Grade 12 History, Waterfall College



Grade 12 IEB HISTORY PORTFOLIO – 2014SECTION A: Tests and Exams3 tests (3 x 10) [30]Trials examinations [25]SECTION B: Historical Investigation [35]Oral presentation of Historical Investigation [10]TOTAL portfolio : [100 marks]-857253181340TAKE NOTE:SECTION A:THREE examples of your best work will be chosen for the portfolio. These tasks will take the form of either an essay or source analysis. Your trials exam will consist of two papers. The total marks /300 will be converted to a mark out of 25.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FINAL MATRIC MARK:Portfolio:[100]Final Examination: Paper 1 3 hours[200]Final Examination: Paper 23 hours[100]400 marksHistory Themes for 2014-47625231140PAPER I THEME 1: What was the impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s?What were the Origins of the Cold War?Pre 1945 : brief backgroundWhat was the Cold War?Why did a Cold War develop? (Yalta and Potsdam Conferences; division of Germany)USSR and USA and the creation of spheres of interest:Creation of satellite states in Eastern Europe (in brief)USA’s policy of containment: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and Soviet reaction.Berlin Crises 1948 and 1961Containment and brinkmanship: the Cuban crisis (as an example of containment and brinkmanship)Who was to blame for the Cold War? (interpretation; differing points of view)Case Study: Vietnam WarHow was Vietnam able to win a war against the USA? (1945 to 1975)Background – overview of the struggle against colonial powers prior to WWII.The period immediately after the war in Vietnam.Stages of the war:1957 to 1965 – Struggle in Vietnam between the South Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.1965 to 1969 – North Vietnamese-USA struggle (including the nature of the war)The war from Vietnamese and USA perspectives1969 to 1975 – USA withdrawal from Vietnam (the impact on US politics)THEME 5: How did South Africa emerge as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s?The Negotiated settlement and the Government of National Unity Secret negotiations with the ANC-in-exileNegotiations with Mandela1989 to 1991:Unbanning of organisationsRelease of political prisoners (incl. Mandela)Debates around negotiations (Groote Schuur and Pretoria Minutes)CODESA 1Breakdown of negotiations:Whites only referendumViolence in the 1990s and debates around violence (Third Force, Boipatong and Bisho)CODESA breaks downRecord of Understanding and the ‘sunset’ clauseMulti-party negotiation process resumes:Formal multi-party negotiations resumedMurder of Chris HaniOngoing violence:Attempts to derail negotiations flares up after agreements are reachedAWB invasion of World Trade CentreSt James Massacre; killing at Heidelberg TavernFinal road to democracy in 1994:Fall of Mangope and Gqozo and Bophutatswana shootingsInkatha Freedom Party March to Shell House and Shell House MassacreThe drafting of the Constitution and the Bill of RightsFreedom Front and IFP join elections27 April election and the Government of National UnityThe Truth and Reconciliation CommissionReasons for the TRCRestorative justice and the TRC hearingsDebates concerning the TRC:Positive aspectsAmnesty provisions and problems with amnestyFocus on human rights of 1980s and ignoring institutional violence and the human rights abuses of ApartheidReparationsResponses of political parties and reasons for the responses to the TRC and the final report of the TRC: National Party, Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress. THEME 6: The end of the Cold War and a new world order: 1989 to the presentHow has the world changed since the 1960s?The end of the Cold War: The events of 1989Gorbachev’s reforms in the Soviet Union (reasons for his reforms and the impact of these reforms)Events in Eastern Europe (Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Hungary) Events in Poland – significance of ‘Solidarity’Germany: the fall of the Berlin WallCollapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold WarImpact on South AfricaA new world orderDefining globalisationBalance of world power and impact on AfricaDominance of global Western capitalism: Bretton Woods, IMF and World Bank; World Trade Organisation; civil society resistance to global capitalismSouth Africa in the new world order – challenges of poverty and inequality; redress of past economic injustices (RDP and land claims); the developmental state as an attempt to solve these problems104775328295PAPER II iiI0PAPER II iiITHEME 3: Civil Society protests 1950s to 1970sWhat forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s up to 1990? US Civil Rights MovementsRole, impact and influence of Martin Luther King JrThe impact of passive resistance (Gandhi) on Martin Luther KingForms of protest through civil disobedience: Montgomery bus boycott, sit-ins, school desegregation (Little Rock, Arkansas), marches including Lincoln Memorial, Birmingham campaign and Selma-Montgomery marchesShort-term and long-term gainsBlack Power MovementReasons for the movementBlack PanthersStokely Carmichael and Malcolm XShort- term and long-term gainsOther Forms of Civil Society ProtestsWomen’s liberation and feminist movements in the 1960s and 1970sThe peace movements: disarmament; students and anti-war movements; and hippie movement. THEME 4: Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980The challenge of Black Consciousness to the Apartheid stateThe nature and aims of Black ConsciousnessThe role of Steve BikoThe 1976 Soweto Uprising (were the students influenced by Black Consciousness?)Internal and External Pressures on the South African Government in the 1980sPolicies of Botha’s government – Total Strategy (Repression and Reform)Internal PressuresResponse to Botha’s ‘reforms’ – new methods of mobilisation; labour’s ‘rolling mass action’; mass civic action to make the country ungovernable (civics, UDF, Mass Democratic Movement, End Conscription Campaign and Black Sash).External PressuresInternational anti-Apartheid movements (sports boycott; cultural boycott; academic boycott; consumer boycott; disinvestment; sanctions; Release Mandela campaign; role of the international trade unions)Grade 12 IEB HISTORY : Breakdown of examinations for 2014 SOURCE BASED PAPER 3 hrs [200]257175-375285PAPER I 0PAPER I Section ASingle Source Analysis Three questions: one from each theme.1 textual analysis (e.g. a speech)1 visual analysis (e.g. cartoon/ photograph)1 linked to a current issue in the media (e.g. cartoon/newspaper article: you will have to link current events with issues from the past. Stay up to date with current events! Read the newspaper.) (3 x 20) 60 marksSection BSource Based QuestionsA range of sources will be provided on ONE of the three themes on which a number of questions will be set. 90 marksSection CSource Based EssayYou will use the sources provided in Section B to write this essay.50 marks------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PAPER II EXTENDED WRITING PAPER 2 hrs [150] Section ADiscursive Essays Choice of THREE questions: one from each theme. Answer only one.70 marksSection BStimulus based extended writingChoice of THREE questions: one from each theme. Answer only oneA stimulus source (photo; quote; piece of writing) will be provided.Extended writing = 350 – 400 words.30 marks------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Grade 12 IEB HISTORY YEAR PLAN – 2014Term One Forms of Civil Society Protest 1950s to 1970s (Paper 2)(textbook and notes)Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther KingBlack Power and Malcolm XAnti-war movementWomen’s movementStudent’s movement2>What was the impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s? (Paper 1) (textbook and notes)Origins of Cold War tensions (Yalta and Potsdam)Crises in Germany in 1948 and 1961 (Berlin Airlift and Berlin Wall)Containment: Truman Doctrine, Marshall PlanNato and Warsaw PactCase Study: VietnamAssesment: Discursive Essay; Extended writing; Control Test, Source work.Term Two Civil Resistance in SA1970s:Black ConsciousnessSteve BikoSoweto Uprising1980s:Botha’s ‘reforms’Total OnslaughtInternal pressures (UDF, ECC, MDM, Black Sash etc)External pressures (anti-apartheid movement, boycotts, sanctions etc)What was the impact of the collapse of USSR on the world? (Paper 1)(textbook and notes)Causes of the collapse of the USSRGorbachev’s reformsEvents in Eastern EuropeImpact of the collapse on the balance of power – USA, and consequences for Africa and South Africa.GlobalisationRDP, GEAR and Land ClaimsHow did South Africa emerge as a democracy? (Paper 1)Transition from apartheid to democracy – negotiations, violence, compromise, solutionsCODESAAssessment: Heritage task, Historical Investigation submitted; Oral Presentation of Historical Investigation; June examinationsTerm Three:Complete: How did South Africa emerge as a democracy?Government of National Unity (GNU)Dealing with the past and facing the future - TRCRevisionTrials ExaminationTerm Four:RevisionFinal Examination ................
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