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Grade 12 Ter 2 & 3 Last Leap Booklet 2023-4
Grade 12 Ter 2 & 3 Last Leap Booklet 2023-4
Grade 12 Ter 2 & 3 Last Leap Booklet 2023-4
LAST LEAP
GRADE 12
2023/4
TERM 2 AND 3 CONTENT
and schools within their provinces . COMMUNITY SERVICES water, and sanitation, as well as access to
quality healthcare, nutritious food, and
• Aimed at addressing various social, safe housing.
• It oversees the provision of housing, economic, and environmental
transportation infrastructure, and • Environmental Stewardship:
challenges.
public works projects. • Often provided by government Communities can actively participate
agencies, non-profit organizations, and in environmental conservation
Local Government: community-based initiatives. efforts by promoting sustainable
• Responsible for providing essential practices. This includes waste
services like water, electricity, Examples of community services in South Africa:
reduction, recycling, tree planting,
sanitation, waste management, and • Social Welfare: These services include and responsible use of natural
local roads. social grants, child protection services, resources. By protecting the
• It oversees community development services for the elderly, and support for environment, communities can
people with disabilities by the
projects, libraries, recreational government. create healthier living spaces and
facilities, and other services at the local • Healthcare and HIV/AIDS Support: The mitigate the effects of pollution and
level. government provides healthcare climate change.
services through public clinics and
• Laws refer to the formal rules that are hospitals, with a particular focus on • Youth Empowerment: Communities can
enacted by the Parliament as the HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and establish mentoring programs,
legislative body of the country. support. Non-profit organizations also recreational activities, and skills training
play a critical role in raising awareness, initiatives for young people. By nurturing
• Regulations are issued by the providing counselling, and supporting their talents and potential, communities
relevant Ministers and are affected individuals and their families. can contribute to the development of
• Community Safety and Crime responsible and engaged citizens who
published in the Government Prevention: Community policing forums actively contribute to their communities'
Gazette. and neighbourhood watch groups well-being.
• Rules are created by administrative collaborate with SAPS to promote
safety, crime prevention, and • Monitoring and Reporting: Communities
bodies, public institutions, or community building. should establish mechanisms to
organizations to govern their internal • Education and Skills Development: monitor and report environmental
operations, procedures, and conduct. government invests in public schools, hazards, health risks, and safety
universities, and technical and
• They are more specific than laws vocational training institutions. concerns. By promptly reporting
and regulations, and they primarily Additionally, non-profit organizations issues to relevant authorities,
and community centres often offer communities can ensure timely
apply within the specific supplementary educational support,
mentorship programs, and adult action and resolution, safeguarding
organization that establishes
education initiatives. the well-being of residents.
them.
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY TERM 2 WEEKS 9-11 BENEFITS OF A MISSION
STATEMENT
A mission statement:
EDUCATIONAL AND IMPACT STUDIES THAT RELATE MISSION AND VISION
• Makes you to look at your
TO PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS STATEMENT.
INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES deepest thoughts and
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL feelings so that you can find
ISSUES out what is your life purpose
and what is really important
to you.
• An impact study is an
• Helps you to find out about
analysis of a specific
your talents and interests
occurrence and the
• Forces you to make clear
changes that will happen
what your deepest values
or happened because of it.
are and what it is that you
• For example, you can want.
conduct an impact study
• Helps you to keep your
to determine how the vision ahead of you.
• An educational program is a A mission statement defines
building of a road would your objectives, and how you
program written by the • It sets guidelines for how to
institution or department of affect e.g. the wild life in will reach these objectives. live your life.
education which determines that area.
• It helps you to find out what
the learning progress of each A vision statement details where your talents are.
subject in all the stages of Benefits of conducting an you aspires to go.
formal education.
impact study:
• Educational or intervention EXAMPLES OF MISSION
programmes increases your • It help us understand the Your mission and vision will be
influenced by: STATEMENTS:
awareness and confidence. possible impacts of these
• Educational programmes aim types of projects before • Personal views
to develop the youth into good they start. • Values
citizens.
• It helps to identify the • Belief system
• Responsible citizens apply their
best ways to avoid or • Religion
learning and gained skills to
help themselves and others. reduce a project's • Ideologies
• They also apply the knowledge negative impacts. • Life style
to solve social and • It helps to find ways to • Physical and emotional
environmental issues.
enhance the positive well-being
aspects of a project. • Environmental
responsibility
• Goals for studies
• Career Choices
Human factors that cause ill-health, accidents, crises and disasters:
Social factors include:
TERM 3 WEEK 1 ▪ Poor living conditions and poverty,
people have limited or no access to
Definition of terms proper sanitation, infrastructure or health
care.
▪ Ill-health: state of being
Psychological factors (those which may ▪ Unemployment and unable to afford their
unwell physically, mentally,
influence your thinking) living, which leaves them frustrated and
psychologically and even ▪ People with low self-esteem may turn to may lead to violence and crime.
socially, e.g., stress, alcohol or other substances to feel ▪ Women resort to commercial sex to
sickness etc. better. support their families which may
▪ Accidents: unexpected ▪ This could lead to risky sexual behaviour demoralise them and lead to STIs.
events normally caused by resulting in STIs or accidents that may ▪ Living in dirty surroundings and badly
lack of knowledge, skills lead to injury or death. maintained houses increase accidents.
and unsafe behaviours, ▪ Others may be unable to suggest using
Cultural practices
condoms for fear of rejection. ▪ Wife inheritance: a widow is forced to marry her
e.g., car accidents, burning
▪ Others eat to feel better which may lead late husband’s brother and this may lead to
a house etc. to sickness and eating disorders. unfaithfulness in the marriage, resulting in STIs.
▪ Crises: times of extreme This may also result in forced sex as the woman
difficulty due to accidents, may not be willing to engage in sexual intercourse
ill-health, disasters and Religious factors (those which my with the brother.
be encouraged by religious ▪ Circumcision: this is a common African practice
other life changing events.
which may help reduce the risk of catching STIs,
e.g., when parents divorce, beliefs)
however, if not properly done by a professional
children may be devastated ▪ Recently people have been made to may lead to infections.
and this may lead to stress. eat and drink harmful substances to ▪ Genital mutilation: a process of removing parts or
▪ Disaster: an event that may get blessings from God and because of all female genitals. This is to ensure that girls are
their trust in their religious leaders still virgins when they get married and stay
lead to a great damage of faithful when they get married.
human life. human they did, this may cause ill-health.
activities that may lead to ▪ Some people do not believe in
disasters include cutting western medicine, they only believe
down of trees which may prayer will heal them, this may be put
lead to floods, terrorist their lives in excessive danger. Contributing factors
attacks etc. ▪ Terrorist attacks are usually ▪ Bad eating habits
performed by religious extremists who ▪ Lack of exercise
kill others and even themselves for the ▪ Smoking
god they serve. ▪ Substance abuse
▪ Unsafe sexual behaviour
LIFE STYLE DISEASE
TERM 3 WEEK 1
Lifestyle diseases Lifestyle diseases as a result of poverty and Activity
▪ These are diseases caused by the way gender imbalance
you live your life. They are as a result of ▪ Cancer: cervical cancer is caused by Write paragraphs on heart diseases using
an unhealthy lifestyle (choices). human papillomavirus, which is the most these guidelines:
Contributing factors include the common STI, risk factors include smoking, ▪ Define the term heart diseases and
amount of food we eat, lack of exercise having multiple sexual partners, and early state TWO risk factors that might
and smoking. Genetic factors also sexual contact. contribute to the development of
often play a role, but could be ▪ Hypertension, also known as high blood these conditions.
controlled. pressure, is very common due to high (1+2)(3)
▪ Lifestyle diseases include Alzheimer’s levels of stressful events in people’s lives. A
disease, cancer, chronic liver disease, poor diet plays a huge role and lack of ▪ Explain THREE ways in which a lack
Diabetes, heart disease, stroke, exercise. Normal BP is more than 120/80 of knowledge about heart diseases
obesity, osteoporosis etc. and less than 140/90. could influence young people’s
▪ Unsafe sexual behaviour, like not using ▪ Tuberculosis: leading cause of death in attitude towards these diseases.
condom correctly, increases the risk of South Africa, common in overcrowded
HIV and Aids and STIs. poverty-stricken communities. (3x2)(6)
▪ Diseases of the heart: studies show that
people from poor environments are more • Recommend TWO practical activities
likely to experience heart diseases than that young people could initiate to
those from rich environments. raise awareness about heart
Intervention strategies (Prevention,
▪ Disadvantaged people are more likely to diseases in their school
early detection, treatment, care and
communities. In your answer, also
support) smoke and be obese because they have
indicate how each activity may help
▪ HIV counselling and testing less access to a healthier diet i.e., fruit and
raise awareness.
campaign. Strategies include vegetables.
• (2x3)(6)
advertising the availability of free ▪ STIs: Rape and sexual abuse are most
testing and counselling in health popular in disadvantaged communities.
clinics. ▪ Women in abusive relationships cannot
▪ Programme for post-rape care. negotiate use of condoms when having
▪ Community awareness sex.
campaigns. ▪ Women in disadvantaged communities
resort to commercial sex in order to put
food on the table.
Intervention strategies to counter lifestyle
TERM 3 WEEK 2
diseases:
• Ensuring that every school is a Health ACTION PLAN
Promoting School TREATMENT
• Encourage regular physical activity • Lifestyle changes include taking part
• Educating people about the importance of in recreational activities, exercise
early detection, regular screenings and visits and dietary changes with
to the clinic. medication.
• Educating people about healthy lifestyle • It is to have access and continue
• Educating people about STIs including HIV. taking medication because, if the
• Promoting community awareness about course of medication is interrupted,
nutrition the body might develop resistance
• Reducing salt intake and salt content of food. to drugs and the medication taken
• Replacing trans-fat in food polyunsaturated might not be effective.
fat.
CARE & SUPPORT
• People who get the correct care
and support continue their
treatment programme.
• Clinic sisters, social workers,
SOCIAL CAUSES OF LYFESTYLE DISEASES
psychologists and community
• Issues which involve people, the community support groups form part of care
and the public; how people behave towards and support programme.
each other and the social conditions they live • Patients’ needs are assessed and a
in, can affect their health and make them ill. care plan is created; education
about the disease and referral to the
• For example, peer pressure may result in right services and support group.
poor decision-making, overcrowding and • Family ????
poverty increase the risk of ill-health and • Organisations are also involved in
accidents and limited or no access to clean care and support e.g. South African
water. National AIDS Council – testing and
treatment.
• Poor sanitation can lead to disease and
insufficient or poor-quality food leads to
nutritional deficiencies.
Assessment
Strategies for the prevention of lifestyle diseases may include …
A. Helping and encouraging people to follow treatment instructions and take their medication.
B. Avoiding the habits and behaviors that contribute to lifestyle diseases.
C. Receiving medical treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation.
D. Observing symptoms and getting treatment early when the illness starts.
• State the chronic disease that affects glucose levels in the blood ASSESSMENT
• Mention THREE possible causes for the increase of chronic diseases in South Africa.
• .Suggest three ways in which municipalities can collaborate with communities in the management and eradication Lifestyle diseases.
• Evaluate TWO intervention strategies that can be put in place by government to address lifestyle diseases.
• Analyse how participation in sports can impact positively well-being with specific reference to the following:
• (a) Emotional well-being
• (b) Social well-being
• (c) Physical well-being
• (d) Mental well-being
TERM 3 WEEK 3
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The Labour TERM 3 WEEK 4
Relations Act (LRA)
ACTIVITIES: