Our new History topic this term is the Kingdom of Benin. This is an exciting topic looking forward to 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?
I would like to find out about the children and i would like to make a diary like the oba .
I cant wait to learn more about the Kingdom of Benin. I am looking forward to seeing the Benin bronzes in the British museum. an interesting fact about the kingdom of Benin that over 1 million people from the kingdom of Benin were taken as slaves.
I cant wait to learn more about the Kingdom of Benin. I am looking forward to seeing the Benin bronzes in the British museum. an interesting fact about the kingdom of Benin that over 1 million people from the kingdom of Benin were taken as slaves.
This topic has been so interesting so far I cant wait to learn more.
This has been an intriguing experience so far. I would quite like to learn more about this civilisation.
The topic is great I cant wait to learn more.
I want to learn about what the women do.What the men do.What did the children do.What did they do if they were poor and what did they were rich.What activity did the children do.What was the education like.
What would you like to find out during our topic?
When did they start calling Benin Benin?
When did they start making these objects with brass?
Where did they get this idea from?
Are there any learning activities that you would like to try linked to the Kingdom of Benin?
Make a plaquette with clay.
Make some food from Benin.
Do you already know an interesting fact about the Kingdom of Benin that you can share with the class?
Benin has one of the youngest population in the world.
Benin’s old name was Dahomey.
I would like to find out about the roles throughout the household eg.what do men need to do, do they go hunting or look after their children? I would like to make a clay version of one of the many Benin Bronzes. We can use a similar technique to the Augusta Savage clay models. The scissor like things that pretty much all of us included in our print were used for royal events/ceremonies. Therefore many of the Benin Bro zee could possibly be showing important events.
I would like to learn about how adults and children lived their daily lives in the kingdom of Benin. I would like to try making the coral necklaces but I already know that we are going to do it.
During our topic on the kingdom of Benin I’d like to find out about how their society and civilisation was different from modern society or society in Europe at the time. I would like to try and make our own bronze sculptures out of clay. The Benin people were animists. They thought that animals and inanimate objects had spirits, like the ancient celts.
I would like to learn about what type of animals lived in The Kingdom Of Benin.
An activity that would be fun to do is a quiz about Benin and we could try to know how the people were like in Benin and act them out. An interesting fact about Benin is that people built there houses using mud, palm leaves and wood.
I would quite like to know what happened to the (likely multiple) queen’s when the king died, and if they were still alive.
It is very intresting
During our topic on the kingdom of Benin I’d like to find out about how their society and civilisation was different from modern society or society in Europe at the time. I would like to try and make our own bronze out of clay.
I would like to learn about their tradition and culture. I don’t have the idea of an activity but I have read some of the comments and I think they would be quite fun. The word Oba means ruler.
1. What would you like to find out during our topic?
I would like to know what animals did they have as pets and what animals were dangerous to the kingdom of Benin.
2. Are there any learning activities that you would like to try linked to the Kingdom of Benin?
I would like to make a Benin house out of reusable material like cardboard.
3. Do you already know an interesting fact about the Kingdom of Benin that you can share with the class?
The ancient kingdom of Benin which is believed to be 2054-year-old is considered one of the richest and most powerful kingdoms in the history of Nigeria. The Great Benin kingdom has been described as the center of Nigeria’s development.
I want to learn about their technology. I already know that the Benin bronzes were made for the Oba.
1. I would like to find out about how children lived and what they did during the day.
2. An interesting activity could be trying to cook (if people know what they ate) like the people of the Kingdom of Benin.
3. An interesting fact I know is that to honour the Oba’s the people of the Kingdom of Benin would perform rituals and sometimes human sacrifices.
1) I would like to find out if the people of Benin had to fight for their homeland or what the fought for.
2) An interesting activity is if we cook some food that they had during those times an example (bread).
I would like to know what they would grow and cook.
The way they uses medicine what it was made from and how they would make it .
How would they worship their gods would the go in a special place like a church for us Catholics.
I would like to learn about their different cultures and if the children went to school (if they did, what would they learn?) I would like to make our own Benin Bronzes out of clay and make coral necklaces.
I would like to learn a bit more about how the families lived if they were wealthy or not. I already knew that they used cowrie shells as their currency.
I would like to learn more about The Kingdom Of Benin. I would like to do some art related to it.I’m new to the topic and don’t know any facts about it.☺️
I am loving this topic about the Kingdom of Benin!
I would like to learn more about our new topic the Kingdom of Benin.
As a soft start challenge we could name plants that help illnesses.
1.I would like to find out what do they eat for a living.
2.How do they make their sculptures?
3.as far as I know the kingdom of Benin was conquered by the British army.