South Africa
The national curriculum will enable both leaners and educators to understand what is require of them to achieve before examinations.
History (GRADE 12)
| TOPIC & DURATION | VIDEO LINK | TEXT LINK |
| How did the Cold War period shape international relations after the Second World War? | ||
| The origins of the Cold War (Overview; source-based questions; a broad narrative) | ||
| Extension of the Cold War | ||
| Case study: China (examined each year as an option to Vietnam.) | ||
| How did China rise as a world power after 1949? | ||
| Case study: Vietnam (Examined each year as an option to China) | ||
| How was a small country like Vietnam able to win a war against the USA? (1954 to 1975) | ||
| How was independence realised in Africa in the 1960s and 1970s? | ||
| What were the ideas that influenced the independent states? | ||
| Comparative case studies (1960 to 1980) as examples to illustrate the political, economic, social and cultural successes and challenges in independent Africa (1960 to 1980). | ||
| The successes and challenges faced by independent Africa? | ||
| What was the impact of the internal and external factors on Africa during the time? Africa in the Cold War: USSR, USA, Cuba, China and South Africa Case study: Angola | ||
| What forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s to 1990? Background and focus | ||
| Introduction: Overview of civil society protests | ||
| Case Study: the US Civil Rights Movement | ||
| Case Study: the Black Power Movement | ||
| What was the nature of the civil society resistance after the 1960s? Background and focus | ||
| The challenge of Black Consciousness to the Apartheid state | ||
| The crisis of Apartheid in the 1980s | ||
| How did South Africa emerge as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s, and how did South Africans come to terms with the Apartheid past? Background and focus | ||
| The negotiated settlement and Government of National Unity | ||
| How has South Africa chosen to remember the past? The Truth and Reconciliation Commission. | ||
| How has the world changed since the 1960s? Background and focus | ||
| The end of the Cold War: The events of 1989 | ||
| A new world order | ||