Grade 4

The curriculum statement is from the Department of Education for the year 2008.

Knowledge focus

The knowledge focus for achieving the Learning Outcomes in Grade 4 is reflected in:

History

  1. The history of the local area or district:

    • people, places, resources, beliefs linked to natural features, buildings, the school, sites, symbols and monuments, museums;

    • oral histories and traditions: finding out about place names, names of rivers, mountains and other
      landmarks and indigenous environmental practices;

    • people as historical sources: interviewing members of the community;

    • stories of families and communities which express human values of concern for others, triumph over obstacles, resistance against wrong, valuing human rights.

  2. Learning from leaders in all spheres of life:

    • what makes a good or great leader;

    • stories of leaders from South Africa and around the world over time.

  3. The history of transport and travel over time: from the earliest ways of transporting goods and people to the most modern on land, sea and in the air, including the environmental impact of different types of transport.

  4. Broad historical overview of the origins of major world religions reflected in South Africa:

    • African traditional religion;

    • Judaism;

    • Christianity;

    • Hinduism;

    • Islam;

    • Buddhism.

  5. Democracy and human rights in the school and the community.

 

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