History Class

Ivory Park

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July 22nd 2008
Today we were guests of the Ivory Park History Teachers Forum. This forum is a collaboration of seven high schools working to standardize the teaching of history within their district. Perhaps the greatest challenge facing the forum is the impoverished condition under which most of its students live. The schools that belong to the forum are all located in a township that was created during the ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more