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Who were the first people in South Africa? How did they communicate while hunting?

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San-gatherers. Used hand signals.

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What is the most common form of communication?

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Speaking words

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Have humans always been able to speak?

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No, initially made sounds.

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What is one of the most important ways of communication through spoken language?

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Stories

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How did the San people (earliest people in SA) use written communication?

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Painted pictures on walls of caves and they also scratched pictures on rocks in the open. These pictures are called engravings.

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What were most of the San pictures about?

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The religion of the San people. An important part of their religion included dance.

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How did people in Africa teach children their history?

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Through songs.

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What is uhadi and when was it played?

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A musical instrument and it was used to accompany story songs.

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What is a umrhube?

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(Looks like a bow) It is a musical instrument. Young women played it. To tell how they felt about life around them.

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Who used the mbira?

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The Shona people.

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What did they do with the mbira?

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They used it to communicate with their ancestors.

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List five different ways people can communicate:

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WhatsApp, pictures, phoning, posting letters, radio, written words/ signs, email, talking, singing, facial expressions.

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Tell me about the post stone:

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European sailors, in Cape Town, would want to send letters back to families in Europe. They would leave their letters under a special rock on Robben Island. A passing ship would collect them and take the letters.

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Tell me about the mail coach.

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  1. Farmers and runners took letters inland.
    2.in 1843 the first mail coach left Cape Town. It went as far as Swellendam. Only way to get a message inland.
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What was the first typewriter called?

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Writing piano

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How did the first writing piano look?

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It looked just like a piano. It had black and white keys.

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How did the typewriter work

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The stamp went onto the ink and then onto the paper when someone pushed a key.

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Why was the QWERTY keyboard invented?

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Keys kept jamming. So the letters that were commonly used were split up.

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When was the Telegraph invented?

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Early 1800s

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Why was the Telegraph invented?

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It allowed people to send messages along electric wires.

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How were the messages sent?

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Morse Code

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What is Morse code?

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This is the language that uses long and short signals called dashes.

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How do you write HELP in Morse code?

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… - - - …

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24
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Who invented the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

25
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Who were the two men who tried to register their telephone inventions?

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Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray

26
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Who invented the radio

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Marconi in 1895,it could not be used for speech or music

27
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Why is a radio called a wireless

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Heinrich Hertz proved that Electric waves travel through air

28
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How Were photographs developed

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they had to be Developed quickly in a dark room

29
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How Do you know someone was rich before cameras were invented

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They Could afford to have a picture painted of them or their families

30
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Who Invented the first camera

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Alex Walcott

31
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describe the first cameras

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big and heavy and had to be placed on tripods

32
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Who was George Eastman

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George Eastman invented a small box camera called Kodak

33
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What made kodak special

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It had rolled film that Meant that anyone could use a small handheld camera

34
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Why was the invention of digital cameras important

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I did not need film.You could see your photo straightaway and delete your photos straightaway

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Five advantages of television

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Connects people, entertainment, educational, live news, convenient, sports, long distance, world events

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Five disadvantages of the television

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Leads to obesity and laziness, exposure to violence, learn bad habits, less reading, can lead to bad eyesight, inappropriate programs, lose track of time, uses electricity, expensive.

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Who invented the radio?

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Marconi in 1895

38
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Who invented the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell in 1876

39
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Who invented the camera?

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Alexander Walcott in 1840

40
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Who invented rolled film and Kodak?

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George Eastman in 1888

41
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Who helped invent the television?

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John Logie Baird

42
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What does SABC stand for?

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South African Broadcasting Corporation

43
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Who invented the first PC?

+Microsoft

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Bill Gates

44
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What does PC stand for?

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Personal computer

45
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Who invented the WWW? And what does it mean?

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Internet. World Wide Web. Bill Joy in 1994.

46
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Who invented the cellphone

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Martin Cooper in 1973

47
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List the timeline of communication

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Typewriters (1868 Chris Sholes)
Telegraph (Samuel Morse)
Telephone (1876)
Radio (1895)
Camera (1840)
Rolled Film Kodak 1888
Television (1930)
PC
Internet 1994
Cell phone 1973

48
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How has the PC changed peoples lives?

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Working more effectively
Portable
Can save important documents (less paper)
Entertaining
Typing documents is neater than writing

49
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How has the internet changed lives?

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Social networking
Gaming and entertaining
Online banking and shopping
Sharing documents (emails, photos)

50
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How has the cellphone changed lives?

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Can fit in your pocket
Download apps
Takes photos
Entertainment
Lot of functions (call/ WhatsApp/ internet access)

51
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Name four of the oldest forms of communication

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Rock painting, mail coach, typewriter, telegraph

52
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Who were the first people in South Africa?

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Khoi San

53
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How does a post office help you communicate?

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Send letters/ post

54
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Why is a radio called a wireless?

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Radio waves travel without wires

55
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What does a Telegraph do?

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Transmits electrical signals over a wire using Morse code

56
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How does a telephone work?

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Communicates sound along electrical wires or optical fibers

57
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Can a computer be used like a typewriter

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Yes, you can type letters

58
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Name three modern forms of communication that need electricity/ batteries to work:

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Tv, radio and computer

59
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Tell me the names of the famous people who invented ways to communicate

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Typewriters = Chris Sholes
Telegraph = Samuel Morse
Telephone =
Radio =
Camera =
Rolled Film Kodak =
Television =
PC = Bill Gates
Internet =
Cell phone = Martin Cooper

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