SSS1 History Curriculum Overview
This comprehensive History scheme of work for SSS1 covers historiography, pre-colonial Nigeria, early civilizations, state formation, and external influences essential for Senior Secondary School 1 students in Nigeria.
FIRST TERM
Historiography and Historical Skills
- 1. What History is and why we teach History
- 2. Sources of History and Dating
- 3. Historical skills (ancient and modern approaches)
- 4. Prospects of ICT in Historical Studies
Pre-Colonial Nigeria I
- 1. Land and peoples of Nigeria
- 2. Traditions of origin and Historical links among certain groups
- 3. Early Centres of Civilization in Nigeria
- 4. The State Formation Process (Centralised and Non-Centralised States)
- 5. Centralised States
- 6. Non-Centralised States 1. Social Political Organization
- 7. Aspects of the History of the non-centralised states of Nigeria
SECOND TERM
- 1. Kanem and Bornu to 1800
- 2. The Hausa States to 1800
- 3. Nupe
- 4. The Jukun
- 5. Ife and Oyo
- 6. Benin
- 7. The Efik
- 8. Inter-group relations a) Economic activities and Inter-group relations
- 9. The Impact of Migrations, War and Politics on Inter-group Relations
THIRD TERM
- 1. Indigenous Technology, Crafts and Industries
- 2. Early external influences: a) Contact with North African Trade and Islam 1. The Trans Saharan Trade
- 3. Islam in Kanem Bornu
- 4. Islam in Hausa land
- 5. Early European Contacts with the Coastal States
- 6. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Origin of the Atlantic Slave Trade
- 7. Organization of the slave trade
- 8. The effects of the Atlantic slave trade
Learning Objectives:
Students will develop historical thinking skills, learn about Nigeria's pre-colonial history, understand state formation processes, and gain knowledge of external influences essential for historical studies and cultural understanding.
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