493 prompts matching "Congolese independence in June 1960"
Project task: Building a short history of my own family or town from the sources available to me
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Set me a short research or project task on building a short h
Catch my mistakes: Bias, exaggeration and silence as problems in historical evidence
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Make a short statement about bias, exaggeration and silence a
Link to today: Chronology and dating, and the problem of establishing when things happened
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Explain how chronology and dating, and the problem of establi
Learn: What oral tradition is, and the forms it takes in West Africa
You are my personal SS3 History tutor. Teach me what oral tradition is, and the forms it t
Quiz me: Griots, court historians and praise singers as keepers of oral tradition
Act as my SS3 History tutor and quiz me on griots, court historians and praise singers as
Practice set: The strengths of oral tradition for reconstructing West African history before writing
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Give me five practice questions on the strengths of oral trad
Explain back: The limitations of oral tradition — distortion, telescoping and the interest of the teller
I have just studied the limitations of oral tradition — distortion, telescoping and the in
WAEC essay: How a historian tests an oral account against other kinds of evidence
Act as a WAEC History examiner. I am in SS 3. Set me one essay question on how a historian
Roleplay: Collecting an oral account from an elder and recording it properly
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Set up a roleplay on collecting an oral account from an elder
Project task: The Bayajidda and Oduduwa accounts as examples of traditions of origin
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Set me a short research or project task on the Bayajidda and
Catch my mistakes: Why a tradition of origin is not the same thing as a proven fact
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Make a short statement about why a tradition of origin is not
Link to today: Archaeology and linguistics as checks on what oral tradition claims
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Explain how archaeology and linguistics as checks on what ora
Quiz me: The factors behind the rise of the Ghana Empire
Act as my SS3 History tutor and quiz me on the factors behind the rise of the Ghana Empire
Practice set: The gold-and-salt trade, and how Ghana profited from standing between the two
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Give me five practice questions on the gold-and-salt trade, a
Explain back: The government of Ghana — the king, his court and the provincial rulers
I have just studied the government of Ghana — the king, his court and the provincial ruler
Objective test: Kumbi Saleh as a twin capital, and what its two towns reveal about Ghana
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Give me ten WAEC-style objective questions on Kumbi Saleh as
Roleplay: The coming of Islam to Ghana and its effect on the royal court
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Set up a roleplay on the coming of Islam to Ghana and its eff
Project task: The Almoravid attacks and the weakening of Ghana
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Set me a short research or project task on the Almoravid atta
Link to today: What the states that came after Ghana inherited from it
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Explain how what the states that came after Ghana inherited f
Learn: How Mali rose on the ruins of Ghana
You are my personal SS3 History tutor. Teach me how Mali rose on the ruins of Ghana, in cl