Platinum Social Sciences
Grade 5
Teaching Plan
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GEOGRAPHY
Annual Teaching Plan Term 1
Topic 1 Map skills
Units
Unit 1 World map and compass directions
Unit 2 Africa our continent (oceans, countries
and main cities)
Unit 3 A physical map of Africa
Unit 4 Images of Africa
Revision, assessment
Topic
Map Skills
Time Allocation
2 hours
Map Skills
4 hours
Map Skills
Map Skills
The assessment for Term 1 includes a task. An
example of an appropriate task is included in
Platinum Social Sciences Grade 5 Learner’s
Book. Guidance on how to assess this task is
included in Platinum Social Sciences Grade 5
Teacher’s Guide.
3 hours
3 hours
3 hours
Formal and informal assessment should take
place on an ongoing basis throughout the term.
Annual Teaching Plan Term 2
Topic 2 Physical features of South Africa
Units
Unit 1 South Africa from above (physical
map)
Unit 2 Physical features of South Africa
Unit 3 Rivers
Unit 4 Physical features and human activities
Revision and assessment
Topic
Time Allocation
Physical features of South Africa
2 hours
Physical features of South Africa
Physical features of South Africa
Physical features of South Africa
The assessment for Term 2 includes a task/test.
An example of an appropriate task is included in
Platinum Social Sciences Grade 5 Learner’s
Book. Guidance on how to assess this task is
included in Platinum Social Sciences Grade 5
Teacher’s Guide.
3 hours
3 hours
4 hour
Formal and informal assessment should take
place on an ongoing basis throughout the term.
3 hours
Annual Teaching Plan Term 3
Topic 3 Weather, climate and vegetation of South Africa
Units
Unit 1 Weather
Project Observing and recording the weather
(independent project)
Unit 2 Rainfall
Unit 3 Climate
Unit 4 Natural vegetation
Revision and assessment
Topic
Weather, climate and vegetation of South Africa
Time Allocation
2 hours
Weather, climate and vegetation of South Africa
3 hours
Weather, climate and vegetation of South Africa
Weather, climate and vegetation of South Africa
Weather, climate and vegetation of South Africa
The assessment for Term 3 includes a project.
Introduce this project early in the term for
submission later in the term. It should not absorb
much formal classroom time. However, some time
for explaining and monitoring the project will be
necessary. An example of an appropriate project
is included in Platinum Social Sciences Grade 5
Learner’s Book. Guidance on how to assess this
task is included in Platinum Social Sciences
Grade 5 Teacher’s Guide.
3 hours
2 hours
Formal and informal assessment should take
place on an ongoing basis throughout the term.
Annual Teaching Plan Term 4
Topic 4 Minerals and mining in South Africa
Units
Topic
Time Allocation
Unit 1 Mineral and coal resources of South
Africa
Minerals and mining in South Africa
4 hours
Unit 2 Mining and the environment
Minerals and mining in South Africa
5 hours
Unit 3 Mining and people
Minerals and mining in South Africa
3 hours
The assessment for Term 4 includes a test/exam.
Revision and assessment
Formal and informal assessment should take
place on an ongoing basis throughout the term.
3 hours
HISTORY
Annual Teaching Plan Term 1
Topic 1 Hunter-gatherers and herders in southern Africa
Units
Unit 1 How we find out about hunter gatherers and
herders
Unit 2 San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone
Age
Unit 3 Medicine from plants
Unit 4 The hunt and the bow and arrow
Unit 5 What did the San believe?
Unit 6 San rock art
Unit 7 Khoikhoi herder society in the Later Stone Age
Revision and assessment
Topic
Hunter gatherers and herders in
southern Africa
Hunter gatherers and herders in
southern Africa
Time Allocation
2 hours
8 hours
2 hours
The assessment for term 1 includes a
task. An example of an appropriate
task is included in Platinum Social
Sciences Grade 5 Learner’s Book.
Guidance on how to assess this task is
included in Platinum Social Sciences
Grade 5
Teacher’s Guide.
3 hours
Formal and informal assessment
should take place on an ongoing basis
throughout the term.
Annual Teaching Plan Term 2
Topic 2 The first farmers in southern Africa
Units
Unit 1 When, why and where the first African farmers
settled in southern Africa
Unit 2 Homesteads and villages
Unit 3 Agriculture: crops and livestock
Unit 4 Social, political and economic
structures
Unit 5 Cattle were very important
Unit 6 Tools and weapons from iron
and copper
Unit 7 Pottery
Unit 8 Trade
Unit 9 Religion, medicine and healing
Unit 10 Hunting
Revision and assessment
Topic
Time Allocation
The first farmers in southern Africa
2 hours
The first farmers in southern Africa
The assessment for term 2 includes a
task/test. An example of an
appropriate task/test is included in
Platinum Social Sciences Grade 5
Learner’s Book. Guidance on how to
assess this task is included in Platinum
Social Sciences
Grade 5 Teacher’s Guide.
Formal and informal assessment
should take place on an ongoing basis
throughout the term.
10 hourse
3 hours
Annual Teaching Plan Term 3
Topic 3 An ancient African society: Egypt
Units
Unit 1 The Nile River and how it influenced
settlement
Unit 2 Ways of life in Ancient Egypt
Unit 3 The tomb of Tutankhamun
Unit 4 The spread of Egypt’s knowledge to other
places, such as Europe and the Middle East
Revision and assessment
Topic
An ancient African society: Egypt
Time Allocation
2 hours
An ancient African society: Egypt
An ancient African society: Egypt
8 hours
2 hours
An ancient African society: Egypt
1 hours
The assessment for term 3 includes a
task/ test. An example of an
appropriate task/test is included in
Platinum Social Sciences Grade 5
Learner’s Book. Guidance on how to
assess this task is included in Platinum
Social Sciences Grade 5 Teacher’s
Guide.
2 hours
Formal and informal assessment
should take place on an ongoing basis
throughout the term.
Annual Teaching Plan Term 4
Topic 4 A heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
Units
Unit 1 The names of provinces and their capital cities
on a map
Unit 2 What heritage is
Topic
A heritage trail through the provinces
of South Africa
A heritage trail through the provinces
of South Africa
Time Allocation
3 hours
Unit 3 Heritage in sites of significance: Cradle of
Humankind – Gauteng
Unit 4 Heritage in objects: Golden objects at
Mapungubwe – Limpopo
Unit 5 Heritage in people’s achievements: Frances
Baard – Northern Cape
Unit 6 Heritage in names of places: Gariep Dam –
Free State
Unit 7 Heritage and changing identities: The Castle –
Western Cape
A heritage trail through the provinces
of South Africa
9 hours
Unit 8 Heritage and indigenous medicine: The
healing properties of the aloe – Eastern Cape
Unit 9 Heritage in architecture: Stonewalled town of
Kaditshwene – North West
Unit 10 Natural heritage and indigenous knowledge
systems: Makhonjwa Mountains – Mpumalanga
Unit 11 Heritage in art: San rock art in the
Drakensberg – KwaZulu-Natal
Revision and assessment
3 hours