Stories op die Wind: 'n Handleiding vir opvoeders van Noord-Kaapse volksverhale

THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF EXCITING RESOURCE GUIDES: STORIES OP DIE WIND – ‘n Noord-Kaapse Erfenis (Stories that float on the Wind – A Northern Cape Heritage). This Resource Guide focuses on folk tales as an important element of intangible heritage of the Northern Cape and contains examples of different lesson plans to be used in the classroom. Learners from eight Northern Cape schools Kharkhams, F.J. Smit, Steinkopf, Namaqualand , Concordia, Okiep. Kakamas and Rietfontein were trained in Oral History Methodology and Techniques and Writing skills. They interviewed a number of story-tellers from their respective communities.

Community Healing: A resource guide : R60

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission brought home to most South Africans the extent to which apartheid left many communities traumatised and dysfunctional. Communities face the challenges of improving their lives materially and economically, as well as creating neighbourhoods where people feel safe and at home. This book is the result of a series of initiatives by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation to begin to address issues of collective trauma and healing. Over seven years, many of what is involved: Lingelihle, Cradock, Qumbu, Langa, Laingsburg, Bonteheuwel, Hout Bay, Gugulethu, Khayelitsha and Pinelands.

Community Healing: A Guide for Facilitators :R50

In post-apartheid South Africa, healing depends on more than material well-being. Attention must also be given to the socio-psychological dimension of healing at individual and collective levels. In 2001, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) took the bold step of tackling the issue of community healing. An innovative project in Cradock in the Eastern Cape Province was initiated by Nyameka Goniwe, a community leader and project manager with the Institute. The project helped the Institute to develop broad guidelines for community healing. Through Nyameka’s intervention, the people of Cradock worked towards healing, by dealing with the impact of apartheid in their community.

Connecting with Others- Teacher's Guide : R50

This publication, produced by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, provides guidelines and teaching modules to accompany the Department of Education video production entitled Connecting with Others.

Connecting with Others- Global Youth Dialogue :R100

This video explores a series of conversations between groups of young people from South Africa, Uganda, Namibia, Nothern Ireland, Jordan, Scotland and Sweden as they discuss challenges, conflicts and issues that affect themselves and the societies in which they live. The booklet accompanying the video, produced by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, provides detailed lesson plans and assessment activities for teachers who wish to use the material in their Life Orientation and Language lessons or as preparation for the CTA examinations in those areas

Discovering Others :R30

The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation has developed this publication in order to facilitate reconciliation among South Africans in formal as well as informal learning contexts and within community settings. The aim of Discovering Others is to make a positive contribution to the establishment of interpersonal relationships among South Africans based on respect for one another and an acknowledgement of our interdependence as fellow citizens (EFRLOR)

Interfaith Solidarity: A guide for Religious Communities

Christians, Muslims and Jews claim a common father in Abraham. However, in practice what is most often apparent are their differences. This guide explores strategies for a common future, drawirg on memories of interfaith solidarity in the struggle against apartheid.

Nyameka's Story - Guide for Learners: R60

In 1985, the police killed four Cradock community activists. These men, known as the Cradock Four, became a national symbol of resistance and heroes in the struggle against apartheid. This book was developed to provide a background to the important issues being raised in the video, Nyameka's Story, produced by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.

Nyameka's Story - Guide for Teachers: R60

This book was developed in order to help educators confront issues such as apartheid in the classroom.

Pass Laws in the Western Cape: Implementation and Resistance

Turning Points in History Series

The Turning Points history series initiated by the Institute deals with crucial stages in the development of South African society. In cooperation with the National Education Department the Institute has drawn on the expertise of a number of leading South African historians. Their essays, published in six eighty-page booklets and a teacher’s guide, are aimed at secondary school level. This material will be further used to encourage the broader South African public to reflect on the recent South African (apartheid) conflict within the context of larger historical movements over centuries. This series forms an integral part of the Institute’s commitment to telling the stories that detail South Africa’s complex past.

Turning Points in History CD-ROM: R100

The Turning Points in History series is an Institute for Justice and Reconciliation publication comprising six books and a Teachers Guide The series is aimed at Grade 10 to 12 learners, and covers important turning points across the entire scope of Southern African history. This CD-ROM supplements the Turning Points book series

Turning Points Series

The Turning Points in History publication of 2004 represents a milestone effort to address the challenges involved in education for reconciliation. Already enlisted as recommended teaching resource in most provinces, the series has attracted widespread attention in media and educational circles. There are various reasons for its positive reception in schools (as teaching resources) as well as in FET colleges and universities (for teacher training and curriculum development programmes) across South Africa: (EFRLOR)

Under the Same Tree- Learner's Book: R50

Drawing on first-hand teaching experience that combines History and Life Orientation, The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation has developed these books to facilitate reconciliation among South Africans in formal as well as informal learning contexts and within community settings.

Under the Same Tree- Teacher's Guide

The aim of Under the Same Tree is to make a positive contribution to the establishment of interpersonal relationships among South Africans based on respect for one another and an acknowledgement of our interdependence as fellow citizens

Forced Removals from Constantia: A resource guide

This Resource Guide focuses on one of the centrepieces of apartheid, i.e. the Group Areas Act, its implementation and effects by means of a case study of forced removals from Constantia. The well researched text was written by Carohn Cornell.

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