500 prompts matching "How a historian tests an oral account against other kinds of evidence"
Essay practice: Telescoping and distortion in oral accounts
Act as my SS1 History teacher marking essays. Set me one essay question on telescoping and
Learn: Chronology, and how historians order events in time
You are my personal SS1 History tutor. Teach me chronology, and how historians order event
Roleplay: Testing a tradition against archaeology and linguistics
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Set up a roleplay on testing a tradition against archaeology
Objective test: Weighing the Hausa traditions against each other
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Give me ten objective questions on weighing the Hausa traditi
Objective test: Weighing oral tradition against material evidence
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Give me ten objective questions on weighing oral tradition ag
Objective test: How geography shaped settlement and occupation in Nigeria
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Give me ten objective questions on how geography shaped settl
Objective test: Kanuri traditions and the Sefuwa account
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Give me ten objective questions on Kanuri traditions and the
Objective test: Appeasement, and the arguments made for and against it
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Give me ten objective questions on appeasement, and the argum
Objective test: The mission stations and how they were established
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Give me ten objective questions on the mission stations and h
Objective test: The army of Kanem-Borno and how it was organised
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Give me ten objective questions on the army of Kanem-Borno an
Practice set: Oral tradition as a source of Nigerian history
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Give me five practice questions on oral tradition as a source
Explain back: Igbo traditions of origin and the Nri account
I have just studied Igbo traditions of origin and the Nri account in my SS1 History class.
Explain back: The Lander brothers and the mouth of the Niger
I have just studied the Lander brothers and the mouth of the Niger in my SS1 History class
Explain back: How captives were obtained in the Nigerian interior
I have just studied how captives were obtained in the Nigerian interior in my SS1 History
Explain back: Groundnuts, cotton and the other products of legitimate trade
I have just studied groundnuts, cotton and the other products of legitimate trade in my SS
Explain back: The meaning of imperialism, and how it differs from colonialism
I have just studied the meaning of imperialism, and how it differs from colonialism in my
Practice set: The uses of traditions of origin to the historian
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Give me five practice questions on the uses of traditions of
Project task: Setting out the evidence for and against each Hausa tradition
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Set me a short research or project task on setting out the ev
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
Link to today: Why Yoruba origins are still debated by historians
Act as my SS1 History tutor. Explain how why Yoruba origins are still debated by historian