Social studies

 SEARCHING FOR PEACE  CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY What is conflict? ●is the disagreement between people over something important. It is fight between groups of people or countries.  What is violence? Refers to physical force intended to hurt, damage, and or kill someone or something.  Causes of conflict and violence in our society.  ●misunderstanding  ●low self-esteem  ●political reason ●financial greedy ●different views of opinions  ●alcohol and drug abuse ●frustration  Social and environmental conflicts Social conflict -disputes among the people in a village. E.g beating of children at home or  school.  Environmental conflict -conflict over the use of natural resources, damage caused or countries claiming the same part of land .E.g Namibia and Botswana claiming to own Kasikili Island.  GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) Involves abuse ad physical harm or killing between men and women. It is mostly done by men to woman....

 OUR REGIONS AND SETTLEMENT  REGIONS OF NAMIBIA  ●Namibia, located in south of the African continent,is divided into 14 administrative regions.  ●Although each region has limited power, it has regional administrations.  ●After the independence of the country,the regions were legally determined on 3 March 1992 and the system was put into practice.  ●Delimitation commission of Namibia is the only authority in the country in terms of numbers,size or division of regions.  ●Namibia is divided into 14 regions, the highest administrative division.  ●Regions of Namibia are Kunene,Omusati,Oshana,Ohangwena ,Ohikoto Kavango West, Kavango Easter ,Zambezi  Erongo,Otjozondjupa ,Omaheke, Khomas, Hardap and//karas  Now look at regions of Namibia in the map. SETTLEMENT  What is settlement? ●Settlement is a place where people live.A settlement may be a small as a single house in a remote areas or as large as mega city (a city with over 10 million res...

SEASON OF THE YEAR We have different types of season such as summer, autumn,winter and spring . SUMMER  ●Summer (solstice)begins in December 22 or 23. ●The weather is hot,humid and dry during this season, and the temperature can rise extremely high in a certain place,as the earth tilts itself towards the sun. ●As the sun shines brightly in summer  this season is suitable for farmers to prepare for cultivation and we get many seasonal fruits and vegetables.  ●It has longest day and shortest night.  Here are some pictures how summer season looks like. During summer months the Zambezi has an average of 8-10 rainy days a month, whilst during the months of June to August hardly any precipitation is received. AUTUMN  Autumn (equinox) begins in March 20 or 21. ●Autumn is a season the duration of day decrease and the night length increases as a season progresses until winter solstice in December (northern hemisphere)and (Southern hemisphere)June.  ●the temperature ...

 EARLY HUMAN KIND EVOLUTION AND CREATION  Creation-is the belief that life and the universe were created by a supernatural being God.  Evolution-is the process by which different kind of living organisms developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. EVOLUTION AND CREATION  -The theory of evolution indicated that life on earth evolved from one universal common ancestors about 3.8 billion years ago. -A theory in the scientific sense of the world, which means it is supported by evidence and accepted as fact by the scientific community.  -The intelligent design hypothesis is  not supported by evidence.  -sinc1929,the term "creationism "in the US has been associated with Christian belief.  EXAMPLES OF CREATIONISM -The idea that the earth and all creatures on it,including humans ,had been created by God a few thousand years ago and this is called creationism.  -This taught by many religion in the world.  Biblica...

 HOW OUR COMMUNITIES DEVELOPED Looking for evidence  Archaeology:is the study of human being who lived long time ago. Archeological evidence:a source or things which reminded such as ruins,pottery,human skeleton, weapons and jewelleries. ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE WHICH TELL US ABOUT HOW PEOPLE LIVED.  Archeological materials can be grouped into four main categories as followed.  1.Artifacts These are portable materials remains ,and these objects are made or modified by a person in a specific time and place.  E.g ceramic ,stone tools and carved bone or shell. 2.Ecofacts Are naturally organic or inorganic remains found in an archaeological site, suggesting they were deposited as a result of human activity.  E.g seeds charcoal, minerals, and unmodified shell or bones . 3.Structure and features  In Archaeology, we normally use the term "structure "to refer to non-potable architectural elements, usually made of durable materials as soil, stone or wood. The fo...

FIGHTING HIV AND AIDS INTRODUCTION  HIV is a virus which attracts healthy cells in the body. People with HIV do not look  sick.If an HIV positive person does not receive medical treatment, the HIV start to attack the immune system. The body then will not able to fight of diseases such as TB.When an infected person start showing symptoms of illness  s/he is said to have AIDS HIV cannot be cured but it is treatable with medicine HIV IN NAMIBIA  ~In 2014,there where about  260000 Namibians living with HIV . ~The number was estimated  to rise to 273000 by 2017/8. ~HIV prevalence rate among adults (15-49)was estimated to be at 16%. ~It started with high degrees of infection and nowadays it's going down as the ministries of health and social services in conjunction with non-governmental organizations introduced the ARV(antiretrovial drugs)program.  ~The most infected people are between 15 and 49 years old.  HIV PREVALENCE BY REGION CAUSES OF HIV IN THE ...

POPULATION DENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION  The word Population refers to people.  Population distribution is how people are spread across an area.  Population density is the number of people living in an area per square kilometers. Population distribution of Africa   Population density of Africa  Natural and social factors affecting population distribution and density.  1.NATURAL FACTORS  Climate:many people settle in warmer temperatures and sufficient rainfall.  Vegetation:many people settle where there's enough grazing land.  Soil:fertile soil for farming attracts more people.  Water:rivers and lakes attracts people for fishing, farming  drinking  and transportation.  Resources:a lot live where there are plenty of natural resources for economic activities.  Natural disaster:areas prone to floods,volcanoes  landslides-few may live there.  Landscape:people may not live where there are mountains/deserts.people may ...

 Exploring World Geography Physical features of the world  Physical features-refers to the landforms and bodies of water. The landforms:mountains,deserts,highlands.  Bodies of water:oceans, seas,rivers.The world consists of landmass called continents.they are surrounded by oceans and seas. It is within these continents that major Physical features exist. 

 Colonialism in southern Africa  Why countries were colonised? What is Colonialism? -Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one nation over the people living in different areas or countries, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance.  -Due to Colonialism, the colonizers were able to impose their cultural practices, economics and la8,and spread their religion.  -colonialism in history involved the takeover of our nation by another nation and conquering of the people of other nations.  -In modern history, colonialism began with the age of discovery led by the Portuguese. It was then followed by Spanish exploration and by people of other European countries like the Dutch,French,and British.  Different between colonialism and colony. -colonialism refers to a process by whicha foreign power annexes and cre dependencies whose economic, political and cultural systems are restructured and made to serve the foreign po...

 Namibia before independence  How Namibia become German colony? .European country wanted more colonies in Africa,Germany was interested in Namibia because German traders and missionaries had been working and trading in the country.  .Namibia become a German colony in 1884-1919. .Adolf luderitz,bought up coastal land in area in 1882 from the nama chief.he build a trading settlement.  .The arrival of European explorers informed their masters in European about the availability of cattle,farming land and minerals resources such as copper and iron. .German wanted to get control of these resources and that's how Namibia become a German of colony