Our World Our Society 8 Learner Book (CAPS)

Our World, Our Society is an innovative new CAPS-compliant series that is suited to every learner. This exciting series provides a varied approach to the Social Sciences and has been designed to assist both learners and teachers. The Learner’s Book and Teacher’s Guide have been written by teachers in a way that enables learners to contribute meaningfully to their development as responsible South African citizens in a culturally diverse democracy. The Our World, Our Society Learner’s Book includes: • A concise introduction to each chapter, listing questions that will be answered as learners work through the chapter • A wide variety of interesting activities with a variety of applications • Thought-provoking and challenging texts, cartoons, graphs, maps and photographs that stimulate learners’ interest • New words with definitions supplied where the words first appear • A ‘Did you know?’ feature with relevant additional information to encourage learning Our World, Our Society is the definitive Social Sciences resource to help young South African learners become critical and creative thinkers, as well as responsible and sensitive citizens who can demonstrate an understanding of their world as a set of interrelated and interdependent systems.