FORM 1 (Grade 8)
CONTENT:
The nature of the content is not critical but it should be interesting and be
seen to be relevant. The subject matter for study is primarily a medium
through which essential skills are taught.
At present a comparative study is made of the development of the American West (1830 -1890) and South Africa, over the same period, with special emphasis being placed on the position of the indigenous populations and the impact of white settlement and the introduction of Western technology.
SKILLS:
It is expected that a boy in Form 1 should, by the end of the year, have
control of the following basic skills:
Reading: An ability to:
Analysis of non-written
sources:
An ability to extract information from pictures,
photographs, film, cartoons, simple graphs and statistical tables.
Writing:
An ability to: