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CAPS Documents

The CAPS document is a concise explanation of the curriculum that learners will be expected to complete during the school year.

CAPS Grades 10 - 12: Geography

CAPS Grades 10 - 12: IsiXhosa uLwimi Lokuqala Olongezelelweyo

CAPS Grades 10 - 12: Afrikaans Eerste Addisionele Taal

CAPS Grades 10 - 12: Visual Arts

CAPS Grades 10 - 12: Afrikaans Huistaal

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History Education Debate

Debates on History Education & Policies

The Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018

South Africa wants to make history compulsory at school. But can it? by Michelle Friedman (theConversation.com), 1 June 2018

Report of the History Ministerial Task Team for the Department of Basic Education, February 2018

Oral History Thesis by Yuxi Wang (Minzu University of China)

History’s schools - Past Struggles and Present Realities by Aziz Choudry and Salim Vally

AIDS & RESOURCES

Foundation of the New South Africa by John Pampallis
Sona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
The Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
Report of the History Ministerial Task Team for the Department of Basic Education, February 2018
South Africa wants to make history compulsory at school. But can it? by Michelle Friedman (theConversation.com), 1 June 2018

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FURTHER RESOURCES

See below for a list of external links to classroom resouces:

Kids Research and Educational Links
Academic Research and Educational Links
West African Senior School Certificate Examination

LATEST IN THE CLASSROOM

Grade 10
America, Spanish conquest
Aids & Resources
Foundation of the New South Africa by John Pampallis
Aids & Resources
Sona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
History Education Debate, Aids & Resources
The Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
History Education Debate, Aids & Resources
The Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018

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Nelson Mandela: Father of the Nation - Children's biography
Nelson Mandela: Father of the Nation - Quiz
Grade 6 Term 1 Learner Activities
Make your own ROCK ART

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