Grade 4 Geography Term 3 Planning Memorandum

1.This whole document should be in your planning book, paste on the left side. All planning should be
done on these worksheets and on the blank pages of the book.

2. Add more paragraph questions to teach learners how to answer paragraphs.

3.You can add more relevant FIGURES and information to make content easier for learners to
understand. These worksheets are the minimum that should be done.

4. You MUST ADD work from your textbook or other resources, that extra work
must also be in this planning book - specially Blooms level 3 questions.

5. You are welcome to add marks for the questions in the activities, this will help learners when they
answer the questions. Do not mark the answers in your planning book.

6. Please correct any errors on these pages.

7. You cannot continue with the next lesson if the learners have not marked and corrected previous
work.

8. You can't just give the answers to the learners, you first have to tell the story/explain the work then
the learners do the work and then you mark it with the pupils.

9. If ALL answers are not completed on this planning, then you complete them yourself on these
pages.

10. Planning must be done in pen; you are welcome to use coloured pens but dates must be in
pencil. This is your planning book, you make it easy and pleasant for you to use.

11. Planning should be done neatly and thoroughly to use for many years. You're just going to add
new information every year. You can also make your extra notes in this book or paste them in.

Thank you for your hard work Anette

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 2023 CURRICULUM COVERAGE – Term 3: SOCIAL SCIENCES (GEOGRAPHY): Grade 4
Term 3 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 – Week 11
52 days 18/07/2023 25/07/2023 1/08/2023 7/08/2023 14/08/2023 21/08/2023 28/08/2023 4/09/2023 11/09/2023 18/09/2023 – 29/09/2023

Food and farming in South Africa

CAPS Topic
Introduction to People and Ways of farming Crop and stock farming Revision & Test:
the topic: food consolidation
Food and •Ways people •Farming for •Farming crops •Crop farming •Stock •Case Study •Location of Source-based (21 marks)
farming in get their food – self and family and animals to – important farming – of stock main crop Paragraph writing (4marks)
South Africa buying, growing, (subsistence sell (commercial crops of South large stock, farming in and stock
Content and People and collecting, farming) farming) Africa small stock South Africa farming 25 Marks
concepts food fishing, hunting Growing food in Case study of and poultry areas in Low Order: 30%
Food people towns and cities fruit farming in South Africa Middle Order: 50%
eat – from South Africa (symbols on High Order: 20%
plants and a map)
animals
(classifying)
Curriculum
coverage
√
signature
Date
completed
with ALL
classes
 Oral assessment – simple question and answers
Informal  Homework/Classwork/ worksheets.
Assessment  Learners should be able to follow simple instructions, such as identifying different types of buildings, direction, using concepts left, right, etc.

Test:
SBA
Source-based and paragraph writing
(Formal
25 Marks
Assessment)

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 SOCIAL SCIENCES – INTERMEDIATE PHASE
LESSON PLAN : Geography
Lesson group 1
Topic: Food and farming in South Africa Grade 4 Term 3

Content / Concepts: People and food

1. Food people eat – from plants and animals (classifying)

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2. Ways people get their food – buying; growing; collecting, fishing, hunting Include primary,
secondary and tertiary examples of human activities. There is no need to introduce this terminology at this stage.

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Food that people eat Date: _______________

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Source - the places, people or things from where something comes

Processed food - food from plants and animals that is changed in some way

Study the pictures and answer the questions.

Picture 1: Picture 2:

Picture 3: Picture 4:

1. Place the correct picture under the correct heading

Food from animals Food from plants

Picture 1 Picture 3
Picture 2 Picture 4

2. Paste pictures of four products of milk and name it

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Ways in which people get their food Date: _____________________

Word bank:

Farmer: Grow crops or look after animals

Study the pictures and answer the questions.

Picture 1: Picture 2:

Picture 3: Picture 4:

Picture 5: Picture 6:

QUESTION 1:

Fill in where the picture 1-6 belong:

Buying and selling of food Farming for food Hunting and fishing for food
Picture 4 Picture 1 Picture 2
Picture 6 Picture 3
Picture 5

2. Which picture shows a person buying a lot of processed food? Picture 6

3. Which picture shows that the food is fresh? Picture 4

4. Write down a caption for each picture: buying, growing, fishing, collecting, hunting, and selling

Picture 1 : Collecting Picture 4: Selling

Picture 2: Fishing Picture 5: Growing
Picture 3: Hunting Picture 6:Buying

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 SOCIAL SCIENCES – INTERMEDIATE PHASE
LESSON PLAN : Geography
Lesson group 2
Topic: Food and farming in South Africa Grade 4 Term 3

Content / Concepts: Ways of farming

1. Farming for self and family (subsistence farming)

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2. Farming crops and animals to sell (commercial farming) :

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3. Growing food in towns and cities:

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Difference between subsistence and commercial farming Date: _________________

FIGURE A: Types of farming

Picture 1:
Subsistence farmer - A farmer
who grows just enough food and
keeps just enough animals to feed
his or her family.
Picture 2:
Commercial farmers -
farmers who produce enough
food to sell to factories, shops
and markets
Picture 3:
Growing food in towns and cities-
people grow plants for food in
backyards, on rooftops, in old car tyres
and in used tin cans. People also grow
plants for food in some schools,
hospitals and prison grounds.

Picture 4: Picture 5:
Stock farmer - a farmer who keeps Specialise - to concentrate on
animals doing one thing, like growing only
one crop or keeping only one
type of animal.

Study FIGURE A and answer the questions.

1. List five types of crops that we can find on a subsistence farm.

Mielies, Carrots, Cabbage, Tomatoes, Potatoes

2. To who do commercial farmers sell their products? Factories, shops and markets

3. Name 4 places where people grow food in towns and cities?

Food in backyards, on rooftops, in old car tyres and in used tin cans.

4. Does a subsistence farmer sell the food they grow or animals they keep? No

Give a reason for your answer. Subsistence farmers produce only for own use, not at all on the capacity for trading

5. Why will you grow your own vegetables when you stay?

You can save money, you can earn an income with it and you can make sure that the crops are not treated with hormones and
stimulants, i.e. are 100% organic.

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 FIGURE B

FIGURE C

Make use of FIGURE B and C to answer the following questions

1. Which of the two FIGURES is an example of commercial farming? FIGURE B

2.What extra expenses do the farmer have in FIGURE B? (Name any 3)

Salaries for extra workers, petrol expenses to take products to the market and machineries

3. Name three differences between commercial and subsistence farming.

Subsistence farming Commercial farming

For own use of products For profit farming

For use of traditional farming methods Modern technology being used

Smaller areas for corps and more worker centred. Farms tend to be large

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 SOCIAL SCIENCES – INTERMEDIATE PHASE
LESSON PLAN : Geography
Lesson group 3
Topic: Food and farming in South Africa Grade 4 Term 3
Content / Concepts: Crop and stock farming
1. Important crops of South Africa:
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2. Case study of fruit farming in South Africa:

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3. Stock farming – large stock, small stock and poultry. (Poultry farming is included in stock farming)
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4. Case study of stock farming in South Africa:

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5. Location of main crop and stock farming areas in South Africa (symbols on a map):
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Locations of main crop and stock farming in South Africa Date: ________________

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. Cash crops: Crops are grown to be sold to generate cash.

Climate: Type of weather a place experience over the years.
Hail: Water drops of rain turn ice to form ice drops

South Africa is a big country and there is different farming in different areas of the country. There are certain plants and
animals that flourish in certain places. Farmers must keep climate and hail in mind when they want to cultivate a certain
type of fruit. Farms are near cities and towns to transport their fresh products to shops daily.

FIGURE D: Different kinds of crops in South Africa

Study FIGURE D and answer the following questions:

1. Look for your province: What is grown in your province?

Maize and weat
2. What food can we make from:
a. Sunflowers: Oil, seeds
b. Wheat: Cake wheat flour, spaghetti and all-bran flakes.
c. Sugar cane: Sugar

3. Why do you think are milk farms and vegetable farms close to towns and cities?
So that they can transport their produces to the cities.
4. With what type of stock and crops on the map, does subsistence farmers farm?
Sheep, goats, vegetables, milk, beef cattle
5. Name two farm animals that are on the map. Sheep and cattle, chicken.
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 6. What two provinces cultivate wheat? Free State and Western Cape
7. What two provinces cultivate sugar cane? Kwa-Zulu Natal and Eastern Cape (Mpumalanga)

8. Are the following true or false:

a. Vegetable farms are near cities, because there isn’t hail near cities: False
b. The North-West province is famous for his tropical fruits: False
c. There are lots of cattle in the Eastern Cape: True
d. The Western Cape has grape farms: True
e. Corn is not cultivated in the Free State: False

FIGURE E : Case study on Mango farmer Date: _______________

Read through the Case study and answer the questions that follow on the paper.

1. mangoes

2. she decided to grow her own

mangoes, she was good at it.

3. soil and water

4. sub-tropical fruit

5. Europe

6. commercial

Fruit farming in South Africa Date: ______________________

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 There are many different types of fruit in our country:
 Subtropical fruit grows in hot areas with lots of rainfall. Bananas, paw-paws, pineapples, mangoes and avocado are
subtropical fruit.
 Deciduous fruit grows on plants that lose their leaves during winter. Apples, peaches, pears and grapes are deciduous fruit.
 Citrus fruits have thick skins that can easily peel off and ripens in the winter. Oranges, grapefruit, lemons and clementine are
citrus fruits.
South Africa has different climates and that is why there is many different kinds of fruit. On a commercial farm there are usually
apples, pears, prunes, pineapples, oranges and bananas.

FIGURE F : Case study of a Grape and wine farm in Western Cape

Mr. Andrew has a grape farm near Paarl in the Western Cape. Mr. Andrew has two hectare land for table grapes and 20
hectare for wine grapes (one hectare is as big as one soccer field). The table grapes are huge juicy grapes for eating
purposes and wine grapes are pressed to make wine. Mr. Andrew sells his wine grapes to a nearby wine company and
exports his table grapes to other countries.
Grapes grow on plants that we call vineyards vines. To ensure all the vineyard vines get enough water, Mr. Andrew gives it
water. Water leaks out of small pipes directly onto each vineyard vine.
Mr. Andrew spends a lot of money on fertilizer. There are 20 full time workers on the farm and during harvest season there is
extra workers to help pick the grapes. Mr. Andrew has two tractors. He bought a spray machine to spray the vineyard vines
with pesticides to protect against diseases. Mr. Andrew also has a truck to transport the grapes to the Paarl.

Make use of FIGURE F to answer the following questions:

1. Is it a commercial- or subsistence farming? Give a reason for your answer.

Commercial – there is a lot of land and the products are sold for money.

2. Name the crop that is cultivated on this farm. Grapes

3. List six expenses that Mr. Andrew have.

Pesticides Water Petrol Salaries Fertilizer Machines

4. How does Mr. Andrew make money out of the farm?

He sells the wine grapes and exports the table grapes.

5. How many workers are there on the farm? 20

6. Why are there extra workers sometimes?

To help pick the grapes during harvest season.

7. Explain the difference between table grapes and wine grapes. Table grapes are for eating purposes and wine

grapes are used to make wine.

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 Stock Farming Date: ______________

In addition to growing food crops, South Africa also farms with animals for food. Livestock farmers also keep animals such as
sheep, goats, cows and pigs. Some livestock farmers are poultry farmers. Poultry farmers keep animals such as chickens, turkeys,
geese and ducks.

FIGURE G: Animals for food

1. Make use of FIGURE G to complete the following table:

Food product Animal

Milk Cows and goats

Yogurt Cows and goats

Cream Cows and goats

Eggs Chickens/ Hens

Cheese Cows and goats

Meat Cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, chicken, turkey, ducks, geese

Polonies Mixture of beef meat, pork meat, chicken meat and pig meat and turkey meat

Chicken Chicken

Sausage Pigs and cattle

2.Complete the following tables. Name large stock animals, small stock animals and poultry animals

Large stock Small stock Poultry

Horses Sheep Chicken

Cattle Milk goats Ducks
Boer goats Geese
Pigs Turkeys
Ostriches

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 FIGURE H : Different animals in every province

FIGURE B:

Make use of FIGURE H to answer the following questions

1. Which province has the most beef cattle farms? North-West

2. Which province has the most dairy cattle farms? Free State

3. Which province has the most sheep farms? Northern Cape and Free State

4. Which province has the most goat farms? Eastern Cape

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