Social Sciences: History : Grade 8

Social Sciences aims to provide opportunities for learners to look at their own world with fresh, critical eyes and perhaps, more importantly, it aims to introduce a world beyond their everyday realities. Learners are trained to speculate, debate, to make connections, to select, to prioritise and to persist, in tackling real issues and important questions. It is essential in the teaching of both History and Geography that learners are encouraged to ask questions to preserve the world we live in, and not to perpetrate the injustices of the past.