Instructional time allocation The instructional time in the Senior Phase is as follows:


Subject Home Language


First Additional Language Mathematics


Natural Science Social Sciences Technology


Economic and Management Sciences


Life Orientation Creative Arts Total


Teaching hours per week


5 4


4,5 3 3 2 2


2 2


27,5


Learning in the Senior Phase Topic overview


Grade 7 Term 1


History: The kingdom of Mali and the city of Timbuktu in the 14th century


Geography: Map skills (Focus: Local maps)


History: The Transatlantic slave trade


Term 2


Geography: Earthquakes, volcanoes and floods


Term 3


History: Colonisation of the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries


Geography: Population growth and change (Focus: World)


Term 4


History: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century


Geography: Natural resources and conservation in South Africa


Grade 8


History: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa


Geography: Maps and globes (Focus global and local)


History: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa


Geography: Climate regions (Focus: South Africa and world)


History: The scramble for Africa: late 19th century


Geography: Settlement (Africa with a focus on South Africa)


History: World War I (1914–1918)


Geography: Transport and trade (Focus: South Africa and world)


Grade 9


History: World War II (1919–1945)


Geography: Map skills (Focus: Topographic and orthophoto maps)


History: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War (1945–1990)


Geography: Development issues (Focus: South Africa and world)


History: Turning points in South African history 1948 and 1950s


Geography: Surface forces that shape the earth (Physical Geography)


History: Turning points in modern South African history 1960, 1976 and 1994


Geography: Resource use and sustainability (Focus: World)


9


Total hours per term


50 40 45 30 30 20 20


20 20


275


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