International Trade Including Slave… · B2 History

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.3.2.1.1 - Describe how early trade was carried out between Ghanaians and Europeans

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Explain that early trade between Ghanaians and Europeans began as barter, where goods were exchanged directly without money.
Name at least four items the Europeans brought to trade and at least four items Ghanaians offered in return.
Describe how the method of trade changed over time from simple barter to using gold dust and other forms of exchange.
Identify at least three coastal towns that grew because of trade with Europeans.
Role play a barter trade scene showing how Ghanaians and Europeans exchanged goods.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Europeans in Ghana (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: International Trade Including Slave Trade (3.2)
Content standard: B2.3.2.1 - Understand that trade was the major reason why the Europeans settled in Ghana
Indicator: B2.3.2.1.1 - Describe how early trade was carried out between Ghanaians and Europeans
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 5 (Week 29 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.
Curriculum reference: History Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 13
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Enquiry route: How was trade with the Europeans first carried out? How did the method of trade change with time? What items were traded? What towns emerged out of the trade between Ghanaians and Europeans?
1. Describe how early trade was carried out between Ghanaians and the Europeans
2. Organise learning corners with real items or pictures of items brought by the Europeans such as Gin, Gun, Gun Powder, Textiles, Tobacco, Iron Bars, Elephant tusks, Ivory, Gold.
3. Role play the barter trade in those items.
4. Use internet to identify countries with the items they brought that remained part of everyday Ghanaian life. e.g. the Dutch and wax prints.
5. Name the towns that emerged on the coast as a result of European trade with Ghanaians.