Grade 5 History Summary: Heritage

Netsport

Description

A summary of the heritage of South Africans.

Sujets

• Post-primaire
• Collège
• Collège
• collège
• Secondary education in France
• Collège
• Littérature sud-africaine
• Littérature Sud-Africaine

Informations

• Publié par: Netsport
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• Langue: English

Extrait

Trasport riders stopped at spring

Discovered by indigenous Nama people - called it "Nu Gariep"

Mapungubwe Main Topic

Humans originated here

Cradle of Main Topic Humankind

Ora M n ai g n e T R o i p v i e c r

Sterkfontein Main Topic Caves

Heritage in sites

Main Topic Fauresmith

Diamond found - Koffiefontein became town

Northern Cape

Heritage Main Idea

Born 1901 in Kimberley

1913 Natives' Land act - homeland Tswana people

Clues about earliest ancestors

Limestone caves with fossilised animals, plants & hominids

Did you know that South Africa has 8 World Heritage Sites including the Cradle of Humankind, Robben Island, uKhahlamba Drankensberg and Mapungubwe National Park.

Main Topic Gariep Dam

Name changed after Apartheid

K M o a f i fi n ef T o o n p t ic ein

Vredefort Dome Main Topic World Heritage Site

Named after 1st President of Rep of SA

Meteor bigger than Table mountain

Largest meteor impact site

Heritage in place names, rivers, mountains, roads, dams

Th M a a b i a n N To c p h i u c

started in 1830's

Was Hendrik Verwoerd dam

Objects of iron, copper, gold made for decorative/practical use

Limpopo

Gauteng

Close to Krugersdorp

Drinking coffee & resting

Colonel Robert Gordon - commander Dutch East India company

Most hominid (human) fossils on Earth

Longest River in South Africa

Consists of Oranjerivier, Gariep river, Groote river, Senqu river

buried with king

Gold sheet covering wood carvings

Heritage in people's achievements

Heritage in sites

rhinoceros, sceptre bowl found

Millions of yrs ago

Helped draw up Freedom Charter 1955

Gold artefacts found in graves

Died 1997 - Bronze statue unveiled in Kimberley 9 Aug 2009

Frances Main Topic Baard

Sir Harry Smith - governor Cape Colony mid 1800's

Women's march 9 Aug 1956 to Union buildings, Pretoria

Reverend Faure - Dutch Reformed Church

Domestic worker, later teacher

Sent to prison - political activities

On border - South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana

Free State

Heritage in objects

1300's largest kingdom in Southern Africa

Named it Orange River

means "Black Mountain"

ANC Women's league organiser, trade unionist