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Friday 25 January 2013

Inside A Rainforest Royal Court


Inside a Rainforest Royal Court presents history of the Great Kingdom of Benin (Not to be confused with former Dahomey) in two parts through a look at palace life and through growing up experiences of the kingdom’s children.

The kingdom, founded around 40Bc was at its height between the 14th and 16th century.

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Thursday 17 January 2013

Childhood

Childhood for Edo children was a time of great enjoyment, discovery and fun.

 
Education:

 
BOYS

 
 
GIRLS

 
 
In the evening / night time

 

Wednesday 16 January 2013

End of Old Kingdom

The end of an era

 
 
Activity: Write an illustrated account of the events of the punitive expedition in 1897.

  
Sequence of events 

 
Activity 
The end of an era! 

Breaking news story
 
Kingdom of Bini falls
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It is February 1897. You are a newspaper reporter, write an article.

Tuesday 15 January 2013

Modern Benin


 
The Benin traditional institution has since changed in a number of ways including:

 
 
The Oba of Benin in sitting.
 
Image
 Make a sketch drawing of one of his personal attendants.

Sunday 13 January 2013

Resources


Resources:

·       Map of Africa,

·       Map of Nigeria from www.multimap.com/map/

·       Map of Southern Nigerian ancient and modern.

·       Postcards from Nigeria,

·       Museum educational packs e.g. The British Museum

·       Channel 4 history series pack

·       Internet search engines.

·       Oral Bini stories

·       Videos of current Bini tradition practices

·       Photographs of Oba of Benin regalia

·       Range of reference books on ancient Benin

·       Range of reference books on ancient African empires

·       Materials for Bini arts and crafts

·       Benin: pictures from an African Kingdom - Channel Four

·       Oral sources

·Kingdom of Benin Blogs

 

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Educational visits:

·       The British Museum

·       Horniman Museum

·     Museums across the world with collection of Benin Bronzes