SHS 2 HISTORY — NEW CURRICULUM
SECTION 1: HISTORICAL INQUIRY AND WRITING
Sub-strand: Sources and Methods of Reconstructing History
Topics:
Historical sources
Primary and secondary sources of history
Types of historical sources
Evaluation and interpretation of historical sources
Methods of reconstructing history
Challenges in reconstructing history
SECTION 2: AGE OF ENCOUNTER AND EXCHANGES UP TO THE 20TH CENTURY
This is the largest part of SHS 2 History.
Sub-strand 1: Global Connections
Topics include:
European exploration and its motives
European exploration of the African coast
Early European contacts with Africa
The Portuguese in Ghana
The establishment of European forts and castles
European trade with African states
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Causes of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Organisation of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The triangular trade
Effects of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on Africa
Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Effects of the abolition of the slave trade
The rise of legitimate trade
Sub-strand 2: Prelude to Colonisation and Colonial Rule
Topics include:
European imperialism
Motives for European colonisation of Africa
The Scramble for Africa
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885
Partition of Africa
British colonisation of the Gold Coast
French and other European colonial activities in West Africa
Establishment of colonial rule in the Gold Coast
Forms of colonial administration
Indirect Rule
Effects of colonial rule on the Gold Coast
Sub-strand 3: Response to Colonial Rule
Topics include:
African responses to European colonialism
African resistance to colonial rule
Causes of resistance
Forms of resistance
Examples of resistance in the Gold Coast
Factors responsible for the success or failure of African resistance
Collaboration with the colonial authorities
Effects of resistance and collaboration
SECTION 3: INDEPENDENCE AND POST-COLONIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Sub-strand: Socio-Economic and Political Developments in Ghana (1957–2007)
Topics include:
Ghana's attainment of independence
The political development of Ghana after independence
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and the First Republic
The overthrow of Nkrumah in 1966
Military and civilian governments in Ghana
The Second Republic
The Third Republic
The PNDC era
The Fourth Republic
Socio-economic development in Ghana after independence
Educational development
Health and social development
Economic policies and development
Challenges of post-independence development
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