History lesson plans for SHS 1–3

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SHS 1 History: weekly topics

24 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 1 History teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

Week 1Meaning and Importance of History
Week 2Nature and Branches of History
Week 3Earliest Hunter-Gatherers of Ghana
Week 4Pre-Historic Periods in Ghana
Week 5Origins of the Guan and Other Groups
Week 6Origins of the Akan and Other Groups
Week 7Migrations and Their Leaders
Week 8Rise and Decline of Early States
Week 9Family, Kinship and Rites of Passage
Week 10Marriage, Funeral Rites and Games
Week 11Dances, Songs and Cultural Change
Week 12Pre-colonial Political Systems
Week 13Great Leaders and Women in Politics
Week 14Pre-colonial Medicine and Healers
Week 15Pre-colonial Health Care
Week 16Ironworking, Brass Casting and Leather
Week 17Weaving, Gold Mining and Wood Carving
Week 18Beads, Pottery and Symbols
Week 19Pre-colonial Crafts Project
Week 20Hunting, Gathering and Farming
Week 21Fishing and Animal Domestication
Week 22Pre-colonial Trade
Week 23Indigenous Religious Beliefs
Week 24Islam and Christianity in Ghana

SHS 2 History: weekly topics

24 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 2 History teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

Week 1Primary and Secondary Sources
Week 2Authentic Online Historical Sources
Week 3Early Europeans in Ghana
Week 4Gold, Ivory and the Slave Trade
Week 5Treaties and the Anglo-Asante Wars
Week 6British Rule and Its Effects
Week 7European Effects on Housing and Transport
Week 8The Colonial Political System
Week 9Colonial Agriculture, Mining and Finance
Week 10Guggisberg and Economic Development
Week 11The Poll Tax Ordinance of 1852
Week 12Fante Confederation and ARPS
Week 13NCBWA, WASU and the Youth Conference
Week 14The UGCC and the 1948 Riots
Week 15Watson Commission, CPP and Coussey Committee
Week 16Elections of 1951 to 1956
Week 17Togoland and Women in Independence
Week 18Independence and the Diarchy
Week 19Ghana Under the CPP
Week 20The NLC and Progress Party
Week 21The NRC and SMC Governments
Week 22AFRC, Third Republic and PNDC
Week 23The Fourth Republic
Week 24Ghana's Development Since 1993

SHS 3 History: weekly topics

18 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 3 History teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

Week 1Corroborating Historical Sources
Week 2Reconstructing African History
Week 3Scientific Origins of Humans
Week 4Theories of Human Origin
Week 5Ancient Egyptian Civilisation
Week 6Sudanese, Swahili and Bantu Civilisations
Week 7Origins of the Trans-Saharan Trade
Week 8Effects of the Trans-Saharan Trade
Week 9African Religion, Islam and Christianity
Week 10The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Week 11Abolition of the Slave Trade
Week 12The Berlin Conference
Week 13Direct and Indirect Rule
Week 14Africa and the World Wars
Week 15Causes of African Resistance
Week 16Nature of African Resistance
Week 17Independence Struggles 1
Week 18Independence Struggles 2

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