Our new History topic this term is the Kingdom of Benin. This is an exciting topic, learning about this fascinating civilisation.
Read the questions below and answer them in the blog. I look forward to reading your responses.
1. What would you like to find out during our topic?
2. Are there any learning activities that you would like to try linked to the Kingdom of Benin?
3. Do you already know an interesting fact about the Kingdom of Benin that you can share with the class?
1)How did the Kingdom of Benin begin.
2)I would like to try and do a piece of art the way the Edo people did.
3)Over a million people were taken from Benin as slaves.
1. I would like to find out what the people of the Kingdom of Benin ate.
2. I would like to visit the British Museum and see the artifacts that were stolen from the Kingdom of Benin.
3. The Kingdom of Benin was part of the British Empire until 1960.
1) What the Benin people do when they were annexe
2) I would like to make a 3d sculters like they did in the kingdom of Benin
3) The Kingdom of Benin was in modern day Nigeria (Edo state Nigeria)
I hope you guys had a nice trip.
I really loved drumming even though I had a small drum. I only had to use it once which was a relief.
I wish I went here!!!
1. I would like to find out how they discovered how to make their Benin bronzes.
2. I would like to write a magazine/article as if we were from the Kingdom of Benin asking the British for our Benin bronzes back.
3. The Kingdom of Benin’s capital was Edo, now known as Benin City in Edo State, Nigeria!
I really enjoy learning all about the kingdom of Benin and its not as sad as learning about WW2!
1. What did the kingdom of be in people eat? Would just be animals?
2. When making things for the Oba did any of the Benin people go against making things for the Oba.
3. Benin kingdom is in Edo state, Nigeria , Africa . In 1897 The Oba went in exile.
A few questions I would like to know the answers of.
1) What did the people of the Benin kingdom wear (both in and outside of the Edo region)?
2) What religion did they believe in?
3) Who was the first Oba
That topic sounds so fun!
I would like to also learn about the kingdom of Benin as well.