lessons & tours

These are some of the lessons and tours offered by our education department. All lessons and tours are available in English and Afrikaans, also in Xhosa at the SA Museum and Castle. Except for the castle (R5) the standard cost per learner for a lesson is R3, and a walking tour R5. Please complete the booking form.

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For further enquiries please contact Lungi at Tel. (021) 481-3823 or email lmvimbi@iziko.org.za or jsilberman@iziko.org.za

 

South African Museum

Tours for Foundation Phase learners include a visit to the Discovery Room, an interactive touch space.

General Tour
Grade 1-3		  Tour Natural Science (NS) LO1
Discovery Room dinosaurs and mammals.
General Tour
Grade 4-6 		Tour NS LO 2 & 3 Social Science (SS) LO1, 2 & 3
Discovery Room, under the sea, dinosaurs, mammals, Early South Africans and fossils.
General Tour
Grade 7-9 		Tour NS LO 2 & 3
Rock art mammals, under the sea, fossils, birds and reptiles.
Dinosaurs, Fossils & Plate Tectonics
Grade 4-7 		Lesson NS LO 2 & 3
Comparison of biodiversity and condition of Earth’s
surface today and in the past, as well as South Africa’s oldest fossils.
Mammals
(includes whales)
Grade 5-7 		Lesson NS LO 2 & 3
Food chains, digestive systems, movement, adaptation,
reproduction and conservation.
San rock art
Grade 7 		Lesson SS LO 1, 2 & 3
Rock art sites, dating, San belief systems, interpretation of
images.
Early South Africans
Grade 5		 Lesson SS LO 3
Hunter gatherers, herders and African Farmers.
Behind the Scenes Tour
Grade 7-12		 Tour SS and NS
focus on the Museum as a place of work and aspects of various Natural and Social Science careers i.e. palaeontology, entomology, archaeology and marine biology. Groups of 20 learners interact with the collections managers or scientists.

Slave Lodge

(all SS lessons are history-based unless otherwise indicated)

What is history?
Grade 4-5 		Lesson SS LO 1
Evidence and sources
The history of money
Grade 7		 Lesson SS LO 3
Early trading systems. Bartering coins and paper money.
History of Medicine
Grade 6		 Lesson SS LO 3
Important medical discoveries. A review of the development of
medical science and visit to Juritz’s chemist.
Ancient Egypt
Grade 5 		Lesson SS LO 3
Early Civilisations: geography and preparation for the afterlife.
Slavery


Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 7

Grade 8

 Lesson SS LO 3 History
(A short tour of the slavery exhibition is also possible)
Stories about the way of life of people in the past.
Stories about interesting people.
A day in the life of a child at the Slave lodge.
History of a local area, people and places.
Slavery at the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Colonialism and the exploitation of resources.
Origin and way of life for the VOC slaves at the Cape.
Slavery Creative Workshops
Grade 7-10		 Workshops SS LO 1, 3; Arts and Culture LO 1, 3; English LO 2, 4
Workshops and tours around the Slavery Exhibition incorporating
poetry, dance and drama.
The USA Civil Rights Movement
Grade 7-11 		Lesson SS LO 3
Systems of Democracy: the American Revolution.
Separate is not Equal. Struggle for equal schooling in USA: From Civil War to today (Ku Klux Clan, bus boycotts, court cases & Apartheid).
The Khoi Khoi
Grade 2

Grade 4

Grade 5

 Lesson Lesson SS LO 3
Stories about the way of life of people in the past.
History of a local area.
Early SA societies (herders). Everyday life, huts and clothing.
The Company’s Garden
Grade 4		 Lesson & Historical Walk SS LO 3
History of the local area.
Contributions of van Riebeeck, Simon and Willem A v der Stel,
(Slave Lodge to gardens)
Buddhism
Grade 4-7		 Lesson SS LO 3
Origin of the world’s major religions.
Broad historical overview of Buddhism, life history of first Buddha.
Places of Worship
Grade 4-7		 Lesson & Historical Walk LO LO 2 and SS LO 3
Significant places and buildings in a variety of religions.
Visit Groote Kerk and St Georges Cathedral.
Can be linked to Bo-Kaap visit.
Coat of Arms
Grade 3-4		 Lesson SS LO 3 (Also Life Orientation LO 2)
Knowledge of our national symbols. Where do coats of arms come from? South Africa’s coat of arms.
Our Flag
Grade 2		 Lesson Lesson SS LO 3 (Also Life Orientation LO 2)
Knowledge of our national symbols.
The story of flags and meaning of our flag.
Tiny Tots
Grade R-1 		Tour SS LO 3
Social experiences: games and toys in different communities. Introduction to a museum: music and toy room.
Tick Tock Time
Grade 2 -3		 Lesson SS LO 3
Social experiences: the way of life of people in the past:
Hourglass, water clock, grandfather clock and pocket watches.

Koopmans-De Wet House (Strand Street)

Koopman’s-de Wet
Grade 2		 Lesson & Tour SS LO 3 (also Technology)
Tour Stories about life of people in the past.
Koopman’s-de Wet
Grade 3		 Lesson & Tour SS LO 3 (also Technology)
Tour Stories about interesting people.
Koopman’s-de Wet
Grade 4		 Lesson & Tour SS LO 3 (also Technology)
Tour History of the local area.
Koopman’s-de Wet
Grade 5		 Lesson & Tour SS LO 3 (also Life Orientation LO 2)
The contribution of an outstanding woman.
Koopman’s-de Wet
Grade 7		 Lesson & Tour

 

 SS LO 3
Dutch settlement, life at the Cape in the 18th and 19th centuries
Slaves at the Koopman’s-de Wet house.

Bo-Kaap Museum

Religious Symbols
Grade R-2		 Lesson Life Orientation LO 2 and Social Sciences LO 1
Look at the variety of Symbols in Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism in story telling form.
Festivals & Rituals in Islam
Grade 3		 Lesson Life Orientation LO 2 and Social Sciences LO 1, 2, & 3
Discuss the diet, clothing and decorations in Islamic tradition and culture.
Islam and spaces
Grade 4-5		 Lesson Life Orientation LO 2 and Social Sciences LO 1
Discuss important buildings and places within Bo-Kaap and the role of males in society.
Festivals & Customs in Islam
Grade 6		 Lesson Life Orientation LO 2 and Social Sciences LO 1, 2 & 3
Discuss important festivals and customs of Islam.
Traditions & Culture of Muslims at the Cape
Grade 7-9		 Lesson Life Orientation LO 2 and Social Sciences LO 1
The role Islamic culture plays in the diverse cultures of South
Africa.
Walking Tour
Grade 4		 Lesson Social Sciences LO 1
Discuss and experience the history of a local area.
Walking Tour
Grade 5		 Lesson Social Sciences LO 1, 2 & 3
Broad historical overview of the origins of Islam in South Africa.
Walking Tour
Grade 6		 Lesson Social Sciences LO 1, 2 & 3
Discuss the issue of Islamic identity and heritage.
Walking Tour
Grade 7 		Lesson Social Sciences LO 1, 2 & 3
Discuss the time period 1948-1980 in Bo-Kaap.
FET Walking Tour Lesson General Social Sciences LO 1, 2 & 3
Apartheid and its effect on the Bo-Kaap.
Kaapse Afrikaans: How Afrikaans in Cape Town got its flavour
Grade 7-12		 Lesson Language LO 6 Social Sciences LO 1
Looks at the development of the Afrikaans Language in Cape Town and the history of some everyday words.
Interactive lesson.
 

Waterfront

Waterfront Historical Walk
Grade 4		 Historical Walk SS LO 3
History of the local area.
 
Waterfront Historical Walk
Grade 7		 Historical Walk SS LO 3
Dutch settlement 17th and 18th centuries.
Before Van Riebeeck, the breakwater, prison, reclaiming of land, Portswood Ridge: Time Ball, Old Harbour Master’s House, Dragon Tree, Rocket Life Saving Apparatus, basins docks and bridges, Clock Tower, penny ferry, Chevonnes Battery and Nobel Square.



 

Castle of Good Hope

General Tour
Grade 1-12
 		 Walking tour SS LO 3
History of the local area. Introduction (VOC, Jan van Riebeeck, Fort, Castle, building process, builders, shape, well, bastions, Simon van der Stel, inner wall or Kat’ two gateways, the reclaiming of land.
Orientation on forecourt
Catzenellenbogen bastion (ammunition store)
Nassau bastion (torture chamber and dungeon)
Het Bakhuys and Dolphin Pool
People at the Castle
Grade 3

Grade 4

 Historical Walk SS LO 3
Stories of interesting people
History of the local area: people and buildings
Eva (Krotoa), Simon van der Stel, Lady Anne Barnard
Haunted corners of the Castle
Grade 1- 12		 Walk SS LO 3
History of the local area: people and buildings.
Pieter Noordt, headless figure in white coat, woman in grey hood, Lady Anne Barnard.
South African War
Grade 8 		Lesson SS LO 3
(Military museum) resistance against British rule.
Who took part in the war and how did it influence their lives?
Archaeology
Grade 4- 7		 Lesson SS LO 3
History of the local area: people and buildings, public representation of the past, archaeology and memory.
A focus on what archaeologists do and the archaeology of the Castle and the local area.
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