District Six

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/district-six

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Cape Town, South Africa, adjacent to the central business district
2. What is the primary legislation enabling removals?Group Areas Act of 1950
3. Where is District Six located?It sits on the slopes of Table Mountain, looking over Cape Town’s city center.
4. Why were people forced to leave District Six?The apartheid government said the area had to be for white people only, so they moved more than 60,000 residents to other towns.

Dispossession: The act of taking away someone's property or land, often unfairly.
Restitution: The act of restoring something lost or stolen to its proper owner; compensation for loss.
Multicultural Mosaic: A society composed of diverse cultural groups living together harmoniously.