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Grade 8 Social Sciences: modules and lessons

Explore Grade 8 Social Sciences: 22 modules and 78 lesson entries. Use the dorKk lesson guide to plan revision and catch-up study.

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

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MAPS AND ATLASES

  1. 1.2.USING THE ATLAS INDEX TO FIND PLACES ON A MAP
  2. 1.1.LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE (DEGREES AND MINUTES)
  3. 1.3.KINDS OF SCALE IN AN ATLAS (WORLD ,REGIONAL, LOCAL)
  4. 1.4.SCALE
  5. 1.5.PLACES IN THE NEWS

SOUTHERN AFRICA BY 1860

  1. 5.2.INDENTURED LABOUR FROM INDIA TO WORK ON SUGAR PLANTATIONS IN BRITISH COLONY OF NATAL
  2. 5.1.MAP AND DESCRIPTION OF POLITICAL SETTLEMENT
  3. 5.3.PASSENGER INDIANS FROM 1869 ONWARDS AND RESISTANCE

TRADE AND TRANSPORT

  1. 18.8 PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS
  2. 18.1.REASONS FOR TRADE
  3. 18.2.LINKS BETWEEN TRADE AND TRANSPORT
  4. 18.3.DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORT AND THEIR USES
  5. 18.5.CASE STUDY OF A SELECTED SOUTH AFRICAN HARBOUR
  6. 18.6.ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ROAD AND RAIL TRANSPORT
  7. 18.7.REQUIREMENTS FOR FURTURE TANSPORT NETWORKS
  8. 18.9.PRIVATE MODES OF TRANSPORT
  9. 18.10.TRANSPORT ISSUES
  10. 18.11.PUBLIC TRANSIT STRATEGIES

THE GLOBE

  1. 2.1.HEMISPHERES
  2. 2.2.EARTH'S ROTATION ON ITS AXIS (DAY AND NIGHT)
  3. 2.3.WORLD TIME, TIME ZONES, INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE
  4. 2.4.SOUTH AFRICAN STANDARD TIME
  5. 2.5.THE EARTH'S REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN

SATELLITE IMAGES

  1. 3.1.WHAT SATELLITE IMAGES LOOK LIKE

BRITAIN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

  1. 4.1.WEALTH FROM SLAVE TRADE
  2. 4.2.ECONOMY BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; FARMING ECONOMY, COTTAGE INDUSTRIES
  3. 4.3.WHAT THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WAS
  4. 4.4.SOCIAL CHANGES DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
  5. 4.5.LABOUR, RESISTANCE, THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT AND WORKING CLASS ORGANISATIONS
  6. 4.6.INCREASED POWER AND WEALTH OF BRITAIN AND WESTERN EUROPEAN ECONOMIES

DIAMOND MINING IN KIMBERLEY 1867 ONWARD

  1. 6.1.WHY DIAMONDS ARE VALUABLE
  2. 6.2.BRITISH TAKEOVER OF DIAMOND RICH LAND IN GRIQUALAND WEST
  3. 6.3.THE FORMATION OF DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL

  1. 7.1.DISTANCE FROM THE EQUATOR
  2. 7.2.DISTANCE FROM THE SEA
  3. 7.3.HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL
  4. 7.4.OCEAN CURRENTS
  5. 7.5.MOUNTAINS (RELIEF)

SOUTH AFRICA'S CLIMATE

  1. 8.1.PHYSICAL MAP OF SOUTH AFRICA
  2. 8.2.HOW FACTORS INFLUENCE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL IN SELECTED PLACES (PART 1)
  3. 8.3.HOW FACTORS INFLUENCE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL IN SELECTED PLACES (PART 2)

CLIMATE AROUND THE WORLD

  1. 9.1.DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEATHER AND CLIMATE REVIEW
  2. 9.2.ELEMENTS OF WEATHER
  3. 9.3.KINDS OF CLIMATE
  4. 9.4.TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS (BAR & LINE GRAPH)
  5. 9.5.CLIMATE REGIONS OF THE WORLD

BRITAIN, DIAMOND MINING AND INCREASING LABOUR CONTROL AND LAND EXPANSIONISM

  1. 10.1.INCREASING CONTROL OVER BLACK WORKERS, CLOSED COMPOUNDS AND MIGRANT LABOUR
  2. 10.2.FURTHER LAND DISPOSSESSION AND DEFEAT OF AFRICAN KINGDOMS

DEEP LEVEL GOLD MINING ON THE WITWATERSRAND 1886 ONWARD

  1. 11.1.WHY GOLD IS VALUABLE
  2. 11.2.THE DISCOVERY AND MINING OF DEEP LEVEL GOLD ON THE WITWATERSRAND
  3. 11.3.THE MINERAL REVOLUTION AS A TURNING POINT IN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY

SETTLEMENT AND LAND USE

  1. 12.1.URBAN SETTLEMENTS
  2. 12.2.RURAL SETTLEMENTS

LAND USE ON AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND LARGE SCALE MAPS

  1. 13.1.WHAT AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS LOOK LIKE (OBLIQUE & VERTICAL)
  2. 13.2.INFORMATION FROM AERIAL PHOTOS (NATURAL AND CONSTRUCTED FEATURES)
  3. 13.3.IDENTIFYING LAND USES IN URBAN SETTLEMENTS

INVESTIGATION OF A SETTLEMENT (PROJECT)

  1. 14.1.AN INDEPENDENT STUDY OF A SETTLEMENT

URBANISATION

  1. 15.1.CONCEPT OF URBANISATION
  2. 15.2.WHY CITIES ARE GROWING; PUSH AND PULL FORCES OF MIGRATION (AFRICA)
  3. 15.3.OVERVIEW OF URBANISATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
  4. 15.4.SOCIAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE RAPID GROWTH OF CITIES

EUROPEAN COLONISATION OF AFRICA 19TH CENTURY

  1. 16.1.AFRICA BEFORE EUROPEAN COLONISATION
  2. 16.2.BERLIN CONFERENCE 1884
  3. 16.3.CAUSES OF COLONISATION
  4. 16.4.RESULTS OF COLONISATION

CASE STUDY; THE ASHANTI KINGDOM

  1. 17.1.THE COAST OF WEST AFRICA BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS
  2. 17.2.THE ASHANTI AND THEIR EARLY CONTACT WITH EUROPEAN TRADERS AND EXPLORERS
  3. 17.3.THE BRITISH AND THE COLONISATION OF THE GOLD COAST
  4. 17.4.RESULTS OF COLONISATION FOR THE ASHANTI KINGDOM AND BRITAIN

REASONS WHY WORLD WAR I BROKE OUT

  1. 19.1.OVERVIEW OF LONG TERM CAUSES
  2. 19.2.IMMEDIATE CAUSE; ASSASINATION OF ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA IN SARAJEVO

ASPECTS OF EXPERIENCES IN WORLD WAR I

  1. 20.1.CONSCRIPTION AND PROPAGANDA IN BRITAIN
  2. 20.2.TRENCH WARFARE ON THE WESTERN FRONT
  3. 20.3.MUSIC AND POETRY
  4. 20.4.WORLD WAR I AND SOUTH AFRICA

WOMEN IN BRITAIN DURING WORLD WAR I

  1. 21.1.CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE IN BRITAIN IN WORLD WAR 1
  2. 21.2.EMILY PANKHURST AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE VOTE FOR WOMEN IN BRITAIN

THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY AND THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

  1. 22.1.THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY AND THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

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