Inter-Group Relations

Curriculum details

Strand

My Country Ghana (Strand 2)

Sub-strand

Inter-Group Relations (2.2)

Content standard

B3.2.2.1 - Demonstrate knowledge of how intergroup alliances, conflicts and other exchanges

Indicator

B3.2.2.1.2 - Name some of the items exchanged among the various groups.

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 7 (Week 7 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Source document note

The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

• content standard text - p.16: The cell stops mid-sentence: it is printed 'B3 2.2.1. Demonstrate knowledge of how intergroup alliances, conflicts and other exchanges' with no verb to finish it. Transcribed exactly as printed.

Curriculum reference

History Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 16

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Enquiry route: What items were exchanged among the various ethnic groups? Why were these items exchanged? How and why did cowrie shells (cedie) become the most common medium of exchange? Discuss the transformation from barter system to the use if cowry shells as a medium of exchange
1. Identify trade items that were exchanged among ethnic groups: salt. fish, gold, kola, Shea butter, pottery and cloth and iron utensils
2. Match items with the areas / sources where the items were obtained. e.g. Shea butter - savannah belt
3. Explain the medium of exchange
4. Trace the origin of the name 'cedi'