For students, the story of apartheid touches on collective memories -- of suffering, fear and identity -- that so easily flare into pain, guilt or anger.
Johannesburg - Black-and-white pictures were projected onto the wall of a South African classroom and gospel music played evocatively in the background.
Nasson emphasises "emotion and empathy in history" which "makes the understanding of the content much easier". At end of the slideshow, Nasson projected several modern-day photos of Langa, Cape Town's oldest township. The government wants to make it compulsory and overhaul the curriculum, said Education Minister Angie Motshekga, to stop it "perpetuating a colonial or western perspective".
"There were quite a lot of racist attitudes that were popping out in my class so one day I decided to do a lesson on prejudice," she said.
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