Platinum Social Sciences

Grade 4

Teaching Plan

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GEOGRAPHY

Annual Teaching Plan Term 1

Topic 1 Places where people live

Units / Topic / Time Allocation
Unit 1 People and places / Places where people live / 5 hours
Unit 2 Buildings in different places and their uses
Unit 3 Roads and footpaths – how they are used within settlements
Unit 4 Landmarks and explaining the way / Landmarks and explaining the way / 3 hours
Unit 5 People and their needs / People and their needs / 4 hours
Term assessment exemplar / 3 hours

Annual Teaching Plan Term 2

Topic 2 Map skills

Units / Topic / Time Allocation
Unit 1 Side views and plan views / Side views and plan views / 2 hours
Unit 2 Symbols and keys / Symbols and keys / 3 hours
Unit 3 Grid references / Grid references / 2 hours
Unit 4 Compass directions / Compass directions / 1 hour
Unit 5 A map of South Africa / A map of South Africa / 2 hours
Unit 6 A globe and map of the world / A globe and map of the world / 2 hours
Term assessment exemplar / 3 hours

Annual Teaching Plan Term 3

Topic 3 Food and farming in South Africa

Units / Topic / Time Allocation
Unit 1 People and food / People and food / 2 hours
Unit 2 Ways of farming / Ways of farming / 3 hours
Unit 3 Crop farming / Crop and stock farming / 5 hours
Unit 4 Stock farming
Unit 5 Location of main crop and stockfarming areas in South Africa
Unit 6 Unprocessed and processed foods / Unprocessed and processed foods / 3 hours
Unit 7 From farm to factory to shop tohome: wheat fields to bread sandwich
Term assessment exemplar / 2 hours

Annual Teaching Plan Term 4

Topic 4 Water in South Africa

Units / Topic / Time Allocation
Unit 1 Uses of water / Uses of water / 2 hours
Unit 2 Water as a resource / Water as a resource / 5 hours
Unit 3 How people get their water / How people get their water / 3 hours
Unit 4 Pollution and waste water / Pollution and waste water / 2 hours
Term assessment exemplar / 3 hours

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HISTORY

Annual Teaching Plan Term 1

Topic 1 Local history

Units / Topic / Time Allocation
Unit 1 How we find out about the present in a local area / How we find out about the present in a local area / 2 hours
Unit 2 How we find out about the history of a local area / How we find out about the history of a local area / 3 hours
Project: Make a museum display / Project / 7 hours
Term assessment exemplar / 3 hours

Annual Teaching Plan Term 2

Topic 2 Learning from leaders

Units / Topic / Time Allocation
Unit 1 What makes a good leader? / Ask and answer questions about the lives and qualities of good leaders / 2 hours
Unit 2 Nelson Mandela, a good leader / Life stories of leaders / 5 hours
Unit 3 Mahatma Gandhi / 5 hours
Term assessment exemplar / 3 hours

Annual Teaching Plan Term 3

Topic 3 Transport through time

Units / Topic / Time Allocation
Unit 1 Transport on land – Animals / Transport on land:
  • Carts, wagons and coaches
  • The steam engine and the train
  • The motor car
  • Common forms of transport of people and goods on land today
/ 6 hours
Unit 2 Transport on land – The wheel and the cart
Unit 3 Transport on land – Wagons and coaches
Unit 4 Transport on land – The bicycle
Unit 5 Transport on land – The steam engine and the train
Unit 6 Transport on land – The motor car
Unit 7 Common forms of transport of people and goods on land today
Case study: Environmental damage: exhaust fumes in a big city / 1 hour
Unit 8 Transport on water / Transport on water:
  • Rafts, canoes and reed boats
  • First sailing ships
  • The first steamships
  • Modern forms of water transport
/ 4 hours
Unit 9 Transport in the air / Transport in the air:
  • Balloon and airships
  • Wright brothers and their invention of the first aeroplane
  • Modern forms of air transport
/ 2 hours
Term assessment exemplar / 2 hours

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Annual Teaching Plan Term 4

Topic 4 Communication through time

Units / Topic / Time Allocation
Unit 1 The San and the oldest forms of human communication / The oldest forms of human communication / 3 hours
Unit 2 The postal system / Change in modern forms of communication / 9 hours
Unit 3 The radio
Unit 4 Early typewriters before electricity
Unit 5 The telegraph
Unit 6 The telephone
Unit 7 The camera
Unit 8 The television
Unit 9 The personal computer, the internet and the cell phone
Term assessment exemplar / 3 hours

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