500 prompts matching "Essay practice: Lugard's conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate"
Quiz me: The difference between primary and secondary sources, with West African examples of each
Act as my SS3 History tutor and quiz me on the difference between primary and secondary so
Practice set: How a historian judges whether a source is reliable
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Objective test: The main sources of history — oral, written, archaeological and linguistic
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Give me ten WAEC-style objective questions on the main source
Roleplay: The work of a historian gathering evidence about a Nigerian community
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Project task: Building a short history of my own family or town from the sources available to me
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Link to today: Chronology and dating, and the problem of establishing when things happened
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Explain back: The limitations of oral tradition — distortion, telescoping and the interest of the teller
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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
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Learn: The location of ancient Ghana, and why it is not the modern country of that name
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Quiz me: The factors behind the rise of the Ghana Empire
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Explain back: The government of Ghana — the king, his court and the provincial rulers
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WAEC essay: How Ghana taxed and controlled the trans-Saharan trade
Act as a WAEC History examiner. I am in SS 3. Set me one essay question on how Ghana taxed
Roleplay: The coming of Islam to Ghana and its effect on the royal court
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Project task: The Almoravid attacks and the weakening of Ghana
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Catch my mistakes: The reasons for the collapse of the Ghana Empire
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Learn: How Mali rose on the ruins of Ghana
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Quiz me: Sundiata Keita and the defeat of Sumanguru at Kirina
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Practice set: Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca and the effects it had
Act as my SS3 History tutor. Give me five practice questions on Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to
Explain back: The administration of the Mali Empire under the Mansa
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