Publisher's Synopsis
Looking into the past offers an innovative approach to teaching history. The method, illustrations and content were thoroughly tested in schools throughout South Africa. This superbly illustrated series: * offers a skills-based, interactive methodology for learning and teaching history * takes a holistic approach to the histories of South Africa, Africa and the world * presents a comprehensive overview of pre-colonial history - a first for South African text books * gives pupils the opportunity to participate actively in discovering and interpreting the past with the help of maps and archaeological, oral and pictorial evidence * encourages pupils to talk, write and act as they learn * contains questions and evaluation exercises within consolidate pupils' learning
