Study tips and methods

Codes and percentages for recording and reporting: Code Description of competence Percentage

7 Outstanding performance 6 Meritorious performance 5 Significant performance 4 Adequate performance 3 Average performance 2 Basic performance 1 Not achieved 80 – 100 70 – 79 60 – 69 50 – 59 40 – 49 30 – 39 0 – 29

History should be learnt like a story. Encourage learners at the end of each unit to tell you in a story what he or she has learnt.

Learners must also learn how to apply history skills – they must not only learn content and facts but understand the impact of events on people and society. Learners must learn empathy and understand that history is not just a mere story, but true events experienced by real people and that all decisions have consequences.

There is an activity at the end of every lesson to help learners understand the content of the lesson. Go through the activities with learners in preparation for their examinations.

Every activity must be completed as thoroughly as possible and the questions must be answered in full sentences.