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Grade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
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Mar 20, 2015

Grade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa

Britain, Diamond mining and increasing labour control and land expansion Before South Africa's vast mineral wealth wa...

Grade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
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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 8 - Term 4: World War I (1914 - 1918)
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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...