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Written evidence

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Benin (900 to 1300CE) Evidence

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Objectives

History

  • Study a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history – Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900-1300.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.

English

  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role-play, improvisations and debates.

Lesson Planning

Learn how the earliest written evidence about Benin comes from the period when Europeans came. Before that there were no written records, so how useful are they in helping our understanding the earlier period?

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To explore the earliest European writing about Benin.
  • To act out the events in the sources.

Children will:

  • Answer questions about historical sources.
  • Assess the reliability of sources.
  • Take part in role-plays.

Provided Resources

  • What Europeans wrote about Benin
  • Questions about the sources
  • Quotes from the oral histories to contrast with European quotes

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

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