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1 1 INTERMEDIATE PHASE Social and Natural Sciences 2 Mathematics 12 Life Skills 17 Natural Sciences 30 2 INTERMEDIATE PHASE Social Sciences Natural Sciences 3 Maropeng (Grades 4-6) Before visiting Maropeng, give learners a map of the Cradle of Humankind. Learners should use the road atlas to work out a route from their school to Maropeng. After arriving at Maropeng, give learners a map of the exhibition. Before going to the exhibition, the teacher will ask learners questions regarding the map. [Look at this map.]

2 What do you see? What do you think we are going to learn about today? Where do you think the entrance is? Where do you think the exit is? Why do you say so? What do maps tell us?] Learners paste stickers on map (representing map symbols) to identify certain sections ( the fossil area will have a sticker with a fossil on it). Theme: Zone 8: Humans emerged INTERMEDIATE PHASE : Educator Page Background knowledge Africa is the birthplace of humankind. This is where our collective umbilical cord lies buried. Hominids the ancestors of modern humans first emerged about 7-million years ago, in Africa.

3 Many significant fossil finds have been made in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, including the famous fossils Mrs Ples and Little Foot . The first stone tools were made and used in Africa, at least years ago. Let us go and Learning Area: Social Sciences Grade 4 CAPS Pages 3, 4 6 and 9 Geography Topic: Map skills Symbols and Keys Symbols as simple pictures or letters Symbols on a simple large scale map Keys as lists of symbols with their meanings on South African maps Reading a map of a farm, village or part of town using symbols and a key Drawing or completing own map using symbols and a key Grade 5 CAPS Pages 3 and 5 - 7 Geography Topic.

4 Map skills Revision grade 4 History Topic: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa The first farmers in Southern Africa Grade 6 CAPS Pages 5, 6 and 8 Geography Topic: Map skills Revision grade 4 History Topic: An African kingdom long ago in southern Africa: Mapungubwe Change in societies in the Limpopo Valley Settlement in the Limpopo Valley before Mapungubwe Mapungubwe: first state in Southern Africa Greater Zimbabwe Read the following: Processional Way All of humanity shares an African heritage.

5 We are one, diverse species across the globe, with our roots in Africa. Grade 6 Let us explore more! What do you think people used to dig up food stuffs such as bulbs, over 2-million years ago? What was this tool made out of? 4 Maropeng Add a few new symbols to show the following places on the Maropeng Map. museums monuments historical places Maropeng s history is interesting because _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Your teacher will give you a sticker with pictures of various areas. For example, the fossil area will have a sticker with a picture of a fossil display on it.

6 Stick your stickers on the corresponding areas on your map (see next page) so you can identify them at a later stage. Back in class write a few sentences on each area. Give your map to your friend. Ask your friend if it is easy to find the different areas. 1. Not achieved 2. Elementary achievement 3. Moderate achievement 4. Adequate achievement 5. Substantial achievement 6. Meritorious achievement 7. Outstanding achievement 0-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-100 Cannot use a map. Needs more support in using a map.

7 Uses a map to find information. Draws own map. INTERMEDIATE PHASE : Learner Activity and/or Assessment Task Learning Area: Social Sciences Grade 4 Geography: Topic: Map skills stickers 5 Map: Part 1 Key: The boat ride Interactives The boat ride Original fossil display Original fossil display Exit Fire Bathrooms Food outlet Entrance Display balls Fossil in ball The path to humanity Cloudscape What it means to be human The birth of the cradle 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 6 Map.

8 Part 2 A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 7 What is a timeline? What does YA mean? What does this timeline tell us? We have learned about Early Southern African societies which existed until 1600: the hunter-gatherers, the herders and the African farmers. We have looked at how the environment shaped these societies, their social organisation and the technologies they used. We have learned stories that explore systems of belief and we have learned about co-operation and conflict in societies. Let s learn more about the development of people.

9 INTERMEDIATE PHASE : Learner Activity and/or Assessment Task Learning Area: Social Sciences Grade 5 You have learned about timelines. It is now time to find more information on Early South African societies and draw a timeline that illustrates the development of each society. History: Topic: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa 8 Manufacturing begins Between 3-million and years ago, hominids began displaying a trait different to any other animal. They began to chip away at stones, using other stones, to make tools with sharp edges: manufacturing had begun.

10 Millions of these chipped stones, and the flakes they produced, are strewn across Africa. Cut above the rest Tool technology enabled hominids to enhance their diet. They were able to break open bone to extract marrow or process tough vegetation. They were also able to cut branches and sharpen sticks. The use of digging sticks enabled our ancestors to gather nutritious underground foods such as tubers. At Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and at Swartkrans in the Cradle of Humankind, cut marks made by stone tools on animal bone have been discovered.