HISTORY GR10 MEMO NOV2019 - Eng D
HISTORY GR10 MEMO NOV2019 - Eng D
HISTORY GR10 MEMO NOV2019 - Eng D
SENIOR CERTIFICATE
GRADE 10
NOVEMBER 2019
HISTORY
MARKING GUIDELINE
MARKS: 150
1. SOURCE-BASED QUESTIONS
1.1 The following cognitive levels were used to develop source-based questions:
WEIGHTING
COGNITVE
HISTORICAL SKILLS OF
LEVELS
QUESTIONS
Extract evidence from sources
LEVEL 1 Selection and organisation of relevant 40%
(L1) information from sources (20)
Define historical concepts/terms
Interpretation of evidence from sources
LEVEL 2 40%
Explain information gathered from sources
(L2) (20)
Analyse evidence from sources
Interpret and evaluate evidence from the
sources
Engage with sources to determine their
LEVEL 3 20%
usefulness, reliability, bias and limitations
(L3) (10)
Compare and contrast interpretations and
perspectives presented in sources and draw
independent conclusions
1.2 The following information indicates how the source-based questions are
assessed:
Paragraph question
Paragraphs are to be assessed globally (holistically). Both the content and structure of
the paragraph must be taken into account when awarding a mark. The following steps
must be used when assessing a response to a paragraph question:
Read the paragraph and place a bullet (•) at each point within the text where the
candidate has used relevant evidence to address the question.
Re-read the paragraph to evaluate the extent to which the candidate has been
able to use relevant evidence to write a paragraph.
At the end of the paragraph indicate the ticks () that the candidate has been
awarded for the paragraph; as well as the level (1, 2 or 3) as indicated in the
holistic rubric and a brief comment e.g.
___________ . __________________________ . __________________
_________________ . ____________________________ . __________
Level 2
Used mostly relevant evidence to write a basic paragraph.
Count all the ticks for the source-based question and then write the mark on
the right-hand bottom margin e.g. 32
50
Ensure that the total mark is transferred accurately to the front/back cover of
the answer script.
2. ESSAY QUESTIONS
2.1 The essay questions require candidates to be able to structure their argument in a
logical and coherent manner. They need to select, organise and connect the relevant
information so that they are able to present a reasonable sequence of facts or an
effective argument to answer the question posed. It is essential that an essay have an
introduction, a coherent and balanced body of evidence, and a conclusion.
Markers must be aware that the content of the answer will be guided by the
textbooks in use at the particular centre.
Candidates may have any other relevant introduction and/or conclusion than those
included in a specific essay marking guideline for a specific essay.
When assessing open-ended source-based questions, learners should be credited
for any other relevant answer.
The essay must be assessed holistically (globally). This approach requires the teacher
to score the overall product as a whole, without scoring the component parts separately.
This approach encourages the learner to offer an individual opinion by using selected
factual evidence to support an argument. The learners will not be required to simply
regurgitate ‘facts’ in order to achieve a high mark. This approach discourages learners
from preparing ‘model’ answers and reproducing them without taking into account the
specific requirements of the question. Holistic marking of the essay credits learners’
opinions supported by evidence. Holistic assessment, unlike content-based marking,
does not penalise language inadequacies as the emphasis is on the following:
The construction of argument
The appropriate selection of factual evidence to support such argument
The learner’s interpretation of the question
2.4.2 During the first reading of the extended writing, ticks need to be awarded for a
relevant introduction (indicated by a bullet in memorandum); each of the main
points/aspects that is properly contextualised (also indicated by bullets in the
memorandum); and a relevant conclusion (indicated by a bullet in the
memorandum) e.g. in an answer where there are 5 main points there will be 7
ticks.
Repetition R
Analysis A√
Interpretation I√
In the marking of essays, with reference to page 6, the given criteria shown in
the matrix should be used. In assessing the extended writing note should be
taken of both the content and presentation. At the point of intersection of the
content and presentation based on the seven competency levels, a mark
should be awarded.
(a) The first reading of an essay will be to determine to what extent the
main aspects have been
covered and to allocate the C LEVEL 4
content level (on the matrix).
(b) The second reading of essay will relate to the level (on the matrix) of
presentation. C LEVEL 4
P LEVEL 3
2.1.1 The British wanted to control South Africa because it was one of
the trade routes to India.
When gold and diamonds were discovered in the 1860s–1880s,
their interest in the region increased
British rule has increasingly made their country an industrial and
business world (Any 2 x 1) (2)
Answer at least ONE question, but not more than TWO questions from this section.
[Plan and construct an original argument based on relevant evidence using analytical
and interpretive skills.]
SYNOPSIS
Candidates should describe Moshoeshoe as a nation builder and a diplomat in
building the Sotho kingdom.
MAIN ASPECTS
Candidates should include the following aspects in their response:
Introduction: Candidates need to take a line of argument and indicate whether they
agree or not with the statement.
ELABORATION:
Moshoeshoe’s diplomacy
Moshoeshoe was a clever, loving leader who gave refugees a place to stay
Southern Sotho were united into a nation by Moshoeshoe, a leader with both
military and diplomatic skills
He welcomed and protected the frightened fleeing people
In dealing with Kora and Griqua attacks, he used diplomacy and force
He bought off attackers with gifts of cattle
Defended his people by moving them to Thaba Bosui Mountain to easily guard
against attackers
Routes were few to the mountain, plenty of water to support 3 000 people and
animals
Mafisa
o Moshoeshoe lent cattle to impoverished people
o Moshoeshoe helped refugees through Mafisa
SYNOPSIS
Candidates need to discuss the reasons for the conflict between the Xhosa and the
settlers on the Eastern frontier.
MAIN ASPECTS
Candidates should include the following aspects in their response
Introduction: The reasons for the conflict between the Xhosa and the settlers.
ELABORATION
Even before the British had taken over the Cape, there had been contact and
conflict between Dutch farmers and Xhosa chiefdoms along the eastern frontier of
the colony.
Both the Dutch and the Xhosa were cattle farmers and so there was competition
between them for the best grazing land.
There had already been three Frontier Wars between them.
There had also been more peaceful contact in the form of trade, and missionaries
set up mission stations and schools among the Xhosa.
Some Xhosa worked on settler farms as cattle herders, in return for tobacco,
copper and iron.
The British government decided to put an end to the conflict over land by forcing
the Xhosa to move eastwards.
In 1811–12 a large army of British, settler and Khoi soldiers attacked the Xhosa,
captured their cattle and forced them to move east of the Fish River.
The British army used scorched earth tactics and burned villages and crops.
After each war, more land was taken over by the colony and the Xhosa were
forced to move even further eastwards.
In 1850 the Xhosa attacked to regain their land.
They were joined by Khoi from the mission stations, as well as farm labourers,
who feared losing their jobs and homes because of the growth in wool farming
which did not require as much labour as other types of farming.
For a while there was panic amongst settlers who feared that the revolt would
spread.
But this did not happen, and once again troops were sent to the eastern Cape to
crush resistance.
Although the Xhosa had guns, they could not keep up with the endless supply of
guns and soldiers which the British seemed to have.
By 1857 the Xhosa had fought eight Frontier Wars against the British.
They had lost a lot of their land, there was a bad drought that led to crops failing,
and many of their cattle were dying from lung sickness.
They were a defeated nation, but they made a last desperate attempt to resist
colonial control.
It started when a young woman, called Nongqawuse had a vision in which she
believed that the ancestors had spoken to her.
She told the Xhosa that if they killed their cattle and did not plant crops, their
power would be restored, and the settlers would be swept into the sea.
They did as she had said.
The result was a tragedy for the Xhosa people.
About 400 000 cattle were killed, and, in the famine that followed, about 50 000
people died of starvation.
Many Xhosa started to believe that the colonial authorities were responsible for
spreading the story telling them to kill their cattle.
As they had no other option, thousands of people went to the Cape Colony to work
as labourers.
The colonial authorities took over more Xhosa land and imprisoned some of the
Xhosa chiefs on Robben Island.
As a result of the Cattle Killing and all the Frontier Wars, the independence of the
Xhosa was broken.
All of their land became part of the Cape Colony and was controlled by the British.
QUESTION 6: SOUTH AFRICAN WAR AND THE UNION – THE NATIVE LAND
ACT OF 1913
[Plan and construct an argument based on evidence using analytical and interpretative
skills – L1]
SYNOPSIS
Candidates must explain how the Natives Land Act of 1913 laid the foundations for
the system of apartheid.
MAIN ASPECTS
Introduction: Natives Land Act had laid foundations for the system of apartheid.
ELABORATION
Before the Land Act was passed many black farmers had become successful
sharecroppers on white-owned farms.
Sharecroppers farmed the land and sold the crops they produced
They gave a share of the profits to the owner of the land.
The Land Act put a stop to sharecropping.
Sharecroppers had to work as labourers on white-owned farms
Or move to the areas set aside in the Land Act as native reserves
The reserves were overcrowded
Conditions there were very poor, with soil erosion, malnutrition and diseases
increasing.
It could not support the number of people who were forced to live there.
Most of the land that was allocated for reserves was not suitable for farming
This meant that Africans could no longer survive on subsistence farming
They would have to seek for work outside of the reserves in order to support their
family.
The Land Act ended the possibility of Africans ever becoming successful
commercial farmers in competition with whites.
Because of the desperate situation it caused, this Act meant that Africans were at
the mercy of mining companies and white landowners and could be paid as little
as possible.
It led to further exploitation of black South Africans at the hands of the white
minority government.
As a result, many people had to leave the reserves to find work as labourers on
white-owned farms
On the mines
Or in the towns
This is exactly what the government wanted.
People travelled through the countryside looking for places where they could stay.
They took their livestock and all their belongings with them
In the end they were forced to sell their stock in order to survive
The law also stated that to provide a landless black person with a place to live
was forbidden
Under a penalty of 100 pounds or six months imprisonment.
They no longer had any form of wealth.
The only way they could make a living was by selling their own labour
In 1916 the government appointed the Beaumont Commission to investigate
the effects of the Land Act.
Although the commission reported that the reserves were far too small, the
government did not take any action.
TOTAL: 150