Welcome to Princeton

Fourth Edition
2013
Welcome to
Princeton
Art
Education
Facts
Current Events
Interviews
Living Abroud
Editorial
General Designer:
Jimena Bernal Ibarra
Web Designer:
Music
Sports
Marco Antonio Tenopala
Head Editor:
Mariana Abigail Padilla
Coordinator: Ariana López de Llergo A. Head of High School
and Language Department.
Journalism Teacher Elizabeth Garcia Romero.
Administrador de Tecnologías:
Héctor Lazcano Hernández
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ROMERO BRITTO
By Jimena Pérez
Born in Recife, Brazil on October 6, 1963, an artist who is inspired by color and optimism, combines elements of cubism,
pop art, graffiti painting, attractive themes and compositions and
leaves jaw-dropping works of art. He is one of the newest and
best exponents of Pop Art.
Despite the lack of resources in his infancy, Britto always knew
how to use his creativity to surprise with his colorful creations.
At 14 years old he held his first Exposition he published and
sold his first painting to the OAS, visited several European
countries and fixed his residence in Miami where he exhibited
his art in the streets.
Their advertisements appeared in major U.S. magazines and
were seen by thousands of people, he was also hired by companies like Pepsi, Grand Marnier, Disney, IBM and Royal Caribbean among other firms interested in popular culture .He was
responsible for the cover art of the simple "What More Can I
Give" and "All for You" by Michael Jackson . His work has, so
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We are delighted that you have
accepted our invitation to join us for The
Friendship journey 2013 and we look forward
to the opportunity to be together here in Cincinnati. We have planned a variety of projects
that we believe your students will find engaging.
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Art (3 students per country)
An international team of students will create a work of art that
will be the legacy of FJ 2013
Music
(3 students per country)
A multi-national choir will share songs of friendship. It doesn’t
take a great voice; all you need is a big heart.
Technology
(1 student per country)
Students will document this week through a web page, I-movie,
and social media
Engineering (2 students per country)
Which international team will design a bridge that holds the
most weight?
Design
(2 students per country)
Which multi-national team will build the tallest tower?
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This I believe (1 student per country)
Students from each nation will share a short inspiring talk (2 to 3 minutes) on what
they believe young people can do to impact the future. We’ll send more
details later. The web page www.thisibelieve.org will give you an idea of
what this project is about.
Throughout the week your students will have the opportunity to visit each of
our classes and to share information about your country, your traditions,
your culture and your school with the Nativity Student Body. There will be 8
classroom visits, one for each grade Kindergarten to Grade 7.
Kindergarten (age 5), Grade 1 (age 6), Grade 2 (age 7), Grade 3 (age 8),
Grade 4 (age 9), Grade 5 (age 10)
Grade 6 (age 11), Grade 7 (age 12). Each grade at Nativity will be divided
into two groups. Because your students will visit all the students in a particular grade at the same time, your delegation will need to be divided into
two groups.
In order for planning to proceed we need the following information from
you.
1. Student’s name, date of birth, age, and gender
2. Shirt size
3. Preference for the Projects listed above. Please provide 1st, 2nd and 3rd
choice.
4. Passport Number
Please fill out the attached form and forward it to Nativity. If you don’t have
the passport numbers at this time, they can be added later.
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Model United Nations (also Model UN or MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to
educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations
agenda.
The participants role-play as diplomats representing a nation or NGO in a simulated session of an (committee)
of the United Nations, such as the Security Council or the General Assembly. Participants research a country,
take on roles as diplomats, investigate international issues, debate, deliberate, consult, and then develop solutions to world problems. More recently, simulation of other deliberative bodies, such as the United Nations Security Council, has been included in Model United Nations, even if they are completely unrelated to the UN or
international affairs as a whole. In general, the participants that the executive panel considers to be most contributing are given awards, such as 'Best Delegate award'.
However, school delegation formats vary from region to region .participants are elementary, secondary, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students. Recently even university alumni and professionals have taken
part. Participants come from public and private schools and universities, and they live in city, suburban and rural areas.
Some simulations are small, including members of only a single class. For example, 20 students can do a onehour simulation of the (15-member) United Nations Security Council in their classroom. Other simulations can
be very large, involving many committees and taking place over the span of several days. The majority of conferences generally involve anywhere from 50 to several hundred delegates, with most students living around
that one region. The largest conferences can have thousands of participants from many different countries.
Each simulation and conference varies greatly in number of participants and their involvement.
History
Model and civic simulation education are older than the United Nations. Records indicate that as early as the
1920s students in the United States of America were participating in collegiate simulations of the League of
Nations, the predecessor to the United Nations. The modern day National Model United Nations in New York
City and Harvard Model United Nations (HMUN) both began as simulations of the League of Nations in the
1920s. Though Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN), having been founded in 1955, often claims
to be the world's oldest continuous College Model UN conference, the oldest continuous Collegiate Model UN
conference is actually Model United Nations of the Far West, running annually since April 1951. The world's
oldest continuous High School Model UN conferences are the Indianapolis Model United Nations and the Berkeley Model United Nations, both founded in 1952. The National Model United Nations is one of the world's largest conferences with over 5,000 participants and is most unique with a part of the conference held at the United Nations in New York City.
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As the League of Nations was dismantled and the United Nations was born in
1945, simulations of the League of Nations were transformed into Model United Nations. Some conferences still perform historical simulations, however,
including League of Nations crisis situations. These simulations now have
grown to over 2000 annual participants.
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By Daniela Trejo, Melissa Gómez.
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As of September 2013, the iPhone alone outsells Coca-Cola and McDonald's
combined.
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The record for visiting all 270 London Underground stations is 16 hours, 20
minutes and 27 seconds.
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The most liked brand on Facebook in the US is Wal-Mart followed by Target,
Amazon, Samsung mobile, Subway and Starbucks.
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NASA's launch pad has a hidden 200 foot slide ending in a rubber room. This
was to evacuate staff in case of explosion.
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On average, long distance runners live 5.7 years longer than non athletes.
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Scientists have calculated the 'best' animals in the world. The top 5 are
5:Elephant 4:Otter 3:Giraffe 2:Goat and 1:Platypus.
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Killer whales are actually dolphins.
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Nike is the Greek goddess of strength, speed, and victory.
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The towers holding up the Humber suspension bridge in the UK lean out by
3.6cm to allow for the curvature of the earth.
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And by David Esteban,
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None of the Beatles knew how to read
music.
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The can opener was invented 48
years after the can.
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Power-naps can improve stamina, boost reactivity, reduce stress, increase productivity, decision making ability and much more.
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6% of people can speak 3 or more languages.
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Miley Cyrus real name is Destiny Hope. She smiled a lot as a baby and was nicknamed "Smiley". and later shortened to Miley.
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People with blue eyes tend to be more intelligent, and perform better in their academic careers than people with brown eyes.
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Bill Clinton was taught a jujitsu move by his aides to prevent Yassar Arafat hugging
him for the cameras.
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Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. He was
born with one but it was later removed.
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In 2012, there were over 160 babies named "Khaleesi"
the United States - this was inspired by the TV show
"Game of Thrones".
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In English, a dog goes "woof". In South Korean it's
"Meong". In Albania it's "Ham" and Ireland it's "Amh".
in
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As part of the library Project we are now offering a link to INEGI’s new site. People from
INEGI will be visiting us shortly to explain interesting new changes. Also we remind you that
the Foundation Library Javier Barros Sierra is now open during the hours of 9am to 2 pm,
Monday to Friday.
www.inegi.org.mx
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PRINCETON SCHOOL AN OUTSTANDING PLACE
FOR EDUCATION
AND FELLOWSHIP
By Miss Ariana López de Llergo Arakelian
Almost everyone who has known Princeton School well over a
long period has been touched at one time or another by a notable paradox. On one hand, the
school has undergone many great changes: physically, academically, in the diversity, interests and
activities of its student’s body, and teaching staff. Yet, in many other ways, Princeton has always
been able to retain and extent its warmth and close personal attention to everyone who has been a
part of its community.
Princeton School was originally founded by Miss Katia Arakelian de Álvarez during the 1980´s, and from
its earliest beginnings, it has always focused its energy and aspirations towards teaching children to a
higher academic standard than that of its contemporary´s. Miss Katia´s goal for Princeton was simple : “
To make children feel happy, at ease and comfort-able at school”, as well as to provide a carefully
planned, stimulating, caring environment, which will enable students develop an academic foundation,
installing core values, confidence, and positive attitudes, all of which are priceless assets for becoming
responsible global citizens. Furthermore, the future of our country and our planet will in time, become our
children´s responsibility.
We are proud to say that Princeton has maintained it-self as a personalized school, without losing the
character of one of the best schools in Mexico.
One of Princeton`s greatest strengths has been its ability to balance research and education, whilst instilling positive values, social skills, enhanced self-esteem and a greater sense of personal responsibility.
Princeton School is conveniently situated in an urban setting in a nice neighborhood located in the southeast of Mexico City, and it has attracted a succession of exceptional teachers who have been teaching
there for many years. After celebrating 33 years of its history, from the tiny beginnings in Av. de las
Fuentes # 218, through the growth of High School at Princeton School, Campus Ajusco, up to the great
and successful events happening academically and socially speaking.
Where does Princeton School go from here? What then, about the future?
Despite the new communications technology that has wired up the world outside, Princeton School has
been able to change with time in its own terms, without compromising its purposes or its standards with
which to face the future, and does not envisage the community of students being replaced by dispersed
Princetonians “hanging out on the Internet”.
If some of the Princeton School´s students come back in a certain amount of years, they will know that it
is not precisely the same Princeton they left and knew, but they will still feel at home in a context that is
perfectly recognizable. Yes, for the school there is respect, affection, loyalty and pride. For many Princeton graduates, ties with classmates are among the strongest and most enduring friendships of their lives,
as well, they will be able to say proudly that their parents, friends, or someone they might know studied at
Princeton School, and that upcoming generations are currently thriving towards a promising and successful future.
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Andrea González is a 2nd grader student at Princeton
School and is a great Hockey Player. She began playing Will be changing to the new ice skating arena at
the UIC University. Andrea smiles and mentions she
played the NTR in Ontario, Toronto, Can.,.. this summer. Might join the world´s sub- 15th selection. Andy
as her friends call her has suffered two broken arms,
four leg sprains but her nose is intact.
Princeton School is going to maintain its position of leadership in education where intellectual
and personal growth interact and are intertwined like twisted pairs of wires. In order to be able to
fulfill this goal, school staff members have made sure that the programs are well de-fined and
have executed this in a way that in some sense is unique, in the sense that no one will be able to
copy its own pattern. The essence of Princeton`s uniqueness, flowing out of its past and present
is to be, “The outstanding place for education and fellowship.
Conscious that the new era we are living demands of some new strategies for the immediate future such as: expanding, improving and maintaining the quality of teaching, community and ecology commitment, sustaining the capacity for excellence and leadership, and a stronger sense of
core values, we can proudly say that Princeton School is an institution with a strong sense of
shared purpose, where teaching, learning and research are not separate activities,
but different aspects of the all-encompassing search to know.
Princeton School has been able to adjust to the contemporary era while remaining true to its beliefs and it has changed with time on its own terms, without compromising its purposes or its
standards. There has been no revolutionary break with the past, but a successful evolution,
bearing the indelible imprint of its history even while marching into the future.
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By Trexa Ainoa Villanueva y Mejía de Za-
Life in Barcelona Spain is very different compared to life
in Mexico City. Barcelona is a city with a beach and is
highly cosmopolitan. There are many people who speak
other languages and also the other kind of Spanish which
is Catalan. Barcelona has more security than Mexico, in
Spain don’t consume as much as in Mexico City, people
in Barcelona all fulfill their own goals and they socialize
less than in Mexico. Every day you went to school at 8 or
9 in the morning, and could go out at 1:30 to go to eat,
then at 3 you return to the school and finally exit at 5 pm.
In restaurants the kitchen staff left work at 4 pm.
My change was very abrupt, went where I was from, where I was born, to a completely different place.
Although I had previously lived in Mexico, Spain is my home. In Barcelona I could walk quietly alone
and go to and from school by myself, I felt I was freer, I felt at home. I met lots of good and friendly
people, and I met most of my friends at school. All the classes were in Catalan and at the beginning it
was a bit of a problem for me, because I didn’t understand anything, but I learned very fast. I thought
that it would be very difficult to learn the language, now I can speak , understand and write it, but still
grammar is not my strong suit. Now, the truth is I have already lost a little bit of practice.
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As you can see the number of students per generation is more, we were 20 or 21 students per
class, sometimes it was too overwhelming. As I said before, they were all very nice, but in truth I
only had five real friends...
She was the first who spoke to me when I walked to
school, taught me and helped a little with my catalan and sometimes she translated what I said to our teachers, she is my best
friend because we have many things in common, and I can also
trust in her. She taught me that you must always smile despite the
problems you have. She is a very happy person, who always knew
how to get me a smile when I was sad.
1-Angelica:
2-Albert: He and Angelica were friends, so he was also one
of the first people to speak to me. This guy is very empathetic, if he saw me upset he knew immediately how to
cheer me up a little. He made me drawings because he
loves to draw. I laugh so much with him, he is a good
friend.
3-Carla: I met her further on, we share many things in common, but
what we shared most was our insanity together. She is very comprehending and proud. Best of all we lived in the same community
(apartments), only that she was in the other room, I was in apartment B
and she was in A. We went together to and from school , we did our
chores and homework together, and we also went to the GYM together. She helped me a lot, but sometimes she was very distant when
something was wrong.
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4-Alberto: He reminds me of a guy in my class now, he is always laughing, a bit of a troublemaker and always making jokes with everyone,.
He’s always smiling.
We help each other a lot, his girlfriend was in the same generation as
my brother, and whenever we were wrong my brother helped him and
5.Manu: We met at school, he was in the my brother’s
year, at first I had no desire to know him. Not even a minimum interest, he gave me a bad impression. However,
when my brother invited him home and I got to know him
more we gradually we became best friends. He is crazy,
but he knows how to listen and also knows how to get a
smile out of me, to many people it’s just nonsense. We
even spent a whole summer together.
This was my school, where I met all my friends and
where lived many emotions.
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He is mostly everyone's best friend, this is my brother Aitor, he always knows
how to make me feel good, we did a lot of crazy things together in Barcelona,
some of his friends are also my friends, but my brother is unique and I always
love him as he is. We learned many new things together in Barcelona along
with my mother, we united more as a family while we were there.
Barcelona was the best to me in the past and the best experience of my life, I hope
to return at the end of high school, I made many memories and can't wait for everything waiting for me there.
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Join the Band
Noren Luna -vocalista
Tian Varela -guitarrista
Luis Ortiz -guitarrista
Jose Manuel Sanz
Sanz-- baterista
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The first Formula One World Championship
was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his
Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his
Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio.
However Fangio won the title in 1951,
1954, 1955, 1956 & 1957.
By Jorge Delgado.
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According to Lamborghini, ''Aventador'' was the name of a bull that
entered into a battle at the Saragossa Arena in Spain, earning much
acclaim for its exceptional courage.
Courage, however, is not merely confined to the “Aventador”; it is the
name of the game for Afzal Kahn.
The principal British designer's obsession with turning some of the
most iconic cars on the road into fashion statements is nothing new.
He has found a happy medium between customization, luxury, and
design.
Having transformed the look of this vehicle into an imposing Lamborghini Rosso red beauty, (the only one of its kind) Afzal Kahn decided
to strip the entire vehicle – with the objective of showcasing optimum
interior and exterior equilibrium – unrivaled in the worldwide super
sports car arena.
By Andrés Bernal and Arturo Mena.
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El domingo 8 de diciembre 6 alumnos de 4to hicieron la primer visita exploratoria al Hospital Psiquiátrico Fray Bernardino Álvarez,
otro proyecto esta lidereado por DiConstanzo en un orfanatorio (La
Quinta Carmelita http://www.laquinta.org.mx/ , mientras que otro
más se está gestando con asuntos de respeto a la vida.
Les comparto la narración y reflexión de Cesar y de como una experiencia de servicio es una experiencia de acción y de aprendizaje
para una consciencia más amplia del entorno, más global. Todos
contaron con autorización de sus padres.
Reflexión:
By César de la Garza
Para mi el haber podido visitar el hospital Fray Bernardino
fue una experiencia que me gustó bastante.
Después de que el profesor nos invitara a ir me puse de
acuerdo con varios amigos para ir todos juntos.
Ese día en la mañana llegamos a casa de Diego Artime y de
ahí nos fuimos a la entrada del hospital en donde tuvimos
que ingresar con bata.
Dentro de las instalaciones del hospital el profesor Romo
nos llevó al séptimo piso en donde se hospedaban los pacientes miembros del ISSSTE.
La diferencia con las habitaciones de los pacientes de otros
pisos es que en el piso siete las habitaciones eran individuales y en los otros pisos en un cuarto podían haber hasta 4
pacientes.
Dentro de las habitaciones los pacientes tenían una cama,
su propio baño, ventana y hubo pacientes que nos platicaron
que incluso tenían televisión.
Después de conocer los cuartos vimos el comedor de cada
piso y nos explicaron que los pisos están divididos de un lado los hombres y del otro las mujeres.
Después el profesor nos llevó a una especie de auditorio en
donde había varios de los pacientes del piso 7 y algunos
doctores.
Nos pidió el profesor que nos presentáramos con los pacientes, fui el primero en presentarme y dije mi nombre y la escuela, cuando acabamos de presentarnos fué el turno de los
pacientes quienes fueron abiertos y nos platicaron sus experiencias en el hospital y sus padecimientos.
Me llamó mucho la atención de 2 de las pacientes una de
ellas dijo estar casada desde hace 13 años y en su casa en
cocoyoc, un ataque bipolar lo cual la hizo ingresar por iniciativa propia al hospital .
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La segunda paciente nos dijo que era química
fármaco bióloga y nos comentó que padecía de
un tipo de afición que le hace tener miedo a casi
todo.
Noté que la mayoría de los pacientes que ahí se
encontraban era gente preparada que no nació
con estas enfermedades sino que a una edad
media la desarrollaron hasta que les fué imposible evitarla.
Al salir del auditorio platiqué con uno de los pacientes que me llamó la atención por ser muy
tímido su nombre era Mario, me platicó que ingresó ahí por su familia y que la causa había
sido un intento de suicido y paranoia esquizofrénica, también noté al terminar mi conversación
con él que tenía un catéter colgando de su pantalón con una bolsa con su orina.
En ese momento me dí cuenta de la gran diferencia que podía haber entre pacientes, la mayoría de los pacientes que ahí había no se les
notaba de ninguna forma su padecimiento pero
en el caso de este joven era evidente.
Entendí que la única diferencia que había entre
pacientes y doctores era la bata y que cualquier
paciente con bata podría pasar como un doctor.
Observé que dentro de las instalaciones todos
utilizaban el mismo tipo de calzado y que no importaba la posición económica de la familia o de
ellos mismo, adentro todos, eran iguales y ninguno tenía preferencias.
Cuando nos llevaron al patio nos dijo el profesor
que nos dispersáramos, María y yo decidimos ir
a jugar basquet y formamos equipos de cuatro,
Bernardo, Rosa, Angélica y yo éramos un equipo y María y otros 3 pacientes eran el otro. Pasamos un rato jugando hasta que el equipo de
María nos ganó por una canasta, después jugamos fútbol con otros pacientes y platiqué con
otros más que estaban sentados en las bancas,
en el patio había pacientes de todos los pisos y
convivían juntos, siempre noté que había muchos doctores y policías.
Al terminar de jugar fútbol el profesor nos presentó a
otro de los pacientes que era profesor de matemáticas
quien me pareció una persona brillante, le hicimos preguntas de química y podía identificar cada elemento
sin la necesidad de una tabla periódica y recuerdo que
siempre llevaba un cuaderno y pluma para hacer anotaciones personales o cálculos.
Me di cuenta que la mayoría de los pacientes te piden cigarros porque los doctores son prácticamente la
única forma de conseguirlos y la cantidad de pacientes
que nos los pidieron era impresionante.
Al final de mi visita doné un balón de fútbol para los
pacientes.
La visita me encantó, cambió mi perspectiva de lo que
es un hospital siquiátrico y aprendí que todos estamos
expuestos a algún tipo de desorden mental a cualquier
edad, bajo cualquier situación y que desde mi perspectiva la gente se olvida de estas comunidades al hacer
obras de caridad o servicio social y se concentran más
en asilos u orfanatos cuando este tipo de lugares requieren atención también.
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Occupation: President of South Africa and Activist
Born: July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa
Died: December 5, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Best known for: Serving 27 years in prison as a protest against apartheid
Nelson Mandela was a civil rights leader in South Africa. He fought
against apartheid, a system where non-white citizens were segregated from whites and did not have equal
rights. He served a good portion
of his life in prison for his protests, but
became a symbol for his people.
Later he would become president of
South Africa.
Where did Nelson Mandela
grow up?
Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa. His birth name is Rolihlahla. He got the
nickname Nelson from a teacher in school. Nelson was a member of Thimbu royalty and his father was
chief of the city of Mvezo. He attended school and later college at the College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand. At Witwatersrand, Mandela got his law degree and would meet some of his fellow activists against apartheid.
What did Nelson Mandela do?
Nelson Mandela became a leader in the African National Congress (ANC). At first he pushed hard for the
congress and the protesters to follow Mohandas Gandhi's non-violence approach. At one point he started to
doubt that this approach would work and started up an armed branch of the ANC. He planned to bomb certain buildings, but only the buildings. He wanted to make sure than no one would be hurt. He was classified
as a terrorist by the South African government and sent to prison.
Mandela would spend the next 27 years in prison. His prison sentence brought international visibility to the
anti-apartheid movement. He was finally released through international pressure in 1990.
Once released from prison, Nelson continued his campaign to end apartheid. His hard work and life long
effort paid off when all races were allowed to vote in the 1994 election. Nelson Mandela won the election
and became president of South Africa. There were several times during the process where violence threatened to break out. Nelson was a strong force in keeping the calm and preventing a major civil war.
How long was Nelson Mandela in prison?
He spent 27 years in prison. He refused to bend on his principals in order to be released and stated that he
would die for his ideals. He wanted all people of all races to have equal rights in South Africa.
Fun facts about Nelson Mandela
 Nelson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
 July 18th is Nelson Mandela day. People are asked to devote 67 minutes to helping others. The 67
minutes represents the 67 years Mandela spent serving his country.
 Invictus was a 2009 movie about Nelson Mandela and the South African rugby team.
He had six children and twenty grandchildren.
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
"Let the strivings of us all prove Martin Luther King Jr. to have been correct, when he said that humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war. Let the efforts of us all
prove that he was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace
being more precious than diamonds or silver or gold. Let a new age dawn."
--December 1993, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
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