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History Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
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Jul 06, 2020

History Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire

The Mughals were a powerful Turkic-Mongol tribe that originated from Central Asia.[1]  The Mughal Empire controlled...

Grade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
Article
May 29, 2011

Grade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600

Topic 1: The world around 1600 What was the world like around 1600? Europe is considered as one of the world’s...

Grade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
Article
Nov 08, 2011

Grade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union

The topic investigates ways in which the politics and culture of the Boer Republics clashed with the modernising thrust ...

Grade 10 - Topic 3: The French Revolution
Article
Nov 08, 2011

Grade 10 - Topic 3: The French Revolution

On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. This marked the beginning of the...

Grade 10 - Topic 5: Colonial expansion in South Africa after 1750
Article
Nov 08, 2011

Grade 10 - Topic 5: Colonial expansion in South Africa after 1750

In this topic we study the impact that British colonisation of the Cape and Natal had on the people that were living the...

Grade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)
Article
Mar 20, 2015

Grade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)

World War II (1939 to 1945) was the most devastating war in history, accounting for between 50 million to 80 million dea...

Grade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
Article
Mar 20, 2015

Grade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century

The colonisation of Africa was part of a global European process reaching all the continents of the world. European colo...

Grade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
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Jan 26, 2012

Grade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt

 

Grade 4 - Term 4: Communication through time
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Oct 13, 2011

Grade 4 - Term 4: Communication through time

Communication through time, topic focuses on how communication has changed over time and how many forms of communication...

Grade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
Article
May 29, 2011

Grade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990

Turning points in modern South African History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a general election which was ...

Grade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
Article
May 29, 2011

Grade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War

Starting with major scientific breakthroughs during the 1930’s, countries have developed weapons that are based on nucle...

Grade 8 - Term 4: World War I (1914 - 1918)
Article
May 27, 2011

Grade 8 - Term 4: World War I (1914 - 1918)

This major event came to be known as the Great War which was the first war to be fought along modern industrial lines an...

Grade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
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May 27, 2011

Grade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860

The industrial Revolution has shaped the societies we live in today and more so in Britain and in Southern Africa. It br...

Grade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
Article
May 27, 2011

Grade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century

British arrival and the expanding frontier A frontier marks the edge of a known area, but a frontier is not a formal bo...

Grade 7 - Term 3: Colonisation of the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries
Article
May 27, 2011

Grade 7 - Term 3: Colonisation of the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries

The word ‘San’ means ‘people different from ourselves’. The San, who were hunter-gatherers, were the first people to liv...