Welcome to CiC’s CAPS-aligned, practical and creative, EdTech inspired modules for Grade 5 that are learner-centred and skills based. Each termly module offers 8 weeks of awe-inspiring and engaging lessons aimed at growing and developing 21st century thinking.
21st Century Skills:
- Creative thinking
- Critical Thinking
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Digital Literacy
We have swapped the DBE suggested module-order to link the content in the three subjects and create themes for each term and, where appropriate, we have embedded the curriculum content in adventure stories to truly engage learners.
Each lesson consists of:
- A teacher’s guide video
- A downloadable lesson plan
- All materials such as worksheets, videos and digital resources
- Options that are ZedTech, TechLight and TechLoaded
Term 1
NST: Life and Living/ Structures
- Plants and animals on Earth
- Animal skeletons
- Food chains
- Life cycles
- World Map and compass directions
- Africa, our continent
- A physical map of Africa
- Images of Africa
History: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
- Finding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
- San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
- Khoikhoi herder society in the Later Stone Age
Term 2
- NST: Matter and Materials/ Processing
- Metals and non-metals
- Uses of metals
- Processing materials
- Processed materials
Geography: Physical features of South Africa
- South Africa: Physical map
- Physical features
- Rivers
- Physical features and human activities
History: The first farmers in Southern Africa
- When, where and why the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
- How early African farmers settled in Southern Africa
- How early African farmers lives in settled chiefdoms
- Tools, weapons and pottery
- Division of labour
Term 3
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NST: Energy and change/ Systems and control
- Stored energy in fuels
- Energy and electricity
- Energy and Movement
- Systems for moving things
Geography: Weather, climate, vegetation of South Africa
- Weather
- Observing and recording the weather (Independent Project)
- Rainfall
- Climate
- Natural Vegetation
History: An ancient African society: Egypt
- The Nile River and how it influenced settlement
- Way of Life in Ancient Egypt
- Case study: The tomb of Tutankhamen
- The spread of Egypt’s advanced knowledge to other places
Term 4
NST: Planet Earth and Beyond/ Systems and control
- Planet Earth
- Surface of the Earth
- Sedimentary Rocks
- Fossils
Geography: Minerals and Mining in SA
- Mineral and coal resources of South Africa
- Mining and the environment
- Mining and people
History: A heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
- The names of provinces and capital cities
- What is heritage?
- Different examples of heritage from each province