History. Level 1 to 17.

Sheet HI-SKLLevels 1 to 12

1. Time and chronology

   HI-SKL-TIM · Primary 1 to Primary 5 · about 4 modules planned

   Ordering events, reading timelines, and counting years, decades and centuries.

   • About 4 planned

2. Primary and secondary sources

   HI-SKL-SRC · Primary 4 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 5 modules planned

   Telling first-hand evidence from later accounts, and asking who made a source and why.

   • About 5 planned

3. Oral history and oral tradition

   HI-SKL-ORL · Primary 3 to SSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

   How families, griots and elders keep history alive, and how to record an interview.

   • About 5 planned

4. Archaeology and material evidence

   HI-SKL-ARC · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

   What objects, buildings and digs reveal about people who left no writing.

   • About 4 planned

5. Evidence and interpretation

   HI-SKL-INT · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned

   Why historians disagree, weighing evidence, and spotting bias in an account.

   • About 5 planned

6. Writing history

   HI-SKL-WRT · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   Building an argument from evidence and writing a clear history essay.

   • About 4 planned

Sheet HI-ANCLevels 3 to 10

1. Ancient Egypt

   HI-ANC-EGY · Primary 3 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 6 modules planned

   Life along the Nile: pharaohs, pyramids, hieroglyphs and farming by the flood.

   • About 6 planned

2. Kush

   HI-ANC-KUS · Primary 4 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned

   The Nubian kingdom on the Nile, its iron working, its pyramids and its rule over Egypt.

   • About 4 planned

3. Aksum

   HI-ANC-AKS · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

   The trading kingdom of the Ethiopian highlands, with its coins, stelae and Ge'ez script.

   • About 4 planned

4. Mesopotamia

   HI-ANC-MES · Primary 4 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 5 modules planned

   Early cities between the Tigris and Euphrates, cuneiform writing and the first written laws.

   • About 5 planned

5. Ancient Greece

   HI-ANC-GRC · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

   City-states, early democracy in Athens, and Greek ideas in science and philosophy.

   • About 5 planned

6. Ancient Rome

   HI-ANC-ROM · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

   From republic to empire: roads, law, and Rome's reach into North Africa.

   • About 5 planned

7. Ancient China

   HI-ANC-CHN · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

   Dynasties, the first emperor, the Silk Road, and inventions such as paper.

   • About 5 planned

8. The Indus civilisation

   HI-ANC-IND · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 3 modules planned

   Planned cities such as Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, with drains, weights and seals.

   • About 3 planned

9. The ancient Americas

   HI-ANC-AME · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

   The Maya, Aztec and Inca: cities, calendars, farming and empires.

   • About 5 planned

Sheet HI-AFRLevels 3 to 12

1. Nok

   HI-AFR-NOK · Primary 3 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 3 modules planned

   The Nok culture of central Nigeria, known for its terracotta sculptures and early iron working.

   • About 3 planned

2. Ife and Benin

   HI-AFR-IFB · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

   Two great kingdoms of southern Nigeria and their famous works in bronze, brass and terracotta.

   • About 5 planned

3. The Oyo Empire

   HI-AFR-OYO · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

   How the Alaafin, the Oyo Mesi and a powerful cavalry built a Yoruba empire.

   • About 4 planned

4. The Ghana Empire

   HI-AFR-GHA · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

   The West African empire of Wagadu, which grew rich on the trade in gold and salt.

   • About 4 planned

5. The Mali Empire

   HI-AFR-MLI · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

   Sundiata Keita, Mansa Musa's pilgrimage, and Timbuktu as a centre of learning.

   • About 5 planned

6. The Songhai Empire

   HI-AFR-SON · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

   Gao, Sunni Ali and Askia Muhammad, and one of West Africa's largest empires.

   • About 4 planned

7. Great Zimbabwe

   HI-AFR-ZIM · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 3 modules planned

   The stone city of southern Africa, its builders, and its trade with the coast.

   • About 3 planned

8. The Swahili coast

   HI-AFR-SWA · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

   Trading towns such as Kilwa and Mombasa, Indian Ocean trade and the Swahili language.

   • About 4 planned

9. Ethiopia

   HI-AFR-ETH · Primary 5 to SSS 2 · about 5 modules planned

   From Aksum to Lalibela's rock-hewn churches and the victory at Adwa in 1896.

   • About 5 planned

10. Trade routes

    HI-AFR-TRD · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

    Trans-Saharan caravans and Indian Ocean dhows: goods, ideas and faiths on the move.

    • About 4 planned

11. The transatlantic slave trade

    HI-AFR-SLV · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · 2 of about 5 modules specified

    How millions of Africans were enslaved and taken to the Americas, and how people resisted.

    Handled with care. The transatlantic slave trade: enslavement, forced migration and loss of life. Taught soberly, without graphic detail. Not shown below Level 7. Comes with a facilitator note.

    • HI-AFR-SLV-0101How the trade workedHI-AFR-SLV-01, Planned
    • HI-AFR-SLV-0202Resistance, abolition and legacyHI-AFR-SLV-02, Planned
    • 3 more planned

12. Colonialism

    HI-AFR-COL · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 6 modules planned

    The Scramble for Africa, the Berlin Conference of 1884–85, colonial rule and resistance.

    Handled with care. Colonial conquest and rule, including violence and resistance. A facilitator note guides discussion. Not shown below Level 6. Comes with a facilitator note.

    • About 6 planned

13. Independence

    HI-AFR-IND · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned

    How African countries won independence, from Ghana in 1957 onwards.

    • About 5 planned

14. Pan-Africanism

    HI-AFR-PAN · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    The movement for African unity, from early thinkers to the OAU and the African Union.

    • About 4 planned

Sheet HI-NGALevels 4 to 12

1. Early states and peoples

   HI-NGA-STA · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 6 modules planned

   Kanem-Bornu, the Hausa city-states, the Sokoto Caliphate and other early societies.

   • About 6 planned

2. Colonial Nigeria

   HI-NGA-COL · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 5 modules planned

   British rule, the 1914 amalgamation, indirect rule, and its effects on Nigerians.

   • About 5 planned

3. Nationalism and independence

   HI-NGA-NAT · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

   Nationalist movements, the road to self-government, and independence in 1960.

   • About 4 planned

4. The First Republic

   HI-NGA-FRP · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

   Nigeria's first years of independence and the political crisis that followed.

   • About 3 planned

5. The Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970

   HI-NGA-CVW · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · 2 of about 4 modules specified

   Why the war happened, what it cost, and how Nigerians have remembered and rebuilt since.

   Handled with care. The Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970: conflict, famine and loss of life. Families may have lived through it. Not shown below Level 9. Comes with a facilitator note.

   • HI-NGA-CVW-0101Causes and the road to warHI-NGA-CVW-01, Planned
   • HI-NGA-CVW-0202The human cost, remembering and rebuildingHI-NGA-CVW-02, Planned
   • 2 more planned

6. Military rule and the return to democracy

   HI-NGA-MIL · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   Decades of military government and the start of the Fourth Republic in 1999.

   • About 4 planned

Sheet HI-GHALevels 4 to 12

1. The Asante kingdom

   HI-GHA-ASA · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

   The rise of Asante, the Golden Stool, and its long resistance to British rule.

   • About 4 planned

2. The Gold Coast

   HI-GHA-GLD · Primary 6 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

   European forts and trade on the coast, and British colonial rule.

   • About 4 planned

3. Independence and after

   HI-GHA-IND · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   Nkrumah, independence in 1957, and Ghana's path to the Fourth Republic.

   • About 4 planned

Sheet HI-KENLevels 4 to 12

1. Early societies

   HI-KEN-EAR · Primary 4 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned

   The peoples of Kenya before colonial rule, their ways of life and their trade.

   • About 4 planned

2. Colonial Kenya

   HI-KEN-COL · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

   British rule, the railway, land taken for settlers, and growing protest.

   • About 4 planned

3. The Mau Mau uprising

   HI-KEN-MAU · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

   The armed struggle against colonial rule in the 1950s and the state of emergency.

   Handled with care. Armed conflict and detention camps during colonial rule. Taught soberly, without graphic detail. Not shown below Level 9. Comes with a facilitator note.

   • About 3 planned

4. Independence and after

   HI-KEN-IND · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   Independence in 1963 and Kenya's history since, up to the 2010 constitution.

   • About 4 planned

Sheet HI-RWALevels 4 to 12

1. The kingdom of Rwanda

   HI-RWA-KNG · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 3 modules planned

   The early kingdom, its kings and its way of life before colonial rule.

   • About 3 planned

2. Colonial Rwanda

   HI-RWA-COL · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 3 modules planned

   German and then Belgian rule, and how colonial policies hardened divisions.

   • About 3 planned

3. Independence

   HI-RWA-IND · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 3 modules planned

   Independence in 1962 and the years that followed.

   • About 3 planned

4. The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi

   HI-RWA-GEN · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · 2 of about 4 modules specified

   How the genocide came about, how it was stopped, and how Rwandans remember and rebuild.

   Handled with care. The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi: mass killing. Taught soberly, without graphic detail; learners may be affected. Not shown below Level 10. Comes with a facilitator note.

   • HI-RWA-GEN-0101Causes and the road to genocideHI-RWA-GEN-01, Planned
   • HI-RWA-GEN-0202Remembering and rebuildingHI-RWA-GEN-02, Planned
   • 2 more planned

Sheet HI-WLDLevels 6 to 12

1. The Islamic world

   HI-WLD-ISL · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

   The spread of Islam, the caliphates, and centres of learning such as Baghdad and Cordoba.

   • About 4 planned

2. Exploration and empires

   HI-WLD-EXP · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

   Ocean voyages from the 1400s, new empires, and their effects on peoples worldwide.

   • About 4 planned

3. The age of revolutions

   HI-WLD-REV · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   The American, French and Haitian revolutions, and new ideas about rights.

   • About 4 planned

4. The Industrial Revolution

   HI-WLD-IND · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

   Machines, factories and cities, and how industry changed work and trade.

   • About 4 planned

5. The First World War

   HI-WLD-FWW · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   Causes, the war in Europe and Africa, and the peace that followed.

   • About 4 planned

6. The Second World War and the Holocaust

   HI-WLD-SWW · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned

   Causes, the global war, Africa's part in it, and the Holocaust.

   Handled with care. War and genocide, including the Holocaust. Taught soberly, without graphic detail. Not shown below Level 9. Comes with a facilitator note.

   • About 5 planned

7. The Cold War and decolonisation

   HI-WLD-CLD · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   Rivalry between superpowers, and new nations in Africa and Asia.

   • About 4 planned

8. The modern world

   HI-WLD-GLB · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

   Globalisation, the United Nations, and the world since 1990.

   • About 3 planned

Sheet HI-USALevels 7 to 12

1. Colonies and independence

   HI-USA-COL · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

   Native nations, European colonies, and the American Revolution.

   • About 4 planned

2. The Constitution

   HI-USA-CON · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

   How the US Constitution and Bill of Rights set up the government.

   • About 3 planned

3. Slavery and the Civil War

   HI-USA-CVW · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   Slavery in the United States, the Civil War and emancipation.

   Handled with care. Slavery and war. Taught soberly, without graphic detail. Not shown below Level 8. Comes with a facilitator note.

   • About 4 planned

4. Reconstruction and civil rights

   HI-USA-CRM · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   From Reconstruction and segregation to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

   • About 4 planned

5. The United States in the 20th century

   HI-USA-MOD · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   Two world wars, the Depression, the Cold War and a changing nation.

   • About 4 planned

Sheet HI-EURLevels 6 to 12

1. Medieval Europe

   HI-EUR-MED · Primary 6 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

   Kingdoms, castles, the Church and everyday life in the Middle Ages.

   • About 4 planned

2. The Renaissance and Reformation

   HI-EUR-REN · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

   New art and learning, the printing press, and the split in the Western Church.

   • About 4 planned

3. The Enlightenment

   HI-EUR-ENL · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

   Ideas about reason, rights and government, and their limits in practice.

   • About 3 planned

4. Nations and empires in the 1800s

   HI-EUR-NAT · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   Nationalism, new nation-states, and the race for empire overseas.

   • About 4 planned

5. Europe since 1945

   HI-EUR-EUN · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

   Rebuilding after war, a divided continent, and the European Union.

   • About 3 planned

Sheet HI-SCILevels 2 to 12

1. Early technology

   HI-SCI-EAR · Primary 2 to JSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

   Stone tools, fire, farming, pottery and the start of iron working.

   • About 4 planned

2. Centres of learning

   HI-SCI-LRN · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

   Science and scholarship in Timbuktu, Baghdad, China and India.

   • About 4 planned

3. The Scientific Revolution

   HI-SCI-REV · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   New ways of testing ideas, from Copernicus and Galileo to Newton.

   • About 4 planned

4. History of medicine

   HI-SCI-MED · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   From traditional healing to germ theory, vaccines and modern medicine.

   • About 4 planned

5. The digital age

   HI-SCI-DIG · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

   From early computers to the internet and mobile phones in Africa.

   • About 4 planned

Sheet HI-BYDBeyond school · Levels 13 to 17

1. Historiography

   HI-BYD-HSG · A level / JUPEB / foundation year to 300 Level · about 6 modules planned

   How the writing of history has changed, and debates over method and point of view.

   • About 6 planned

2. Economic history

   HI-BYD-ECH · A level / JUPEB / foundation year to 400–500 Level · about 6 modules planned

   How economies grew and changed over time, with a focus on Africa and the world.

   • About 6 planned

3. African diaspora studies

   HI-BYD-DSP · A level / JUPEB / foundation year to 400–500 Level · about 6 modules planned

   The histories, cultures and movements of African peoples around the world.

   • About 6 planned