Year plan

Keep the following in mind when planning your year: ● Be realistic and flexible ● Keep your other subject timetables in mind ● Allow for enough time to study for tests and examinations

Term

1

2

Unit and lesson

Date started Unit 1: An African kingdom long ago in Southern Africa

Lesson 1: Changes in the society in the Limpopo Valley Lesson 2: Settlements before Mapungubwe – K2 and Schroda

Unit 2: Mapungubwe – the first state in Southern Africa

Lesson 3: The king and his holy leadership Lesson 4: The first rock-walled palace Lesson 5: The importance of Mapungubwe Hill Lesson 6: The first formal village Lesson 7: Social classes of Mapungubwe Lesson 8: The Golden Rhinoceros and other artefacts Lesson 9: Trade across Africa and the Indian Ocean Lesson 10: Trade goods

Unit 3: Change and continuity in East Coast trade

Lesson 11: Great Zimbabwe

Unit 4: European explorers in Asia

Lesson 12: Marco Polo Lesson 13: Marco Polo’s influence on European traders

Unit 5: European explorers discover Southern Africa

Lesson 14: Reasons for European exploration Lesson 15: Leonardo da Vinci Lesson 16: Galileo Galilei Lesson 17: New ideas and knowledge Lesson 18: Inventions – gunpowder, the compass and caravels

Date completed

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3

4

Unit 6: Trade and profit

Lesson 19: European trade routes to the East via Southern Africa Lesson 20: Bartolomeu Dias meets the Khoikhoi Lesson 21: Vasco da Gama’s voyage Lesson 22: The Dutch East India Company

Unit 7: Democracy and citizenship

Lesson 23: How people govern themselves in a democracy – our national government Lesson 24: 1994 – the first democratic South African government Lesson 25: Parliament’s role Lesson 26: The importance of rules and laws Lesson 27: The legal system and equality according to the law Lesson 28: Citizens’ rights and responsibilities in a democracy Lesson 29: The Constitutional Court

Unit 8: Children’s rights and responsibilities

Lesson 30: The Children’s Charter of South Africa

Unit 9: National symbols since 1994

Lesson 31: The coat of arms Lesson 32: The national flag Lesson 33: The national anthem

Unit 10: Medical science over the years

Lesson 34: Indigenous healing in South Africa Lesson 35: Identification and training of new healers

Unit 11: Modern Western healing

Lesson 36: The fight against smallpox and Edward Jenner’s role Lesson 37: The relationship between germs and diseases and Louis Pasteur’s role Lesson 38: Germs that cause tuberculosis and Robert Koch’s role Lesson 39: The first antibiotics and Alexander Fleming’s role

Unit 12: The link between holistic and Western healing

Lesson 40: The difference between holistic and Western healing