Wider World Histories

Africa Wider World Unit lessons package
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Saver Lesson Packages

Silk Roads Lessons and Assessment Package
Wider World Histories, Key Stage3: The Silk Roads, Saver Lesson Packages

Silk Roads 1: Was Persia in fact, ‘ the Greatest of all ancient Empires?’

Silk Roads 2: How did The Silk Road Empires grow?

Silk Roads 3: Does the Silk Road deserve its name?

Silk Roads 4: How did emperors and violence spread the peace of Christianity?

Silk Roads 5: What can an interview with Peter Frankopan tell us about the importance of learning about the Silk Roads?

The Silk Roads Knowledge Organiser
Wider World Histories, Key Stage3: The Silk Roads, Free Resources

Silk Roads Substantive Knowledge Test

How do we learn more about Africa and African history?

African history C1000-1900 focusing on Benin: SOW download

Is it true that Benin enjoyed a ‘golden age’ during the 15th and 16th centuries?

Did the Obas of Benin really rule through superstition and fear?

Why did the Obas of Benin participate in the slave trade?
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Industrial Empire

How much can we learn from Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua’s slave narrative?
Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Wider World Histories, Industrial Empire

Could you bring Sir Harry Rawson to justice for the Benin Massacre?
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Industrial Empire

Should the British Museum return the Benin Bronzes?
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Industrial Empire

How well connected was Early Modern Africa? Challenging Hugh Trevor Roper.
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Introductory Lessons

How accurate is Professor Olupona’s interpretaton about the influence of Islam in Africa?

How and why was Africa ‘invented’ in the 19th century?

What can we learn from Sarah Baartman about attitudes towards empire in the 19th century?
Women's history, Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Industrial overview, Industrial Empire, Introductory Lessons

Could you create a more fitting memorial for those who died in the global war?
Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: 20th Century