Looking for the term-by-term CAPS programme? View the Grade 12 History syllabus page.
Term 1 covers the extension of the Cold War (including Vietnam), Independent Africa (Angola and the Congo), and civil society protests in the USA, with source-based and essay question focus.
Term 2 focuses on civil resistance in South Africa in the 1970s-1980s, the TRC, and the negotiated settlement to democracy.
The term covers globalisation, balance of power, global capitalism, emerging economies like BRICS, and responses to globalisation.
Yes. The ATP specifies source-based and essay question focus areas for each topic and for the preparatory examination papers.
Paper 1 and Paper 2 are each 150 marks and 3 hours, with learners answering three questions that include source-based and essay questions as listed in the ATP.