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Key Stage 2 National Curriculum

West African Kingdoms Interactive

ACTIVITY BOOKLET THE KINGDOM OF BENIN

2 National Curriculum Key Stage 2 West African Kingdoms Interactive©

National Curriculum Key Stage 2

West African Kingdoms Interactive

ACTIVITY BOOKLET

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Section 1. Where is Africa and what can you see and do in Africa?

What do you already know about Africa? 1. Write in the table below what you already know about Africa. Think about any books you

have read or films you have seen.

What I already know about Africa… Where is Africa? What is the weather like in

Africa? Can you name any countries in Africa? What animals would you find in Africa?

Do you know any famous places in Africa? Do

you know anyone who has visited Africa? Where do people go on holiday in Africa?

What I would like to find out about Africa…

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Where is Africa?

2. Fill in the missing words. Use the words below.

Ocean 54 Egypt billion 1000 Atlantic Kenya continents

a. Africa is one of the _________________. Africa is surrounded by the _______________ Ocean and the Indian ________________ and one ____________ people live in Africa.

There are What is this river called?


b. What two countries make up North America?

c. Which continent is known as the ‘white continent’?

d. Explain why it is called this?

e. How many British Isles do you think could fit in Africa?

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African Weather

8. Shade in the map to show the different climates of Africa. 9. Draw pictures to show what each climate might look like.

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Sahara Desert

Rainforest

Savannah Grassland

KEY


Africa Today 10. Why do people visit Africa for a holiday?

Reason 1

Reason 2 Reason 3 Reason 4

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What can you see in Africa? WILDLIFE

11. What animals would you see in the:-

Savannah

Sahara Desert

Rainforest

12. Can you name these African animals?

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9.

10. Choose from these animals:-

Elephant, Lion, Antelope, Chameleon, Ostrich Chimpanzee, Hippopotamus, Parrot, Gorilla and Giraffe.

13. Cut out the pictures of African animals and stick them on your African weather map. Decide

whether they go in the desert, savannah or rainforest. 14. Colour in the picture of an African lion and write 3 facts about it.


African city

What country is it

in?

Describe what you can see in the picture?

Would you like to visit this city?

OR

Marrakesh

Cape Town

Dakar

Johannesburg

Nairobi

Abidjan

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What can you see in Africa? FAMOUS ATTRACTIONS

25. Would you like to visit these famous attractions in Africa? Complete the table below.

Famous Attraction Which country is

it in?

Describe what you can see in the picture?

Would you like to visit this

attraction?

OR

The River Nile

The Pyramids

Mount Kilimanjaro

Victoria Falls

The Sahara Desert

Ngorongoro Crater


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My Journey to Africa

Where do you want to go?

Where do you want to go?

Egypt South Africa Kenya Tanzania

What city could you visit?

Cairo Cape Town Johannesburg

Nairobi Zanzibar

What famous place could you

visit?

Pyramids River Nile

Table Mountain Safari Park The Maasai Tribe

Victoria Falls

What animals might you see?

Camels Crocodiles and

Snakes

Ostrich, Leopards,

Gazelles

Elephants, Zebras, Giraffes

Gorillas, Wildebeest,

Elephants

What might the

weather be like?

Very Hot and

dry

Hot Hot and some

rain

Hot and some

rain

27. Decide which country and places you would like to visit. I want to go to

I will visit I want to visit this place because

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What do you need to take with you?

28. What do you need to take with you on your journey to Africa?

What will you take

with you?

What is it?

Important [Essential]

OR

Not important

OR

A

B

C

D

E


F

G

H

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29. What else would you need to take on your journey to Africa? Make a list. Click on the Activity Button for the My Journey to Africa diary pages.

Section 2. Where and when were the West African Kingdoms?

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Ancient Africa 1. What do these words mean:-

Civilisation means

Ancient means

Kingdom means

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Ancient and Middle Ages Timeline

2. Put these rulers of England in the order of who came first.

The wrong order

The correct order

1 The Vikings

1

2 The Celts 2

3 The Normans Saxons 3

4 The Romans

4

5 The Anglo-Saxons

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Kingdom 1: Ghana

13. When was the Kingdom of Ghana started?

14. What were the people of Ghana the first African people to use?

15. What did other tribes make their weapons with?

16. Why were iron weapons better?

17. What was the capital of the Kingdom of Ghana?

18. What did the Kingdom of Ghana trade that made them rich?

19. What were the two main rivers near Ghana?

20. What did the king of Ghana use his gold to build?

21. When did the Kingdom of Ghana come to an end?

22. Give two reasons why the Kingdom of Ghana came to an end?

The Kingdom of Ghana Colour in the map to

show the Kingdom of

Ghana. Colour in the Sahara

Desert. Write Africa on the

map. Give your map a title

and add a key to show

what the colours mean.

Key


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West African Cities

58. In which two West African kingdoms was Timbuktu in?

59. Why was Timbuktu an important city?

60. How many people lived in Timbuktu?

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Timbuktu

61. Look at the picture of Timbuktu city.

Draw a picture of one of the

mosques in Timbuktu.

Draw a house a rich person

lived in.

Draw a house a poor

person lived in?

62. How do we know about Timbuktu?

63. Who was Rene Caille?

64. How did he find out what Timbuktu was like?

Section 3. The Kingdom of Benin

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Kingdom 4: Benin

What were the kings of Benin called?

Which King made Benin a strong kingdom?

What did the people of Benin make that made them famous?


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Benin City Looking At Pictures

What can you see when you really look?

The Kingdom of Benin Colour in the map to

show the Kingdom of Benin.

Colour in the Sahara Desert.

Write Africa on the map.

Give your map a title and add a key to show

what the colours mean.

Key

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3 4

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A Royal Procession 1. What can you see at numbers 1-5?

Describe in detail what you see

2. How do we know what Benin looked like?

3. What did the people from Holland and Portugal say that the palaces in Benin looked like?

4. Look at the picture of Benin City. How is it different from the place where you live?

This brass box was made to show the Oba’s palace.

5. Draw your own picture of the Oba’s palace.

The Oba’s Palace

People who visited the Oba’s palace said that

it was magnificent. The palace had a massive

entrance gate. The tall towers were decorated

with a huge brass snake, a symbol of

royal power. On the roof there were statues

of birds and soldiers.

Section 4. Life in the Kingdom of Benin

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Food and Farming

1. What is a farmer?

2. What did people Benin grow?

3. What tree could they get water from?

4. What animals did they keep?

5. Name these farming tools and say what they were used for.

This is a

This is a This is a

This tool is used for

This tool is used for This tool is used for

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Preparing Food

6. Who did the cooking in the West African kingdoms?

7. Why did they do the cooking outside?

8. Look at the picture showing vegetables in the basket. Can you name the vegetable eaten in Africa?

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Make your own African mask

Click on the Activity Button for instructions on how to make your mask. Click on the Information Button for some mask outlines you can use.

You should think carefully about what patterns, colours and designs you want to include on your

mask.

Decide what materials you need to make your mask.

What shape will your mask be? Will it show a human or

animal?

What facial features will you show? Hair, eyes, hair, teeth, nose?

What colours and pattern will you use to decorate your

mask?

What will you do with your mask? Take part in a

dance or display it?

African Mask

Name: Class: Date:

PEER ASSESSMENT My friend’s African mask

Is well designed Is a good try Needs more work I would give it 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 out of 10.

The African mask was marked by____________________

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