KEY QUESTIONS
What can we remember about the four kingdoms?
CONTENT
·Key themes and developments of each kingdom
METHODOLOGY
1. A creative task – each group focuses on one kingdom and produces a museum exhibit showing the main elements of its history
2. Practice questions e.g.
‘Fulani jihad was the main reason for the collapse of the Oyo Empire.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? (20 marks)
‘Increased instability in Kongo in the period 1500-1709 was down to the presence of the Portuguese.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement?
‘By the 1720s access to firearms had allowed the rulers of Dahomey to create an autocratic regime.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement?
RESOURCES
Those handed out during main period of teaching