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History MasterClass IEB

This MasterClass covers some important topics and skills that students need to master for the Grade 12 IEB History examinations. These topics and skills can be examined within either the Paper I or Paper II formats.

• 04:01:26 hours on-demand videos
• Access until 31 December 2024
• Access on mobile and PC devices
• All 14 IEB Subjects
• Understand the use and importance of evidence in History.
• Tips on how to answer essay-type questions.
• The skill of extended writing.
• How to study for an extended writing examination question.
• How to study for a discursive essay examination question.
• A deeper, detailed understanding of the Cold War topic.
• How to study for the Cold War topic and how to approach the different questions that can be asked in the examination.
• How to write paragraph and essay answers, with emphasis on writing technique.
• Understand source analysis.
• Tips on how to analyse sources.
• History Sample video Preview 00:02:03
• What is evidence? 00:32:02
• Paragraph and essay writing 00:23:31
• Source-based essay writing 00:37:55
• Extended writing 00:12:27
• Discursive Essay - The Cold War 00:31:23
• History Paper 2 00:44:28
• Exam Techniques 00:41:02
• Coming of Democracy 00:16:35
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The History MasterClass Series of videos was produced to highlight, clarify and refine the most important concepts, as described in the History Subject Assessment Guidelines (SAGs). The concepts learnt prior to Grade 12 are not explicitly covered as individual topics but are reinforced to the extent that they apply to the Grade 12 syllabus.

These videos summarise the important concepts related to each topic. They provide students with skills in order to expand the context related to the question, enabling them to answer examination questions with deeper and greater understanding. 

The videos further address common mistakes that students make and point out how to avoid them. An effort is made to expose students to various ways in which the content can be examined. This is done by working through common examination-style questions and discussing the logic behind each answer; in this way, students are later able to apply this acquired knowledge to a multitude of diverse questions, rather than simply rote learning solutions.

A student who watches this MasterClass Series attentively - and then reinforces the explanations given by actively working through multiple past paper questions - will be thoroughly prepared for the final examinations.

Mumsy Malinga  is a senior History teacher and Faculty Head of Humanities at Redhill School in Morningside, Sandton. Her areas of interest are gender studies and social history. Prior to her appointment at Redhill School, Mumsy worked as a History educator and Head of Department at St Stithians Girls College and at St Mary’s School in Waverley. 

Mumsy is the current internal moderator (History) at the Independent Examinations Board (IEB).  Mumsy has been involved in Teacher Training Workshops for the GDE, co-authored a History textbook and has done work for both uMalusi and the Department of Education, which includes History Curriculum Review. Currently, she is part of the SU-UIC Curriculum and Assessment Sub-Committee.  

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The following is a list of past exams papers from Grade 10. These papers are not meant to be used as a study guide.

Listing out the old exam papers is not the purpose of this page, but rather it is meant to provide students with an idea of what they can expect on their upcoming exams.

Students can use these past exam papers to help them prepare for their upcoming exams. Students can use these past exam papers to help them prepare for their upcoming exams. They can identify areas where they need improvement and work on those.

— The Grade 10 past exam papers can be downloaded from the Department of Basic Education website. Grade 10 past exam papers are available on the Department of Basic Education website. — Grade 10 past exam papers are available for the public on the Department of Basic Education website. You can find them in the department's publications library. — The Ministry of Education has released past exam papers for grade 10. These papers are the ones that were written in 2017 and 2018. They are available for free on the ministry's website. This is a list of some of the topics that were covered in grade 10 exam papers: - Human development - The environment - The food cycle - Biodiversity

The government has announced that Grade 10 exam papers will be released in the coming weeks. These papers will be for those who are sitting their grade 10 exams in the coming months.

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