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    The document discusses several indigenous types of shelters in Zimbabwe. It describes Great Zimbabwe, an ancient city constructed from stone that housed up to 18,000 people. It also mentions Mana Pools, an area along the Zambezi River that was initially a non-hunting reserve and home to human inhabitants who were later evicted. Finally, it discusses Khami and Matopos, two other historical stone-constructed settlements that were once capitals and are now UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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    The document discusses several indigenous types of shelters in Zimbabwe. It describes Great Zimbabwe, an ancient city constructed from stone that housed up to 18,000 people. It also mentions Mana Pools, an area along the Zambezi River that was initially a non-hunting reserve and home to human inhabitants who were later evicted. Finally, it discusses Khami and Matopos, two other historical stone-constructed settlements that were once capitals and are now UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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    The document discusses several indigenous types of shelters in Zimbabwe. It describes Great Zimbabwe, an ancient city constructed from stone that housed up to 18,000 people. It also mentions Mana Pools, an area along the Zambezi River that was initially a non-hunting reserve and home to human inhabitants who were later evicted. Finally, it discusses Khami and Matopos, two other historical stone-constructed settlements that were once capitals and are now UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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    Cala Component B : Social Sciences

    Learning Area : Heritage – Social Studies

    Level : Grade 6

    Syllabus Topic : Shelter ( Syllabus Page 60 )

    Sub-Topic : Indigenous Types of Shelter

    Cala Type : Pen and Paper Activities

    Constructed Models

    Cala Title : Appreciation of Indigenous Shelter


    Competences / Skills : Research

    - Communication

    - Critical Thinking

    - Problem Solving

    - Modelling

    - Designing

    Background

    Long ago our forefathers used to dwell in different types of


    shelter. However , due to urbanization , our children in cities
    and towns are not familiar with these types of shelters which
    is contributing to lack of appreciation and interest in
    indigenous shelter.
    The Cala

    The Cala has two separate parts, Past A and B . You need to
    complete both parts.

    What is a Shelter ?

    For Oxford Languages

    a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger

    Part A

    Different indigenous types of shelter

    Great Zimbabwe

    Great Zimbabwe is a ruined city in the south-eastern hills of


    Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo. It
    was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the
    country's Late Iron Age.  Construction on the city began in the
    9th century and continued until it was abandoned in the 15th
    century. The edifices are believed to have been erected by
    the ancestral Shona.  The stone city spans an area of 7.22
    square kilometres and could have housed up to 18,000 people
    at its peak, giving it a population density of approximately 2,500
    per square kilometre. It is recognised as a World Heritage Site
    by UNESCO.

    Mana pools
    Initially promulgated as a “non-hunting reserve”, Mana Pools
    was gazetted as a “game reserve” in 1963 and as a National
    Park in 1975. Along the way, the major casualties resulting
    from this legislation were the human inhabitants of the area,
    who were evicted and moved to areas south of the Zambezi
    Escarpment.

    Khami
    Khami World Heritage Site, formerly known as Khami
    Ruins, is an extensive complex of stonewalled sites that
    lies just west of Bulawayo.
    The southern western portion of the Zimbabwe, north-eastern
    Botswana and northern South Africa were once controlled by
    one of the early Shona States, known as the Torwa State.
    This state dominated the area from the 10th-19th Centuries AD.
    The settlement at Khami was the capital from the 15th-17th
    Century before it was abandoned for sites to the northeast
    around the modern site of Gweru.

    Khami’s significance in the history of the area was fully


    recognised when it was inscribed as a UNESCO World
    Heritage Site in 1986. A small site museum provides useful
    background information to the site itself.

    Matojeni / Matopos
    The Matobo National Park forms the core of
    the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and
    wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres (22 mi) south
    of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe. The hills were formed over 2
    billion years ago with granite being forced to the surface, this
    has eroded to produce smooth "whaleback dwalas" and broken
    kopjes, strewn with boulders and interspersed with thickets of
    vegetation. Matopo/Matob was named by the Lozwi, who are
    the ancestors of Kalanga. A different tradition states that the
    first King , Mzilikazi Khumalo when told by the local residents
    that the great granite domes were called madombo he replied ,

    The Hills cover an area of about 3100 km² (1200 sq mi), of


    which 424 km² (164 sq mi) is National Park, the remainder
    being largely communal land and a small proportion of
    commercial farmland. The park extends along
    the Thuli, Mtshelele, Maleme and Mpopoma river valleys. Part
    of the national park is set aside as a 100 km² (39 sq mi) game
    park, which has been stocked with game including the
    white rhinoceros. The highest point in the hills is the
    promontory named Gulati (1549 m; 5082 ft) just ou
    The different types of materials used for construction of shelter
    for different times/eras

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