World History: Benin plaque
Lesson Plans and Worksheets
Lesson one: Sources
- Lesson plan: Investigating sources - artefacts
- Worksheet: Source analysis
- Worksheet: Dürer's spot the difference
- Worksheet: Animal pictionary
- Worksheet: Emperor Augustus
Lesson two: World trade
- Lesson plan: Causation - exploration and world trade
- Worksheet: Source analysis
- Worksheet: Biographies
- Worksheet: Pirate treasure
Lesson three: Chronology
- Lesson plan: Chronology
- Worksheet: Definitions of time
- Worksheet: News report
- Worksheet: Object cards
- Worksheet: Odd one out
Lesson Four: Local history
Activities
Pictures
![This brass plaque shows the Oba, or King, of Benin and his attendants. Why do you think the Oba is shown to be much bigger than the other people? [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/benin_bronze/brass-plaque.jpg "Brass plaque showing the Oba of Benin with attendants")
![Plaques like this were probably made in matching pairs. These would be fixed to pillars in the Oba's palace. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/benin_bronze/bb_oba_plaque.jpg)
![Plaques like this were probably made in matching pairs. These would be fixed to pillars in the Oba's palace. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/benin_bronze/bb_oba_plaque_detail.jpg)
More to Explore
Links in the BBC
- A History of the World: Benin plaque
- A History of the World: Listen to the podcasts
- BBC News: Nigeria's 'lost wax' caster
- CBBC: Relic - Guardians of the Museum game
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