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Grade 7 Social Sciences: modules and lessons

Explore Grade 7 Social Sciences: 21 modules and 89 lesson entries. Use the dorKk lesson guide to plan revision and catch-up study.

dorKk provides pre-recorded CAPS-aligned video lessons for self-paced study alongside schoolwork. Choose a module below, find the lesson that matches your classwork, and use the sequence to identify gaps. This guide lists lesson titles; access to the videos depends on your subscription. dorKk is not an online school.

Source: dorKk English lesson list dated 21 January 2026. Catalogue entries may differ from current app availability.

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MAPS

  1. 1.1.FINDING HOME, SCHOOL AND PLACES OF INTEREST
  2. 1.2.USING AN INDEX TO FIND PLACES
  3. 1.3.USING A STREET MAP TO FIND PLACES AND DESCRIBE A ROUTE
  4. 1.4.SKETCHING MAPS TO SHOW THE ROUTE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER
  5. 1.5.DETERMINING AND SHOWING COMPASS DIRECTIONS ON A LOCAL SKETCH MAP
  6. 1.6.DRAWING A SKETCH MAP OF YOUR LOCAL AREA
  7. 1.7.DIFFERENT SCALE FOR DIFFERENT MAPS, SMALL AND LARGE SCALE MAPS
  8. 1.8.MEASURING INDIRECT DISTANCE ON A STREET MAP
  9. 1.9.CALCULATING DISTANCE ON THE MAP (DIRECT AND INDIRECT ROUTE)
  10. 1.10.CURRENT EVENTS; PLACES IN THE NEWS ON A WORLD MAP
  11. 1.11.CURRENT EVENTS; LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF PLACES IN THE NEWS

TRADE ACROSS SAHARA DESERT

  1. 2.1.CAMEL CARAVANS AS MEANS OF TRANSPORT
  2. 2.2.GOODS BROUGHT FROM EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA INTO MALI FOR EXCHANGE
  3. 2.3.SPREAD OF ISLAM IN THE 9TH CENTURY

THE KINGDOM OF MALI

  1. 3.1.MALI AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS POWER UNDER MANSA MUSA
  2. 3.2.MANSA MUSA PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA
  3. 3.3.CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREAT MOSQUE

THE CITY OF TIMBUKTU

  1. 4.1.LEO AFRICANUS' EYEWITNESS STORIES OF HIS TRAVEL

STRUCTURE OF EARTH

  1. 5.1.CORE, MANTLE AND CRUST
  2. 5.2.HOW THE CRUST MOVES; INTRODUCTION TO TECTONIC PLATES AND PLATE MOVEMENTS

VOLCANOES

  1. 6.1.VOLCANOES; LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
  2. 6.2.WHY VOLCANOES OCCUR

EARTHQUAKES

  1. 7.1.LOCATION OF EARTHQUAKES AROUND THE WORLD
  2. 7.2.CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKES
  3. 7.3.EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES
  4. 7.4.WHY SOME COMMUNITIES ARE AT HIGHER RISK
  5. 7.5.REDUCING THE IMPACT OF EARTHQUAKES
  6. 7.6.CASE STUDY OF A SELECTED EARTHQUAKE

FLOODS

  1. 8.1.CAUSES OF FLOODS
  2. 8.2.EEFFECTS OF FLOOD
  3. 8.3.WHY SOME COMMUNITIES ARE AT HIGHER RISK THAN OTHERS
  4. 8.4.REDUCING THE IMPACT OF FLOODS
  5. 8.5.CASE STUDY OF A SELECTED FLOOD

THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

  1. 9.1.WEST AFRICA BEFORE SLAVE TRADE
  2. 9.2.THE NATURE OF SLAVERY IN WEST AFRICA BEFORE EUROPEANS
  3. 9.3.SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH
  4. 9.4.REASONS FOR USING SLAVE LABOUR
  5. 9.5.HOW SLAVES WERE CAPTURED, SOLD AND TRANSPORTED FROM WEST AFRICA
  6. 9.6.SLAVE MARKETS
  7. 9.7.NUMBERS OF SLAVES THAT WERE TAKEN TO AMERICA
  8. 9.8.WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RAW MATERIALS THAT SLAVES PRODUCED
  9. 9.9.WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE A PLANTATION SLAVE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH
  10. 9.10.RESITANCE TO SLAVERY PART 1
  11. 9.11.RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY PART 2
  12. 9.12.RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY PART 3
  13. 9.13.IMPACT ON THE WEST AFRICAN ECONOMY
  14. 9.14.IMPACT ON THE ECONOMIES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN

POPULATION CONCEPTS

  1. 10.1.BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES AND POPULATION GROWTH RATES
  2. 10.2.INFANT MORTALITY RATE
  3. 10.3.LIFE EXPECTANCY

FACTORS AFFECTING BIRTH RATES AND DEATH RATES

  1. 11.1.DISEASES
  2. 11.2.ECONOMIC STATUS
  3. 11.3.FAMILY NEEDS, ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS
  4. 11.4.CONFLICT AND WAR
  5. 11.5.GOVERNMENT POLICY (AS IN CHINA)

WORLD POPULATION GROWTH

  1. 12.1.PATTERN OF WORLD POPULATION GROWTH FROM 1AD TO PRESENT DAY
  2. 12.2.SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS (PART 1)
  3. 12.3.SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS (PART 2)

INDEGENOUS INHABITANTS OF THE CAPE IN THE 17TH CENTURY

  1. 13.1.THE SAN HUNTERS AND GATHERERS

INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS OF THE CAPE IN THE 17TH CENTURY

  1. 13.2.THE KHOI HERDERS
  2. 13.3.WHERE AFRICAN FARMERS SETTLED

DUTCH SETTLEMENT

  1. 14.1.REASONS FOR THE VOC (DEIC) PERMANENT SETTLEMENT AT THE CAPE 1652
  2. 14.2.RESULTS OF THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT
  3. 14.3.SLAVES AT THE CAPE (PART 1)
  4. 14.4.SLAVES AT THE CAPE (PART 2)
  5. 14.5.FREE BURGHERS; THE DUTCH AND FRENCH HUGUENOT IMMIGRATION TO THE CAPE
  6. 14.6.EXPANDING EUROPEAN FRONTIERS
  7. 14.7.LAND DISPOSSESSION AND CONSEQUENCES FOR THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION

WATER IN SOUTH AFRICA

  1. 17.1.WHO USES SOUTH AFRICA'S WATER
  2. 17.2.AVAILABILITY OF WATER AND REQUIREMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
  3. 17.3.RIVER HEALTH AND THE CARE OF CATCHMENT AREAS
  4. 17.4.DISAPPEARING WETLAND AND WHY CONSERVATION IS NECESSARY
  5. 17.5.RESPONSIBLE USE OF WATER RESOURCES

ARRIVAL OF BRITISH AND EXPANDING FRONTIERS OF EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT

  1. 18.1.EFFECTS OF ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH

THE EASTERN FRONTIER OF EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT

  1. 19.1.FRONTIER WARS ON THE EASTERN FRONTIER OF EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT
  2. 19.2.SOLDIERS AND OFFICIALS
  3. 19.3.BRITISH IMMIGRATION
  4. 19.4.ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
  5. 19.5.BOERS MIGRATE AND MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR; GREAT TREK

THE NORTHERN FRONTIER OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT

  1. 20.1.EXPANDING TRADE
  2. 20.2.KORA AND GRIQUA COMMUNITIES
  3. 20.3.SOUTHERN TSWANA COMMUNITIES
  4. 20.4.MISSIONARIES AND TRADERS

NATURAL RESOURCES

  1. 21.1.NATURAL RESOURCES ON EARTH
  2. 21.2.USES AND ABUSES OF SOME NATURAL RESOURCES

MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES

  1. 21.3.COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PROJECTS; EXAMPLES
  2. 21.4.ECOTOURISM
  3. 22.1.CONCEPT OF CONSERVATION
  4. 22.2.CONSERVATION AREAS

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