Subjects
History Framework
GRADE 8
- The Industrial Revolution in Britain and South Africa
- The European colonization of Africa in the late 19th century
- World War 1 (1914-1918)
GRADE 9
- World War 2
- The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
- Turning points in Modern South African History since 1948
- Turning Points in Modern South African History 1960, 1976, 1990
GRADE 10
- The World around 1600
- Expansion and Conquest in the 15th – 16th centuries
- The French Revolution
- Transformation in South Africa after 1759
- Colonial expansion after 1750
- Apartheid in South Africa 1940s – 1960s
GRADE 11
- Communist Russia
- Capitalism in the USA
- Ideas of race in the late 19th and 20th centuries
- Nationalism in South Africa, the Middle East and Africa
- Apartheid in South Africa from 1940 – 1960
GRADE 12
- The Cold war
- Civil Protest in the USA
- Independent Africa
- Road to Democracy
- Civil Resistance in SA
- The end of the Cold War
- Globalization
SPECIFIC SKILLS
Critical thinking, analysis, interpretation, debating skills, synthesis of material, research and the ability to extract relevant information, global perspectives and essay writing.
POSSIBLE CAREER CHOICES:
Law, Politics, Journalism, Tourism, Teaching, Philosophy, Archeology, Paleontology, Research, Curator, Archivist, Librarian.