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This lesson notes cover the following topics for JSS3 First, Second and Third Term History:
FIRST TERM
- Origin and nature of Trans-Saharan Trade.
- Commodities traded during Trans-Saharan Trade:
- Gold
- Salt
- Horse
- Slaves
- Ostrich feathers
- Spices, etc.
- Trade routes during Trans-Saharan Trade:
- Borno-Tripoli route
- Kanem Borno – Sudan route.
- Kano- Fezzan route.
- Effects of Trans-Saharan Trade:
- Introduction of international trade.
- Introduction of the use of camels as a means of transportation.
- Introduction of slave trade across the Saharan.
- Introduction of Islam and Arabic language.
Encouraged interaction between North Africa and West Africa, etc.
Week 5 – 7: Origin and Organisation of Trans-Saharan Trade.
- Nature of early European contacts with Nigeria.
- Early Europeans that came to Nigeria:
- European Explorers (e.g Mungopark, H. Clapperton, Richard and John Lander (i.e. the Lander Brothers, etc.)
- Nature of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade:
- Organisation
- Impact
- Abolition of Trans-Atlantic Slave trade.
- The Legitimate Trade (i.e the trade of Palm Oil).
Week 8 – 10: Revision
Week 11 – 12: Examination
SECOND TERM
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Week 1 – 4 : British colonization of Nigeria Territories
- British contact with Nigeria:
- As explorer
- As traders
- As missionaries
- How the British conquered Nigerian Territories:
- Signing of treaties
- Waging of wars.
- British system of colonialism:
- Direct rule
- Indirect rule.
Week 5 – 7: The Evolution of the Nigeria State.
- The Berlin Treaty:
- Major reasons for the treaty.
- Major features of the treaty
- The roles of the Royal Niger Company in Nigeria Territories.
- Colonial concept and administration of Nigeria territories.
Week 8 – 10: The Amalgamation of Nigeria
- Meaning of Amalgamation
- Reasons for the Amalgamation of Nigerian Territories.
- Key personalities and their roles in the Amalgamation of the Nigeria Territories:
- Taubman Goldie.
- Lord Laggards
- The European Missionaries
- Nigerian Traditional Rulers etc.
Week 11 – 12: Revision and Examination
THIRD TERM
Week 1: Revision of last term
Week 2 – 4: The Amalgamation of Nigeria (Cont.)
– Advantages of amalgamation
– disadvantages of Amalgamation
– Process of Amalgamation
Week 5 – 7: The independence Nationalists Movement
– meaning of Nationalism
– Nationalist movement in British west Africa
-factors that contributed to Nigeria Nationalism
– External factors
– the Nature of Nigerian Nationalism
Week 8 – 10: People involved in the struggle for Nigeria’s independence
– Attainment of Independence in 1960
Revision
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