Lesson Planning

Find out about how the British put an end to the Benin Empire - how they wanted the land for palm oil and rubber and how they razed the City to the ground and made Benin part of the British Empire. Add details to depict this take over onto the 3D tabletop timeline.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand more about how the British put an end to the Benin Empire.
• To understand something of why the British attacked Benin and razed the City to the ground and made Benin part of the British Empire.
• To add details to the tabletop timeline to depict the events at the end of the Benin empire - the arrival of the British, the razing and looting of the city.

Children will:

• Understand more about how the British put an end to the Benin Empire.
• Understand something of why the British attacked the Edo and razed the city to the ground and made Benin part of the British Empire.
• Add these events to events to the timeline and understand where they occur in history.