Basic 4 History Term 1 Week 8 Lesson Plan

Engage learners to sing songs and play games to get them ready for lesson. Use questions and answers to review learners understanding in the previous lesson.

Revise with learners on some of the major kingdoms in ghana. In a discussion, led learners to give reasons why some of the Kingdoms declined. E.g. Gonja Kingdom After years of conquering many territories, Jakpa contemplated fighting the Ashanti’s but his men were murdered due to fatigue of war. a raging battle then took place in which Jakpa was shot in the ankle and mortally wounded. The kingdom gradually started falling after his death. Revise with learners on some of the major kingdoms in ghana. In a discussion, led learners to give reasons why some of the Kingdoms declined. E.g. Asante kingdom A series of defeats at the hands of the British gradually weakened and reduced the territory of the Ashanti kingdom. After nearly a century of resistance to british power, the Ashanti kingdom was finally declared a crown colony in 1902 following the uprising known as the Yaa Asantewaa war. For this activity, learners use Ghana map, printed photographs of traditional stools and palaces and locally made timeline cards to trace the kingdom’s area, study symbols of authority and order the main events.

Use series of questions and answers to review learners understanding of the lesson Ask learners to tell the class what they have learnt. Call learners in turns summarize the lesson Ask learners to tell the class what they have learnt. Call learners in turns summarize the lesson