Explorations in Leadership
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Module4Assignment.docxITGS 400 Explorations in Leadership
Required Texts:
Read Mandela Part 5
Mandela, Nelson. (1995) Long Walk to Freedom. New York: Little Brown and Company Paperback. ISBN: 0-31654818-9. (Make sure that you have the full version, not an abridged version, otherwise you’ll not be able to complete assignments).
Assignment Instructions:
· Do not delete the questions – simply indent your answers to retain the numbering system.
· Use a formal writing style and proofread for correct use of language.
· Write a short paragraph for each question, addressing each of the points mentioned.
The aim is generally threefold:
(1) to demonstrate your familiarity with the course materials. Provide as much information you consider necessary to achieve this end. Cite the page number in the text where you found the information using this format: “(Mandela, 2012, p. 5)” and for films, cite the director and date e.g., “(Attenborough, 1982)” or in the case of my own instructor videos, “(Woodward, 2007)”. For the book, check what date your edition is on the front inside cover, it might be the original from 1995, or a later publication. If you have an audio book, it likely states the publication date somewhere.
(2) to think critically about issues and comment on them
(3) to self-reflect on your own development of leadership to date and potential for the future. This is considered in a much broader sense than leadership within any official position and includes day-to-day lifestyle.
Mandela: Part 5
1. (A) Describe the situation of Mandela being arrested and who was watching.
(B) Comment on what this situation might have been like for them.
(C) Discuss how any of your own actions towards social justice might impact your family.
2. (A) Describe the apparent reason for the breakdown of the marriage between Nelson and Evelyn.
(B) Comment on the pull between family and the greater community in leadership.
3. (A) Describe the effect of the treason trial on Mandela and Tambo’s law practice.
(B) Discuss the sacrifices that one might have to make in one’s own profession and income generation as a result of making choices for impacting social change.
4. The Women’s League of the ANC led women across the country to protest against the pass laws.
(A) What was Chief Luthuli’s statement about the effect that the women’s part in the struggle would have?
(B) Comment on this statement and the role of women in impacting social change in any other situation you wish to discuss.
The Power of One
Part 1
Part 2
5. By the time I was born in South Africa, and growing up there, I found relations between the English (those with British Ancestry) and Afrikaans (those with Dutch Ancestry) to appear generally good. However, it was not always that way. There had been a long history of struggles for political power by the two major groups of European colonialists. This film is an adaptation from the novel of the same name. Although fiction, it was based on day-to-day realities in the country. The young English-speaking South African boy, PK, suffered discrimination from the majority population of Afrikaans-speaking boys at the whites-only boarding school he attended. (A) Name the political ideology originating in Europe with which some of those Afrikaners aligned themselves, discussing the key themes with which they resonated.
(B) Describe any roots of their hatred for the English-speaking South Africans that you gather from the film.
(C) Comment by providing your perspectives on characteristics of bullying and any you might have experienced or come across in your own life.
6. When WWII broke out, South Africa supported the European Allies against the Nazi regime, sending soldiers to fight in the war. Germans living in South Africa were required to register as alien citizens. In this film, at a time when PK was living with his grandfather, PK made friends with Doc, a German man living in Barbeton. Having failed to register, Doc was imprisoned. PK’s grandfather took him down to the prison each day to spend time with Doc. The Afrikaans guards treated Doc with favor, admiring him. They allowed him to bring in a grand piano.
(A) Explain and comment on how music played a role in the prison and the significance of the concert as regards the various cultural/tribal groups participating.
(B) Discuss any situation in which you’ve experienced arts, sports or other activities providing healthy connections between people with different backgrounds.
7. Despite the favored treatment he received in the prison, Doc never let PK believe that the Blacks were inferior.
(A) What was the Black prisoner, Geel Piet, thinking about PK that led him to teach the boy boxing in the prison?
(B) Explain the legend that developed about PK and how this played out in his boxing career as an adult.
(C) Comment on how an ordinary person can make socially impactful choices and discuss anything you’ve done or might do in a small way to make a difference for others in your own circumstances.
8. (A) Describe the strategy behind the literacy program that would give it far-reaching implications.
(B) Explain the inspiration that PK gleaned from his visit to the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and
(C) comment on the warning from his school professor that history “is never kind to those who try to hurry it.”
(D) Describe how any community might benefit from a specific service that you could offer. In a previous week, you may have mentioned a program you might like to offer someday, but this time discuss more about the specific skills you could offer in that service.
