage?
Cultural heritage is everything that people from the same family, cultural group and/or country have inherited from past generations. This includes things like buildings, art, books, monuments, languages, customs, traditions and knowledge.
Name three ways you can unify a nation?
(1) Make sure that everyone learns about the nation’s history.
(2) Creating special national holidays where the nation remembers important historical events such as Freedom Day (27 April) which is the date on which South Africa held their first democratic election.
(3) a national anthem.
(4) national symbols like places, objects, activities or people that are unique to a nation and unites its people e.g. South Africa’s coat of arms, national flower, national fish, national bird, national tree and national animal.
(5) Having a national flag.
How can you learn about the history of a nation?
You can learn about a nation’s history by visiting museums, attending school history classes, reading books and listening to adults who were part of the history.
Name South Africa’s national flower, national fish, national bird, national tree and national animal.
Protea, Galjoen, Blue Crane, The Real Yellowwood, Springbok.
Draw South Africa’s National Flag
Check with google or your mum or dad if you got it right :)
What are the specific instructions when flying the South African flag?
When the flag is displayed vertically against a wall, the red band should be to the left of the viewer with the hoist or the cord seam at the top. When it is displayed horizontally, the hoist should be to the left of the viewer and the red band at the top. When the flag is displayed
next to or behind the speaker at a meeting, it must be placed to the speaker’s right. When it is placed elsewhere in the meeting place, it should be to the right of the audience.
Name three special national days of celebration or remembrance that are public holidays in South Africa.
South African Human Right’s Day (21 March) Freedom Day (27 April) Youth Day (16 June) Heritage Day (24 Sept) Day of Reconciliation (16 Dec)
What do South African’s celebrate or remember on Human Right’s Day?
South African Human Right’s Day (21 March) previously called Sharpeville Day. On this day South Africans remember the 69 people who were killed
and the 180 people who were wounded on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on people who were taking part in a campaign to end the use of ‘pass books’. The Pass Book was a document which Black South Africans were required to carry on them to ‘prove’ that they were allowed to enter a ‘white area’. Failure to produce the reference book on demand by the police was a punishable offence in the 1960s.
What do South African’s celebrate or remember on Freedom Day?
The first official democratic elections in South Africa took place on 27 April 1994. This date marks the official end of the apartheid era in South Africa and our nation remembers how fortunate we are to live in a democratic country by celebrating this day every year.
What do South African’s celebrate or remember on Youth Day?
In 1976 protests started in Black schools when the
Education Department decided that Afrikaans had to
be used as a language of instruction in High Schools.
The Black people were already dissatisfied with a
‘Bantu Education’ schooling system that was
characterised by poor facilities, overcrowded
classrooms and inadequately trained teachers. They
knew that forcing children to learn and be taught through Afrikaans would make the education system even more ineffective than it already was. On 16 June, 1976, more than 20 000 pupils from Soweto began a protest march. During clashes with the police and the violence that occurred during the next few weeks, approximately 700 hundred people, many of them youths, were killed. Youth Day commemorates these events and pays tribute to the young people who stood up for their right to a good education.
What do South African’s celebrate or remember on Heritage Day?
South Africans across the country are encouraged to celebrate their culture and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions, in the wider context of a nation that belongs to all its people.
What do South African’s celebrate or remember on the Day of Reconciliation?
The Day of Reconciliation is a day where South Africans commit to reconciliation and national unity. The date was chosen because it was a date special to the Afrikaans tribe and the African tribes in South Africa.
Why was the King Protea chosen as the national flower?
This flower is not found anywhere in the world except in
the Cape Province of South Africa.
