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

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Unit and lesson

Date started

Unit 1: Hunter-gatherers and shepherds in Southern Africa

Lesson 1: How we obtain information from huntergatherers and shepherds Lesson 2: Information from stories Lesson 3: Information from objects Lesson 4: Information from rock paintings Lesson 5: Information from books

Unit 2: The San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age

Lesson 6: How the San lived in their environment Lesson 7: Discovery of the bow and arrow Lesson 8: Social organisation within the San community Lesson 9: Medicinal plants Lesson 10: San beliefs and religion Lesson 11: Rock art

Unit 3: The Khoikhoi shepherd society in the Later Stone Age

Lesson 12: The pastoral way of life Lesson 13: How the San and Khoikhoi shared the same land

Unit 4: The first farmers in Southern Africa

Lesson 14: Interaction with the Khoisan

Unit 5: The chieftainship of the first African farmers

Lesson 15: Homesteads and farming villages Lesson 16: Agriculture: Crops and livestock Lesson 17: Social, political and economic structures Lesson 18: A culture of cooperation: The roles of men and women Lesson 19: Role of the paramount chief Lesson 20: The role of cattle

Date completed

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Unit 9: A heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa

Lesson 34: The provinces and their capital cities on a map

Unit 10: What is heritage?

Lesson 35: Heritage of places of importance Lesson 36: Heritage in objects Lesson 37: Heritage in people’s achievements Lesson 38: Heritage in place names Lesson 39: Heritage and changing identity Lesson 40: Heritage and indigenous medicines Lesson 41: Heritage in architecture Lesson 42: Natural heritage and indigenous knowledge systems Lesson 43: Heritage in art

Unit 6: Tools and weapons of iron and copper

Lesson 21: Metal work Lesson 22: Pottery Lesson 23: Trade Lesson 24: Religion and medicine

Unit 7: An ancient African society: Egypt

Lesson 25: The Nile River and how it influenced settlements

Unit 8: The way of life in ancient Egypt

Lesson 26: The social structure in ancient Egypt Lesson 27: Beliefs and religion Lesson 28: Pharaohs Lesson 29: Sphinxes, pyramids and temples Lesson 30: Hieroglyphics Lesson 31: Mathematics and astronomy Lesson 32: Medicine and healers Lesson 33: Case study: Tutankhamun’s grave