Major Historical Locations · B4 History

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.1.4.1.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least five major historical locations in Ghana and state the region or town where each can be found.
Describe who built each historical location and when it was built.
Explain why each historical location was built and the purpose it served.
Match historical locations to their correct geographical locations in Ghana.
Retell a short story about one historical location, explaining how it has changed over time.

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Curriculum details

Strand: History as a Subject (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Major Historical Locations (1.4)
Content standard: B4.1.4.1 - Demonstrate knowledge of the history of some historical locations in Ghana
Indicator: B4.1.4.1.1 - Describe the history of Ghana's major historical locations, specifically, Flagstaff house, Burma camp, James Town light house, Gbewa Palace, Larabanga Mosque etc.
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 2 (Week 14 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:

strand name - p.23: see the indicator_text note: strand 1 is what the printed code says, strand 2 is what the page's position and the SCOPE AND SEQUENCE table say.
indicator text - p.23: Printed 'B4.1.4.1.1', under the standards cell 'B4.1.4.1.', on a page headed only 'Sub-Strand 4: Major Historical Locations'. The document's own numbering puts Major Historical Locations at sub-strand 2.4 (B2.2.4.1 printed p.11, B3.2.4.1 printed p.17, and the SCOPE AND SEQUENCE table lists it under MY COUNTRY GHANA) and puts Community History at 1.4 (B1.1.4.2, printed p.3). The code is transcribed exactly as printed and NOT renumbered; the strand name shown is therefore the document's own name for strand 1. A human should decide whether this row belongs at B4.2.4.1.1 / strand 2 'My Country Ghana'.
Curriculum reference: History Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 23
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Enquiry route: where could these historical locations be found? When were they built? Who built them? Why were they built? How have these historical locations changed overtime?
1. With the use of internet, identify the major historical locations in Ghana (where they are located, who built them when and why they were built)
2. Explain some of the uses to which these historical locations have been put since they were built.
3. Match these historical locations to where they can be located
4. Show and discuss a documentary/ slides on these locations in Ghana
5. Retell the stories behind some of the historical location including Flagstaff house, GBC, Burma camp, Kumasi military museum, Komfo Anokye Sword in Kumasi etc.