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2.2 Early Civilisation
Social Studies · Grade 7 · 4 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Meaning of early civilisation and ancient kingdoms
- Location of ancient Egypt, Great Zimbabwe and the Kingdom of Kongo on a map of Africa
- Factors that led to the growth of ancient Egypt
- Factors that led to the growth of Great Zimbabwe
- Factors that led to the growth of the Kingdom of Kongo
- Contribution of ancient African kingdoms to modern world civilisation
What you will be able to do
- explore factors that led to the growth of the selected ancient kingdoms in Africa
- locate the selected ancient kingdoms on a map of Africa
- assess the contribution of ancient kingdoms to the modern world civilisation
- appreciate the contribution of ancient kingdoms to the development of the modern world
Key questions
“How has early African civilisation influenced the world today?”
Lessons
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Locating ancient Egypt, Great Zimbabwe and Kongo
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWhat early civilisation means, and how to locate the three selected kingdoms on a map of Africa.
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Factors that led the kingdoms to grow
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizFood, trade, leadership and useful land as the growth factors of ancient Egypt, Great Zimbabwe and the Kingdom of Kongo.
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Contributions to world civilisation
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWhat ancient Egypt, Great Zimbabwe and the Kingdom of Kongo gave later people still to use or still to study.
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How early African civilisation influences the world today
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAnswering the key inquiry with tourism, knowledge still in use, trade memory and a fairer world story, then presenting an essay.