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Industrialisation

Industrialisation
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Industrial Revolution in Britain: changing technology, agriculture and trade, exploitation and the new world of work, trade unionism, the growth of urban areas, social problems and political rights (under construction)

Industrialisation in South Africa: diamonds and gold, and changing work and lives in South Africa on the mines, the land and in the cities (including the 1913 Land Act) (under construction)

Sugar and labour in Natal (under construction)

Early trade union movements (under construction)

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Note: Some grade 8 sections are under construction and still link to old content. Also note, there may be minor changes to the curriculum from year to year, teachers always check with your Curriculum Advisor and students, check with your teacher.

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