500 prompts matching "The main sources of history — oral, written, archaeological and linguistic"
Project task: Collecting a tradition of origin in my own community
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Set me a short research or project task on collecting a tradi
Catch my mistakes: Treating a tradition of origin as literal fact
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Make a short statement about treating a tradition of origin a
Roleplay: What the legend suggests about migration into Hausaland
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Set up a roleplay on what the legend suggests about migration
Essay practice: Archaeological evidence bearing on Hausa origins
Act as my SS1 History teacher marking essays. Set me one essay question on archaeological
Catch my mistakes: Accepting one tradition without testing the others
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Make a short statement about accepting one tradition without
Objective test: Weighing oral tradition against material evidence
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Give me ten objective questions on weighing oral tradition ag
Roleplay: How Igbo traditions differ from the Hausa and Yoruba ones
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Set up a roleplay on how Igbo traditions differ from the Haus
Catch my mistakes: Assuming every Igbo community tells the same story
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Make a short statement about assuming every Igbo community te
Roleplay: How the Igbo-Ukwu finds were discovered and studied
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Set up a roleplay on how the Igbo-Ukwu finds were discovered
Project task: Building an account of Igbo origins from both kinds of evidence
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Set me a short research or project task on building an accoun
Catch my mistakes: Strong leadership and the part it plays in forming a state
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Make a short statement about strong leadership and the part i
Roleplay: Drought, famine and their effect on the empire
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Set up a roleplay on drought, famine and their effect on the
Catch my mistakes: How the checks on the Alaafin worked in practice
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Make a short statement about how the checks on the Alaafin wo
Catch my mistakes: The factors that brought Old Oyo down
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Make a short statement about the factors that brought Old Oyo
Roleplay: The walls attributed to Queen Amina
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Set up a roleplay on the walls attributed to Queen Amina: tak
Project task: Zazzau's control of trade routes and tribute
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Set me a short research or project task on Zazzau's control o
Catch my mistakes: The internal weaknesses that told against Zazzau
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Make a short statement about the internal weaknesses that tol
Catch my mistakes: How far the trans-Saharan trade shaped pre-colonial Nigerian society
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Make a short statement about how far the trans-Saharan trade
Learn: What history is, and what historians actually do
You are my personal SS1 History tutor. Teach me what history is, and what historians actua
Essay practice: Archaeology and what it contributes to history
Act as my SS1 History teacher marking essays. Set me one essay question on archaeology and