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Grades 8 & 9Term 1 - 4Offline in class delivery
🇿🇦 Designed for South African public schools • CAPS aligned • WCED endorsed • Gr 8 & 9 • Mathematics • English · Natural Sciences • History
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What makes a Huddle History lesson different?
Every lesson is built around how real South African classrooms work.
Word pictures that make sense.
Our lessons use strong and relatable analogies to help learners understand the past in the context of the present.
Graphics that bring History to life.
Strong images help learners to 'see' the past clearly.
Lots of questions to check for understanding as you go
There's a difference between 'I taught it' and 'they learned it'. Our questions help you see when you might need to slow down or repeat a section.
Historical skills are built over time
Our lessons teach important skills like paragraph writing and reliability in a way that learners understand while still setting them up for Grade 10.
Every lesson ends with a chance for learners to practice on their own.
The most important part of learning is the opportunity to apply understanding, so every lesson is designed to end with questions to practice.
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Term 1 15 lessons
- L01 | Introduction to Gr8 History 17 min
- L02 | Introduction to Industrial Revolution in Britain 34 min
- L03 | Introduction to Source-work 39 min
- L04 | Britain’s economy pre-Industrial Revolution 38 min
- L05 | Urbanisation & Living Conditions 37 min
- L06 | Working Conditions During the Industrial Revolution 36 min
- L07 | Social Difficulties of the Poor 36 min
- L08 | Child Labour 35 min
- L09 | Source-based Skills 33 min
- L10 | Paragraph Structure 33 min
- L11 | Using Sources in Paragraph Writing 35 min
- L12 | Labour Resistance and Trade Unions 37 min
- L13 | The Increase of Britain's Power and Wealth 34 min
- L14 | British Expansion 35 min
- L15 | Revision 38 min
Term 2 12 lessons
- L01 | Introduction to the Mineral Revolution in South Africa 33 min
- L02 | Discovery of Rare Minerals 33 min
- L03 | Labour Needs & Migrant Labour 33 min
- L04 | Controlling Mine Workers 33 min
- L05 | Land Dispossession 34 min
- L06 | Johannesburg Within the Mineral Revolution 34 min
- L07 | Labour Resistance 34 min
- L08 | Shifting Balance of Power 33 min
- L09 | Introduction to Essay Writing: Question Analysis 32 min
- L10 | Essay planning & Introduction 33 min
- L11 | Essay Argument & Body Paragraphs 34 min
- L12 | Essay Conclusion & Writing 35 min
Term 3 16 lessons
- L01 | Introduction to the Scramble for Africa
- L02 | The Causes of the Scramble for Africa
- L03 | Causes Through Sources
- L04 | Why Africa was Colonised so Quickly
- L05 | The Berlin Conference: Who, What, Where, When & Why?
- L06 | The Berlin Act
- L07 | Source Usefulness
- L08 | Colonisation of the Asante 11 min
- L09 | Effects of the Colonisation of the Asante 4 min
- L10 | Paragraph-Writing 4 min
- L11 | Effects of the Scramble for Africa 4 min
- L12 | Effects Through Sources 2 min
- L13 | Essay Writing 1 5 min
- L14 | Essay Writing 2 4 min
- L15 | Essay Writing 3 15 min
- L16 | Essay Practice 18 min
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- L01 | Introduction to WWII 37 min
- L02 | Causes of WWII Part 1: Struggles in Germany 38 min
- L03 | Causes of WWII Part 2: The Rise of Hitler & the Nazi Party 38 min
- L04 | Nazi Dictatorship 33 min
- L05 | Nazi Persecution 38 min
- L06 | Nazi Propaganda & Source Reliability 38 min
- L07 | Nazi Expansion & Outbreak of WWII 35 min
- L08 | Recap causes of WWII 37 min
- L09 | The Holocaust as the Final Solution 38 min
- L10 | WWII: War in Europe Axis vs Allies 38 min
- L11 | WWII: In the Pacific 38 min
- L12 | Source-Work: Question levels 36 min
- L13 | Paragraph Writing 37 min
- L14 | Primary & Secondary Sources 36 min
Term 2 12 lessons
- L01 | Introduction to the Cold War 34 min
- L02 | Ideologies: Capitalism vs Communism 35 min
- L03 | End of WWII 34 min
- L04 | Start of the Nuclear Age 38 min
- L05 | Comparing Sources 38 min
- L06 | The Arms Race 34 min
- L07 | The Space Race 30 min
- L08 | The Division of Germany 35 min
- L09 | The Berlin Wall 36 min
- L10 | Essay Writing 1: Essay Question 32 min
- L11 | Essay Writing 2: Essay Argument 35 min
- L12 | Essay Writing 3: Body Paragraphs 35 min
Term 3 16 lessons
- L01 | Introduction to Apartheid 32 min
- L02 | Human Rights & Racism 34 min
- L03 | Start of Apartheid 33 min
- L04 | Apartheid Laws 35 min
- L05 | Case Study: District Six 33 min
- L06 | Case Study: Bakwena baMogopa 34 min
- L07 | Introduction to Oral History Project 33 min
- L08 | Oral History Project: Research 31 min
- L09 | Oral History Project: Create Interview Questions 33 min
- L10 | Organised Resistance Starts 33 min
- L11 | Freedom Charter & Treason Trial 35 min
- L12 | Women’s March 1956 35 min
- L13 | Oral History Project: Finalise Project 35 min
- L14 | Source-work: Reliability & Usefulness 35 min
- L15 | Revision 35 min
- L16 | Paragraph Writing 35 min
Term 4 8 lessons
- L01 | Introduction to a Turning Point 35 min
- L02 | Sharpeville Massacre & Response 35 min
- L03 | Shift to The Armed Struggle 35 min
- L04 | Black Consciousness 35 min
- L05 | The Soweto Uprising 35 min
- L06 | Internal & External Pressure 35 min
- L07 | Last Steps Towards Democracy 36 min
- L08 | Essay Writing 34 min
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