HISTORY PROGRAM FOR ORDINARY LEVEL - MINISTRY OFEDUCATION NATIONAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (NCDC) BP 608 KIGALI REPUBLIC OF RWANDA

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MINISTRY OFEDUCATION
NATIONAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (NCDC)
BP 608 KIGALI

    HISTORY PROGRAM FOR ORDINARY LEVEL

                                          August 2008

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Participants :
Supurvisers
GAHIMA Charles
GATERA Augustin
Curriculum developers
   1. BACUMUWENDA Néhemiah
   2. BARANYIZIGIYE Jeanne d’Arc
   3. DUKUZE Bernard
   4. KAYITESI Aurelia
Teachers
   1. KABANDA Innocent ; Groupe scolaire de Gahini
   2. KARARA Elisha ; Lycée de Kigali
   3. MUGENZIWIMANA Christophe ; Groupe Scolaire du Mont Kigali-APACE
   4. MUSABYIMANA Pierre Damien ; Groupe Scolaire Saint Joséph Kabgayi
   5. NCUNGURE Aimé ; Lycée de la Colombière.
   6. NDYABAGYE Stephen ; Ecole secondaire de Kagarama
   7. NSENGIYUMVA Innocent ; Groupe Scolaire Saint Aloys-Rwamagana
   8. NZABAMWITA Vianney ; ESSA Nyarugunga
   9. TUSINGWIRE Grathias ; Nyamata High School
Consultants
   1. BUHIGIRO Jean Léonard-KIE
   2. Dr BYANAFASHE Déo-NUR
   3. Dr JYONI WA KAREGA-NUR
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I.      GENERAL INTRODUCTION

This History Curriculum is directed to learners of the 1st year Cycle of Secondary Schools. Its origin is
directed in the Vision 2020, in the Sectarian Policy of Education, in the Strategy of Reduction of Poverty,
the Strategic plan of Education 2015, and in the Education for all…….It is in this sense that in the
national context of the Government Towards:
    • To make the citizen know the Rwandese value and universal of peace, the respect of personal
        rights, gender equality, of democracy, of justice, of solidarity and of good governance.
    • To promote a moral education, intellectual, social, and professional towards the promotion of
        knowledge of competences and of attitudes which are services of durable development of the
        country?
    • To develop themselves, the Rwandese spirit of patriotism, the love of work and open spirit on the
        world.

   Also the Program is:

   •    To permit a child who has finished primary to get familiar with both immediate and far
        environment.
   •    To initiate the child with notions of peace, reconciliation, tolerance in his environment.
   •    At the end of this cycle, the child will be open to the world and acquire knowledge of revolutions
        of societies and techniques of where he is now and his world of origin.

        Ordinary Level History Program is based on other disciplines for example Geography.

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GENERAL ORIENTATIONS

    1. The reduction of this program was inspired by two Approaches following:
        Progressive Approach: From this Approach towards the long, it is from this that the program
        of ‘0’ Level History Comprise of :
                       1. The History of Rwanda.
                       2. History of Africa.
                       3. History of outside World.

    2. Participative approach. To boost the sense of critics for the student, it is from this reason that
       we proposed the “Teaching Activities” which gave the idea on the participation of learners.
       The Program is conceived in the Following ways:
                  1.   The introduction.
                  2.   The general introduction
                  3.   The general objectives of the cycle.
                  4.   The general objectives of each Year.
                  5.   The detailed programme comprises:
                            - The chapters
                            - Suggested duration
                            - A table of three colons, the first comprising of Specific objectives,
                                followed by the notions on content and last Teaching Activities.
                  6. The Teaching activities
                  7. The evaluation approach
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8. The particular factors.
         9. Bibliographical references

The History of Rwanda will be taught in all the ‘0’ Level Classes to help the Rwandese youth
to understand the advantages of its society in full.

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GENERAL 0BJECTIVES OF THE CYCLE

At the end of the first Cycle of Secondary teaching, the Student will be able to:
            1. Work with the critical spirit.
            2. To find out the diverse Human experiences.
            3. To live with the world without ethnic, religious distinction or other forms of
                 discrimination and of exclusion that led to genocide of Tutsi in 1994.
            4. To promote the culture of peace, tolerance and of reconciliation and the love of the
                 homeland.

 1rst YEAR

 1. GENERAL 0BJECTIVES

            1. Describe the origin and expansion of Rwanda.
            2. Locate Rwanda in time and in space.
            3. Show the place of Africa in pre- history.
            4. Describe the contribution of Africa to other civilizations of the World.
            5. Describe the major African civilizations before and after the 17th Century.
            6. Describe the organisation of African States.
            7. Show the negative consequences of slave trade on opening out the civilisation of African
               empires.
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2. DETAILED PROGRAM

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Duration: 4 Periods
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                 CONTENT                       TEACHING/LEARNING
                                                                     ACTIVITIES
 - Give the two                1. INTRODUCTION OF
   senses/means of the word       HISTORY
   “History”.                       ƒ Definition of History       - From the student’s approach
                                        - The past                  and through exchanging of
 - Show the role of the past            - The Science of Human      information, show the two
   for understanding the                  past                      senses of the word ’’History’’
   present preparing for the        ƒ Objective of History
   future                           ƒ Study of man and his
                                      relations and ideas and
 - Justify the importance of          deeds                       -The learners share what they
   learning History                                                 know on the notions and
                                   ƒ Notion of the                  deeds of their points of view
 - Distinguish the notion of         comprehension of history
   comprehension of History          - The time
                                     - The past, the generation
 - Place on the timeline             - The Era, the Epoch,
   historical events                    Lineage, century
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-   The millennium, decade      - Make the exercises on the
- Explain the difference              and date                       localization of events on the
  between the Christian era    ƒ Timeline                            timeline
  and Moslem Era               ƒ The Christian and Moslem
                                  Era
                               ƒ The major periods of History
                                  • Europe                        - Insist on the events that
- Explain the different             - Antiquity                      Marked the beginning and the
  periods of History (Europe        - Middle age                     end of each period. Place
  and Rwanda)                       - Modern time (present)          these events in time.
                                    - Contemporary times
                                  • Rwanda
                                 - The contemporary times (
                                      1900 up to today)
                                  - The ancient time (origin to
                                      1900)

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1st Part: HISTORY OF ANCIENT RWANDA

Chapter 1: THE SOURCES OF HISTORY OF RWANDA

Duration: 2 Periods
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES               CONTENTS                     TEACHING/LEARNING
                                                               ACTIVITIES
                                  1.1. The sources of          - With the help of different
- Differentiate the sources            history of Rwanda         materials (example: Pottery
  of History of Rwanda                ƒ The sources of           pieces, harp of Sebatunzi,
                                         Archaeology or          impuzu, films that show
- Explain the different sources          material                remnants). Show how that leads
  of history of Rwanda and            ƒ The oral sources.        to the understanding of the past.
  show their importance               ƒ The written sources.
                                      ƒ The Audio-visual       - Make the visits on the places: in
                                         sources.                 Museum and sites of Archeology.
                                      ƒ Linguistic sources
                                      ƒ Anthropology
                                      ƒ Artistic sources

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Chapter 2. THE PRE-HISTORY AND THE POPULATION OF RWANDA

Duration: 3 periods
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                    CONTENTS                            TEACHING ACTIVITIES
                                       2.1. The pre-history of Rwanda        - Show to learners the results of
                                          ƒ Stone age                          the Archeological research in
-    Identify the different sites of         - Middle Stone Age.               affectivity, corresponding to
     pre-history of Rwanda.                  - The site of the stone and       sites recognised
                                               Iron Age                        internationally
-    Locate the different sites on                                         - Utilize the map to locate the
     the map                                                                 Archeological sites.
                                                                           - Make visits of some sites.
                                       2.2. The ancient                    - Through observation of the
                                          settlement of Rwanda                 map of the population of
-   Show the ancient ways of the                                               Rwanda, the extracts of texts,
    peoples of Rwanda.                                                         the pictures which show the
                                                                               evolution of man, make the
                                                                               learners see that Rwanda had
                                                                               Ancient people.

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Chapter 3. ORIGIN, FORMATION AND EXPANSION OF THE KINGDOM OF RWANDA
         UNTIL 19th Century.

Duration : 8 periods
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE                 CONTENTS                        TEACHING/LEARNING
                                                                   ACTIVITIES
                                   3.1 Definition of terms:
- Explain and indicate the terms        ƒ Lineage, clan, nation    - Ask learners to mention their
  that lies on social                                                clans and what they know
  organization of Rwanda           3.2. Foundation of Rwandan        about them. Basing on their
                                         kingdom                     responses, the teacher explains
- Show the elements that                                             different clans, lineage and
  explain the foundation of the                                      nation.
  kingdom of Rwanda
                                                                   - With the help of base of origin
- Explain how chiefdoms were       3.3. From the lineages to the     of kingdom of Rwanda
  formed its lineages                    chiefdoms                   Gihanga, Kigwa, Sabizeze…
                                                                     show to learners the symbiosis
- From the traditional lineage                                       and the complementality of
  organization, show the                                             Rwandan clans in the political
  elements which prove the                                           life and social life of the
  existence of social cohesion                                       ancient Rwanda.

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- Describe the political           3.4 Political organization of    - The ministry, story founders
   organization of principalities        Principalities before the     imaginative history
   before the formation of the           formation of Rwandan        - Illustrate with a scheme the
   Rwandan kingdom                       Kingdom                       political organisation of
                                                                       principalities.

 - Locate on the map the cradle     3.5. Territorial expansion of    - With the help of the map, show
   of the Nyiginya dynasty.               Rwanda                       the expansion of Rwanda and
                                                                       insist on the role of each
                                                                       monarchy in the process of
- Describe briefly the works of                                        expansion
   the monarchies, more
   important in the territorial     3.6. The most important          - Using a map show how the
   expansion of Rwanda.                  Monarchies:                   expansion of Rwanda happened
                                          ƒ Ruganzu Bwimba             and insist on the role of Each
                                          ƒ Kigeri Mukobanya           Monarchy in the conquest.
                                          ƒ Ruganzu Ndori.
                                          ƒ Cyirima Rujugira.        - The learners can write in their
                                          ƒ Yuhi Ndabarasa             books what they understand on
                                          ƒ Yuhi Gahindiro             these
                                          ƒ Mutara Rwogera             monarchies and exchange ideas
                                          ƒ Kigeri Rwabugiri           concerning territorial
                                                                       expansion of Rwanda.

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Chapter 4. THE CIVILISATION OF ANCIENT RWANDA

Duration : 10 periods
SPECIFICS OBJECTIVES              CONTENTS                          TEACHING/LEARNING
                                                                    ACTIVITIES
                                  4.1.    Notions of Civilisation   - From example of the current
                                                                      life
- Explain the notion of           4.2.    The Components of the       (Way of clothing, feeding and
  civilisation                            Civilisation                the rite etc) ask the learners to
                                                                      find out what civilisation is
                                  4.3.    Social organisation of      and its components.
                                          the Rwandese
- Give and explain the elements           traditional Society:      - Give a homework to learners
  of civilisation.                       ƒ family, lineage (minor     to identify different practices
                                           and major), clan           found in the Rwandan
                                         ƒ Marriage                   traditional society .The work
                                         ƒ Solidarity :Guhora         can be done in small groups.
                                           (vendetta), gutabarana
                                           (se porter secours),      - Show a film, photos and
                                           ubudehe (commun             pictures on the traditional
                                           work)                       marriage.
                                                                    - Tell learners to identify the
                                         ƒ   Division of work :        value which drives forward to
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- Activities reserved to      the different types of social
                                               women.                      relations (alliance, division of
                                             - Activities reserved to      work)
                                               men.
- Describe the division of work in           - Activities reserved to    - Learners exchange ideas on
  the family lineage.                          children.                   the activities exercised by the
                                                                           children and see if this
                                                                           division remains the same
                                                                           today

                                      4.4. Cultural organisation         - In the following lesson make
                                                                            research with learners about
                                           - Oral literature                musical instruments or their
                                          ƒ Choregraphic art                photos and ask students to
                                                                            draw these instruments.
- Identify the different activities         - Music: drums (ingoma),
  of culture which were practiced             harp (inanga), iningiri,   - The learners from the
  in traditional Rwanda.                      ikondera, umuduri,           traditional ancient song or
                                              ikembe, flûte                some of harp
                                              (umwironge)...               (Nyiramibambwe,
                                                                           Nyirabisabo, Benimana….)

                                                                         - The learners show the deeds
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(works) or elements of history
                                                                       that are relative.
                                                                     - Organise a visit to the
                                                                       Museum.

                                                                     - Explanation or commentary of
                                                                       terms on the traditional
                                                                       religion.
                                       ƒ   The traditional           - Organise a discussion on the
                                           religion :                  traditional religion.
                                           - The beliefs
- Explain the conception of                - Conception of Imana
  Imana, Abazimu, Imandwa and              - Omniprésence of
  Nyabingi in traditional Rwanda.            Abazimu
                                           - Imandwa
- Describe the relative rites to           - Rites of uguterekera
  cults and ancestors, of                    and ukubandwa
  Ryangombe, Imandwa and of
  Nyabingi.                            ƒ Rites :                     - Tell learners to research on
                                          - gusohora umwana            information on the ceremonies
                                            (give name to a child)     which were made at the
- Give the rites accepted by             - Sexual initiation (at       occasion of traditional rites.
  Rwanda to some major events               home at 12 years of
  of life, birth, marriage and death        age for girls)
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- Marriage
                                           - Death ceremonies
                                              gucana igiti,
                                              kwirabura and kwera
                                         - Taboos and
                                           forbidden things:
                                            - kwica nyamanza,
                                            - kwicara ku isekuru,
                                              gucira ku ityazo.

- Show the interdicted or         4.5. Political and Military
  forbidden places or taboos in        Organisation.                 - With the help of a chart the
  the traditional society.                                              teacher helps learners to
                                   4.5.1.Political organisation         appreciate the administrative
                                                                        structure of the central
                                  4.5.1.1.Administrative structure      monarchical power.
                                            and central power :
                                       ƒ Umwami (king)
                                       ƒ Umugabekazi (queen-
                                           mother)
                                       ƒ Abiru (ritualists)
                                       ƒ Abatware b’intebe

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- Present the structure of power      4.5.1.2.The Major divisions of
  of central monarchy and                        administration and
  determine the role played by                   their chiefs
  each of these personalities.                   (administrative
                                                 entities)               - With the map, help learners to
                                                 ƒ Ibiti (districts)         locate the districts (ibiti) of
                                                 ƒ Ibikingi :                pre-colonial Rwanda around
                                                ƒ Umutware w’                1890.
                                                    ubutaka (chief of
- Describe the major                                land),
  administrative divisions and                  ƒ Umutware
  identify the role of three local                  w’umukenke (chief
  chiefs.                                           of ….)
                                                ƒ Umutware
                                                    w’ingabo (chief of
                                                    the army)
                                                ƒ
- Describe and locate the semi-      4.5.1.3. The administrative         - With the help of a chart, ask
  autonomous regions, Bukunzi-                structure of semi-           learners to show knowledge of
  Busozo.                                        autonomous regions:       the administrative structure of
                                           ƒ Bukunzi-Busozo                semi-autonomous regions of
                                              (Kinyaga)                    Bukunzi and Busozo (Article
                                                                           of NTEZIMANA).

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- Use the map and locate the
                                                                      semi – autonomous regions
                                                                      of Bushiru, Buhoma,
                                                                      Bwanamwari

                                                                  - Present the role of army in
                                                                    form of a chart.
                                                                    Insist on the bravery and
                                                                    patriotism in different wars of
                                                                    conquest.

- Explain the role of the army in   4.5.2.The role of army in
  traditional Rwanda.                     ancient Rwanda

                                    4.6.Economic Organisation    - Make inventories with learners
                                                                    of all sorts of cultures and
                                    4.6.1. Agriculture              domestics animals which they
                                        ƒ The cultivated :          know and show which of them
                                        ƒ Potatoes (ibijumba)       encumbered in pre-colonial
                                        ƒ Peas (amashaza)           Rwanda.
                                        ƒ sorghum (amasaka)
                                        ƒ banana (insina)
                                        ƒ millet (uburo)
                                        ƒ Legumes(isogo,isogi,
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ibisusa)
                                        ƒ grains (inzuzi)
                                        ƒ tobacco (itabi)            -Through questioning and
                                                                       responses, tell learners to find
                                    4.6.2. Cattle keeping              out cows and other domestic
                                                                       animals.
                                        ƒ Cows
                                        ƒ Sheep, goats, ……
- Show the Traditional agriculture                                   - Visit Museums to see the
  and livestock keeping and their 4.6.3. Artisan                        traditional artisan products and
  diversity.                            ƒ The principal domains         insist on the particular role of
                                           of artisan : potteries,      fire, wars of conquest and
                                           black smith, cutting         agricultural production.
                                           timber, hunting,hoes,
- Explain the principal domains            skin habit
  of the Rwandan traditional            ƒ The zones of production
  artisans.                                of fire objects: Buramba,
-                                          Buberuka                   - With the help of the map of
                                                                        Rwanda, show regions where
- Site the commercialised                                               products were obtained and
  products in pre-colonial         4.6.4. Commerce                      sold. Show to learners that
  Rwanda and locate the regions         ƒ Agricultural production       there existed some markets e.g
  where products were obtaind           ƒ Livestock   production        (Bitare of Mashyiga (Kayenzi)
  and sold.                             ƒ Artisan products.             and locate some on the map
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ƒ Barter trade. Exchange of - Read and explain the causes
                                             goods                        and consequences of famines

- Indicate the means of payment     4.7.     Famine and Epizooties     - With the help of different
  utilised.                                                              documents read an extract of
                                                                         text concerning ubuhake,
                                                                         Ubukonde and uburetwa and
                                    4.8. SociAl, Political and           help the learners to understand
                                         Economic dependence of          the importance of two
                                         pre-colonial Rwanda             institutions in socio- politico
- Explain the cause and the                                              and economic relations among
  consequences of famine in pre-       Ubuhake                           the Rwandese
  colonial Rwanda                      Ubukonde
                                       Uburetwa

- Explain the socio-political and
  economic dependence of pre-
  colonial Rwanda.

- Locate the regions or zones of
  Rwanda where Ubuhake and
  Ubukonde were dominant.

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2nd Part: HISTORY OF AFRICA

Chapter 1: AFRICA, CRADLE LAND OF HUMANITY

Duration: 4 periods
 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                      CONTENTS                      TEACHING/LEARNING
                                                                        ACTIVITIES
                                       1.1.   Geographical content of
                                                Africa
-Describe the geographical                    Physical description of   - With the help of the Map
 context of Africa                            Africa                      show the student the physical
                                              - Isolated continent        characteristics of Africa
                                              - Massive continent
  Show that Africa is the                     - Hot continent
  continent lived by the                                                - With the help of documents on
  Ancients                             1.2. Appearance of 1st             the Archeological research and
                                           man                            a map of Africa, help learners
                                             Africa the cradle of         find out that the first man was
                                             humanity                     found in Africa

                                       1.3. The Pre-history             - With images, photos and art
                                             civilisation of Africa        make a discovery with
- Describe the civilisations of Pre-         ƒ The civilisation of         learners on the characteristics
  historic Africa                             Palaeolithic period          of each age of civilisation of
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ƒ Civilisation of              pre-history
                                             Neolithic
                                           ƒ Metal age

Chapter 2. THE EGYPTIAN CIVILISATION

Duration: 6 periods
SPECIFICS OBJECTIVES                    CONTENTS                      TEACHING/LEARNING
                                                                      ACTIVITIES
                                      2.1.The major periods of
-Describe the great period of             Egyptian History            - Observation and commentaries
 Egyptian history                          ƒ The old kingdom (2780-     of pictures of reliefs,
                                             2230)                      monuments, pyramids etc..
                                           ƒ The middle kingdom
                                             (2130-1600)
                                           ƒ The new kingdom (1500-
                                             1200)
                                     2.2. Organisation
                                          structure of Egypt
                                           ƒ Political and military   - Find out from the texts
- Present the political, military,           organisation               information for better
  social and religious                     ƒ Social and religious       understanding of Egyptian
  organisation of Egypt                      organisation               civilisation.
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2.3. Importance of the
                                         Nile Valley
- Explain the importance of the         ƒ Zone of population            - On the basis of documents of
  Nile Valley.                          ƒ Agriculture, irrigation,        KBO tell the learners to show
                                          Navigation.                     the role of water like the Nile
                                                                          on the life of the population
                                    2.4. Principal Heritages
                                         of Ancient Egypt
- Describe the principal heritage       ƒ The construction, pyramids,
  of Ancient Egypt                        temples
                                        ƒ Arts, pyramids, statue, bas
                                          reliefs
                                        ƒ Sciences hieroglyphies,
                                          calenders, astronomies,
                                          technics of irrigation,
                                          mathematics, medicine etc

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Chapiter 3. OTHER MAJOR IMPORTANT CIVILISATIONS

Duration: 6 periods
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                 CONTENTS                         TEACHING/LEARNING
                                                                     ACTIVITIES
                                    3.1. The Kushitic civilisation
- Locate on the map the different       ƒ The kingdom of Kush,       - Explain the role of iron working
  civilisations and show the               Meroe, Napata               in the course of kushitic
  specific elements of each             ƒ Metallurgy of fire           civilisation and Meroe.
  civilisation.                            (Metals)
                                                                     - The role played by Carthage in
                                    3.2. The Carthaginian              the region of the Mediterranean
- Explain the characteristics of         civilisation
  each civilisation.                    ƒ Political and military
                                           civilisation
                                        ƒ Economic civilisation:
                                           Fishing, Commerce,
                                           agriculture
                                        ƒ Decline

- Describe other elements of        3.3. The Nok civilisation
  civilisation of Axum Kingdom.          (south of Nigeria)
                                             ƒ Iron working
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- From the text, the helps learners
                                   3.4 Christian Ethiopia             to discover the role of port
                                        ƒ Tradionational religion     Adulis in commercial
                                        ƒ Ezana                       transaction between Asia,
                                        ƒ Adulis Port                 Mediterranean basin and Africa.
                                        ƒ Axum town
                                        ƒ Commerce                  - With a demonstration of
                                        ƒ Arts Stele, Obelisk         precious stones, the teacher will
                                                                      help the learners to find out the
- Show that the commercial         3.5. Commercial                    role of the precious products
  exchanges between Africa and          relations between           - Show the role played by
  other people of the World have        Africa and                    precious stones, wood skins etc
  been there for a long time.           Mediterranean basin
                                        before 7th Century
                                         ƒ Participants
                                         ƒ Means of exchange
                                         ƒ Precious stones
                                         ƒ Leopard skins
                                          Wood

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Chapter 4. AFRICA OF THE 7th AND 18th CENTURIES

Duration: 12 Periods
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                 CONTENT                        TEACHING/LEARNING
                                                                   ACTIVITIES
-To identify factors for         4.1.Trans Saharan trade           - With the help of a map the
 development and decline of           ƒ Origin and organisation      teacher a shows the location
 trans Saharan trade                  ƒ Factors for the rise and     of Saharan desert
                                        development.               - The students draw a map
                                      ƒ Problems faced.              showing the trade routes of
                                      ƒ Decline and consequences     trans Saharan trade.
                                                                   - Teacher discusses with the
                                                                     students factors for the
                                                                     development and decline of
                                                                     trans Saharan trade.

                                                                   - With the help of text books,
                                 4.2. The West African empires       students should draw and
-Describe the origin,                     ƒ Ghana Empire             locate different empires of
 expansion, political, social,            ƒ Mali empire              West Africa
 and economic organization                ƒ Songhai empire
 and the decline of West                  ƒ Kanem Bornu            - Through comparative Study
 African Empires.                                                    of different empires, show the
                                                                     elements which prove that
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Africa was administratively
                                                                        well organized

                                                                      - With the help of text books
                                                                        and maps, the teacher will
                                                                        help learners to identify the
- To describe the organisation   4.3 Trans Atlantic slave               trade routes.
  and identify factors for           trade
  development and                       ƒ Origin
  consequences of trans                 ƒ Factors for development
  Atlantic slave trade on               ƒ organisation
  Africa                                ƒ Decline/consequences
                                                                     -Show the ancient existence of
                                 4.4 The Expansion of Islam            towns and insist on the
- Explain the impact of              in West Africa                    impact of Islam in the west
  Islam in West Africa                   ƒ The means; Jihad,           African Kingdoms
                                            commerce, education.
                                         ƒ The pillars of Islam.     - Give homework to assist in
                                         ƒ The elements of              getting information on Islam
                                            civilization of Moslems.
                                         ƒ Consequences of Islam in
                                            Africa.

                                 4.5 Jihads
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ƒ   Causes and consequences - Locate on a map these empires
                                      ƒ   Leaders of the Jihads e.g  and contribution of the leaders
                                          Uth man dan fodio,Al       of the jihads.
- To identify causes and                  Hajji Umar, Ahmed Bello
  effects of jihads in West               etc
  Africa                              ƒ   Islamic states e.g Sokoto,
                                          Tokolor, Mandika

                              4.6. The kingdom of                   - Using the Information from
                                   central Africa                      text books on the History of
                                  ƒ A case study of the kingdom        East Africa or Africa show
                                     of Kongo                          the social, political and
                                                                       economic organization of
                                                                       Kongo

- Describe the Organization   4.7.    The kingdom of East Africa
  of the Kingdom of Kongo                                           - Using the Information from
                                  ƒ   A Case Study of Buganda          text books on the History of
                                      Kingdom                          East Africa or Africa show
                                                                       the social, political and
                                                                       economic organization of
-Describe the                 4.8. The kingdom of South Africa         Buganda
 Organization of the                ƒ A Case Study of the
 Kingdom of Buganda                    KIngdom of Monomotapa.       - With the aid/help of photos
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- Describe the organisation of                                             show to learners the remnants
  kingdom Monomotapa.                                                      of these
                                                                           Empires. A case study of
                                                                           Monomotapa

        2nd YEAR

        GENERAL OBJECTIVES

           1. Show the Renaissance of the African states in the 19th century.
           2. Describe the mechanisms of the colonial conquest.
           3. Justify the impact of the colonisation on the traditional societies.
           4. Show through history the role of the scientific and technological research in the fight
              against poverty.
           5. Show the relationship (of cause and effect) between the progress of ideas and liberties
              /progress of human rights.

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DETAILED PROGRAM

1st PART: HISTORY OF AFRICA

Chapter 1. EXPLORATION OF AFRICA IN THE 15th CENTURY AND ITS
          CONSEQUENCES

Duration : 4 Periods

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                  CONTENTS                      TEACHING /LEARNING
                                                                   ACTIVITIES
- Explain the causes of           1.1. Definition of               - Show on a map the path
  exploration of Africa.               exploration                   of every explorer
                                  1.2. The causes of exploration
- Show the role of principal             of Africa
  explorers in the discovery of   1.3. The principal explorers :   - Tell learners to discuss the
  Africa.                                ƒ Diego Cao,                causes and reasons why some
                                         ƒ Barthromew Diaz,          people visited Africa
- Show on a map the path of the          ƒ Vasco da Gama
  great travellers.

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- Give the consequences of the   1.4. The consequences of
  contacts on Africa.                 exploration on Africa        - Show on the map the principal
                                       ƒ The creation of             places of commerce
                                         commercial places.
                                       ƒ The discovery of the
                                         route to India.
                                       ƒ Prepration for
                                         colonisation of Africa.

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Chapter 2. AFRICA IN THE 19th AND THE 20 th CENTURIES.

Duration : 8 Periods

 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                  CONTENTS                      TEACHING /LEARNING
                                                                   ACTIVITIES
- Explain/show the role of the      2.1 East Africa coastal states .Outline together with learners
  Arab influence in East Africa        o Sultans of the coast or     those states and students locate
                                         the coastal states          coastal states.
                                       o Civilisation of the
                                         Swahili (Art, commerce, - Insist on the birth of Kiswahili.
                                         Agriculture, Fishing,
                                         Weaving)

- Describe factors for the coming   2.2 Portuguese influences on    The teacher explains reasons for
  of the porrtuguese and their          the E.African coast          the coming of the Portuguese.
  influence to the people of           o Reasons for their
  E.africa                                 coming.
                                       o Activities, effects and
                                           decline

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-To describe the organisation and 2.3      Long distance trade          With the help of text books and
explain the effects of long                Rise Organisation Effects    maps, the teacher will help
distance trade.                                                         learners to identify the trade
                                    2.4. Ngoni migration                routes and participants.
- Explain the origin,causes and     o Who were the Ngoni
consequences of the expansion       o The causes
of the Ngoni in South Africa        o Course of Ngoni migration.        - With the help of texts show the
                                    o Consequences of Ngoni              reasons ,course and
-Identify the agents of colonial       migration.                        consequences of the Ngoni
conquest and locate on a map                                             expansion
their routes.                     2.5. The colonial conquest
-Explain reasons for their         2.5.1. Definition of colonisation.
coming and their consquences      2.5.2.Agents of colonial conqest
- To show areas/countries where
they operated.                    - Explorers eg Henry Murton           - With the help of a map, the
                                  Stanly, Dr Livingstone etc and          will help students to locate
-Define colonisation              their roles.                            areas where these agents
                                   - Missionaries, problems faced         operated.
-Explain the causes of            effects and their roles.              - The teacher will discuss with
imperialism                       - Chartered companies, their            students their consequences.
                                  leaders, where they operated and
                                  their roles

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- Explain the reasons for the       2.6. Causes of colonisation :     - Using a method of questions
summoning of the Berlin             - Search for the raw materials,   and answers learners will explain
conference                          - Search for markets,             the reasons for colonisation
                                    – Evangelisation
                                    - Areas for settlement            -The teacher will guide learners
                                       o Reasons for the surmmoning     to identify different methods
                                         of the Berlin conference       used in acquiring colonies.

-Identify different methods used     2.7 Methods of acquiring         -With the help of text books, the
by Europeans to acqire colonies.     colonies                          learners will identify examples
                                         o Treaty signing              of collaborators and note
                                         o Military force              reasons for their collaboration.
                                         o Divide and rule. Etc

- Describe the different forms of    2.7. The reactions of            In a short conversation give
reactions to the presence of              Africans to colonial        different types of resistances
Europeans                                 Conquest
                                                                      -With the help of text books the
-To explain the reasons for          2.7.1 Collaborators              teacher show the reasons for
collaboration.                       e.g Mutesa 1 of Buganda,         resistance and reasons why those
                                     Lenana of Masai, etc             resistances failed

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- Describe the methods of            2.7.2. Resistances                   -The teacher will guide learners
  resistance employed in               ƒ Nama-Herero                      to suggest different coolonial
  different regions of Africa          ƒ Msiri(Yeke of Shaba)             administrative systems.
                                       ƒ Kabalega(Bunyoro)
- Explain the causes,course and        ƒ Samori Toure(Madinka)
  the effects of these resistance.     ƒ Maji Maji.
                                       ƒ Reasons for the failure of the
- Show and explain properly the          resistances during the
  reasons for the failure of the         colonial conquest.
  resistances against the colonial
  conquest
                                  2.1. The Colonial Systems of
- Explain the colonial systems of      Administration
  administration.                    ƒ French : Assimilation /
                                                  Association
- Explain their characteristics     ƒ   British : Indirect Rule
  and reasons why they were         ƒ   Belgian : Paternalism,
  used.                                            Indirect Rule
                                    ƒ   Portuguese : ssimilation.
                                    ƒ   German : Indirect Rules,
                                                   Direct rules

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PART 2: HISTORY OF COLONIAL RWANDA

Chapter I. RWANDA DURING GERMAN COLONISATION (1897-1916)

Duration : 14 periods
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                   CONTENTS                          TEACHING /LEARNING
                                                                        ACTIVITIES
- Show examples of                  1.1. Rwanda’s contact with          - Learners will mention
  explorers who came to                  the out side world.              explorers whom they think
  Rwanda.                                                                 came to Rwanda

- Present the factors that led to
                                1.2. German Occupation :                - In small groups, learners will
  German occupation of               ƒ Berlin conference                   discuss the factors that helped
  Rwanda.                            ƒ Territorial exploration             the Europeans to come to
                                     ƒ Imposition of the Protectorate      Rwanda.
- Show the chronological stages      ƒ Creation of Administrative
  in the occupation of Rwanda           Posts                           - With the help of a map help
                                     ƒ Military Administration            learners to show posts which
                                        1897-1906).                       were created by the Germans:
                                                                          (Cyangugu, Gisenyi,
                                                                          Ruhengeri….).

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- Show the methods that were           ƒ Demarcation of the boundaries     - With the help of some
  used to fix boundaries in the          of Rwanda in 1910.                  conversations or some films
  Eastern region and northern                                                explain to learners the steps of
  region in Rwanda in 1910.                                                  German military conquest.

                                                                           - With the help of a Map tell
                                                                             Learners to compare the
                                                                             boundaries of 1910 with the
                                                                             boundaries of today

                                  1.3. German Administration                - Tell Learners to draw a map
- Show different methods that          ƒ Protectorate regime :                 showing how Germans
  were used by the Germans.              Method of administration              came to Rwanda.
                                         (Indirect Rule).
- Identify the Regions which             Repression of the revolt during   - Ask Learners what they know
   revolted against Musinga and          Musinga’s rule.                      about (Indirect Rule) and
   indicate the attitude of the        ƒ A group of rebels.                   harmonise it with that point.
   Germans towards those                   - Rukara, Ndungutse,
   revolts.                                  Basebya                       - Try to tell Learners the song of
                                           - Nyiragahumuza                   Rukara, the Son of Bishingwe
                                           - Rukura : Gisaka.                and ask them the activities of
                                                                             History which they have
                                                                             learnt from that Song.

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- Describe how christian             1.4. The coming of missionaries        - Give an activity to Learners to
  churches were built in Rwanda          ƒ Reasons                             go and ask elderly men and
  and how they helped to change          ƒ The Strategies of conversion        Women something concerning
  the lives of the people,               ƒ The Activities.                     religious confessions and their
  economy and morals of the                                                    realisations.
  Banyarwanda.
                                                                            - Give an activity to Learners to
                                                                               go and ask elderly men and
                                                                               Women something concerning
                                                                               world war

- Identify the causes of the First   1.5. The First World War in Rwanda - Using text books, the teacher
  World War in Rwanda.                     ƒ The causes of the War.         will help learners to identify
                                           ƒ The course of the War.         the consequences of world
- Describe in detail how the First         ƒ The consequences of the War on war in Rwanda
  World war was conducted in                 Rwanda.
  Rwanda                                   - Famine: Rumanura
                                           - The end of German-
- Describe the consequences of               Colonisation and the Beginning
  the first world war in Rwanda              of Belgian Colonisation

- Make an assessment of the
  system of German
  Administration in Rwanda.
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- Present the project of the       1.6. The assessment or results of the   - Ask students to point out the
  Germans concerning the                German colonisation of Rwanda         achievements of German
  building of the railway line and             ƒ Political                    adminstration in Rwanda
  waterways and how it would                   ƒ Economic
  have helped to improve the                   ƒ Social
  Economy of Rwanda                            ƒ Cultural

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Chapter 2. RWANDA UNDER BELGIAN COLONISATION 1916-1962

 Duration : 16 Periods.
 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                         CONTENTS                     EACHING /LEARNING
                                                                          ACTIVITIES
                                      2.1. Belgian Military
                                           Occupation 1916-1926
- Justify the passive resistance of   ƒ The different reforms during      - Start a conversation with
  Musinga before the changing            that Period :                      learners citicising the reform
  of the reforms initiated by the        - Judicial Reforms 1917.           enterprises of the Belgian
  colonisers and slow destruction        - Religious Reforms                colonisers.
  of the Kingdom.                        - Fiscal Reforms 1917
                                         - Administrative Reforms.
                                      ƒ The affairs of Gisaka and the
- Explain why the British moved          Orts-Milner convention of        - Inform the learners about the
  from their Place and Occupied          1919                                people who started and those
  Gisaka.                                - The Project of the British        who solved the problems of
                                            concerning the building of       Gisaka
- Give the Impact of the Orts-              the railway line from Cape
  Milner convention of 1919                 to Cairo
                                         - The request in favour of the
- Explain the request regarding             return of Gisaka
  the recovery of that territory      2.2. Belgian Mandate 1926-
                                           1946
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- Describe the administrative                                     - Discuss in groups on the
  reforms of 1926-1932 and the     ƒ Definition of the Mandate.     politics of dividing people so
  deposition of King Yuhi V        2.2.1. Political                 that they can rule them easily
  Musinga.                                  Transformation          showing some of the good
                                                                    things that were done by the
- Give the administrative               ƒ The Administrative        colonialists but favouring
  hierarchy of the Mortehan               reforms of                some groups more than the
  reform                                  1926-1932 (Mortehan       others; this laid a basis for
                                          reform)                   Genocide in Rwanda
- Show the consequences of the         ƒ Deposition of King
  abolition of the three                 Yuhi V Musinga           - Using questions and answers
  hierarchies of chiefs(chief of       ƒ Organigram of the           (brainstorming) ask Learners
  the land, chief in charge of           Mortehan Reform.or a        to mention some cash crops
  pastoralism and chief of the           new picture created by      which are grown in their
  army)                                  Mortehan reform.            Home Areas .Using their
                                       ƒ Tutsisation type of         answers show them cash crops
                                         Administration              which were brought by the
- Give a report of the Belgian                                       Colonialists.
  colonisation in the domain of
  agriculture and pastoralism      2.2.2. Economic
                                          transformation :        - Explain to the learners how the
- Locate on the map the agro-                                        research in agriculture and
  pastoral research centres and         ƒ Agriculture and            pastoralism which was done
  indicate the specialities               pastoralism                by the colonialists helped to
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- Explain why the Belgians           ƒ   The agro –pastoral        improve the former type
  forced the Rwandese to grow            research Centre :
  certain types of crops, to plant       Rubona and Songa
  trees and to mine some             ƒ   The Mines.              - Show to learners how the
  Minerals                                                         research for minerals was
                                                                   neglected compared to the
- Indicate the period of the                                       research which was done in
   installation of the societies                                   Congo
   dealing with minerals in          ƒ Artisan : Brick Laying,
   Rwanda                              Carpentry, Tailoring,
                                       Masonry, Repairing or     - Give to learners a homework
- Give the names of the societies,     rehabilitating               which consists of articraft
  the regions where they operate                                    products in Rwanda and after
  and the minerals mined there                                      that the teacher will show
                                                                    learners were those which
- Indicate the domain in the                                        brought by the colonialists
   artisan which is seen

- Give some points showing how
  Rwandese Commerce was              ƒ   Trade                   - Using some discussions show
  conducted concerning                                              the learners how commerce
  exchange of products, ways of                                     which was introduced by the
  paying and how they are                                           colonialists opened Africa to
  transported to different Places                                   the outside the World
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and means of communication            ƒ     Mechanism of colonial
                                             exploitation : Work
- Present certain mechanisms of              which needs force
  colonial exploitation                      compulsory cultures
                                             fiscal system
- Explain social and cultural
  transformations
                                    2.2.3. Socio-cultural
                                             transformation
                                        ƒ Establishment of Schools
                                        ƒ Establishment of Churches
- Describe the economic and             ƒ Establisment of Hospitals.   - Organise a debate showing the
  political reforms introduced by                                        good things and bad things
  the colonial regime               2.3.   The Belgian trusteeship       that were done by the
                                           (1946-1962)                   colonialists.
                                             ƒ The definition of the
                                               regime
                                             ƒ The Principles of the
                                                 regime
                                             ƒ The ten year plan.
                                             ƒ Installation of the
                                               consultative council.

                                      ƒ The Steps of the
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- Describe the steps of the     decolonisation of Rwanda         - Try and show the difference
  decolonisation of Rwanda    - The starting of the                 between the Mandate
                                democratisation of                  (authoritative command) and
                                institutions (Different             the regime (Government in
                                Elections in the Consultative       Power)
                                Council)
                              - The birth and actions of         - Explain things which made the
                                political parties (political       Belgians prepare for ten years
                                Leaders divided people             putting in action the plan of
                                according to ethnic                the consultative council.
                                differences).
                              - The change of political
                                alliances.
                              - Unusual things that
                                Happened in 1959.
                              - A Political Party
                                PARMEHUTU achieved its           - With the help of texts or
                                independence and                   discussions with learners give
                                institutionalisation of Ethnic     the political programs of the
                                Exclusion.                         political parties.
                              - To achieve independence

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- Analyse or assess the Belgian   2.5   Assessment of          - Show Learners that the
  colonisation of Rwanda                Belgian colonisation     Belgian programs had good
                                        of Rwanda                intentions or objectives but it
                                                                 was different in practice

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PART 3: HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE IN THE 19th CENTURY

Chapter I: THE CENTURY OF ENLIGHTNMENT

Duration : 15 Periods
 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                              CONTENTS                           TEACHING
                                                                                     /LEARNING
                                                                                     ACTIVITIES
                                     1.1. Characteristics of the ideas of
                                          Enlightnment
                                          ƒ Ideas of freedom
- Present in detail the                   ƒ Ideas of equality
  characteristics of the ideas of         ƒ The ideas of principal Philosophers:     - Using questions and
  Era of light in the 18th Century          John Locke, Montesque, Rousseau,           answers tell the learners
                                            Voltaire                                   to define the terms
                                          ƒ The encyclopeadists: Denis Diderot,        liberty and equality then
                                            Madame Lambert                             in brief conversation
                                           ƒ Definition of the Term “Revolution’’.     show how philosophers
                                                                                       of light used some terms.

-Define the term “Revolution’’       1.2. American war of independence               - With the help of a map
                                           ƒ The Settlement of North America           show learners different
                                           ƒ The causes and consequences of            steps of the settlement of
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- Present the population of North           American Revolution                        North America.
  America                                 ƒ Independence of 13 American
                                            colonies                                 - Using conversation,
- Describe the causes, course and                                                       explain to learners’
  consequences of the War of                                                            reasons which made
  liberation of thirteen colonies.                                                      Americans start a war of
                                                                                        independence from their
- Determine the impact of the                                                           colonisers (British).
  French philosophers of the
  18th Century on the liberation
  movement of the thirteen
  colonies

- Show the causes of the French      1.3. French Revolution                         - Using an extract from the
  Revolution of 1789.                    ƒ Causes                                      text, find out from the
                                           - Social inequality                         learners social and
                                           - Political causes                          political inequalities and
                                           - Economic situation                        in economy in French
                                           - Influence of the ideas of Philosophers    society before the
                                           - American revolution                       French Revolution.

                                        ƒ The course of the French Revolution
                                               - The estates
                                               - General assembly ;
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- Constituent assembly ;            - With the help of the line
                                              - National constituent                of timeline, locate and
                                                assembly ;                          comment in detail the
                                              - Constitutional monarch ;            course of the French
                                              - The republic ;                      revolution.
                                              - The directory ;
                                              - The consulat ;
                                              - The empire
                                              - Diffusion of ideas of the
- Present in Detail the Work of                 revolution
  Napoleon between 1795-1815
                                     1.1. The France under Napoleon
                                               ƒ Rise
                                               ƒ Achievements
                                               ƒ Decline

                                     1.5. The industrial revolution
                                         ƒ The Scientific Progress and            - Show a film on
                                            Technology.                             Napoleon or show
- Identify the scientific progress          - First industrial Revolution :         photographs and help
  and technology of the 18th                  (Invention of the Machine which       learners to identify the
  century in Europe which was                 Uses water, Carbon…as a Source of     realisations/successes of
  the origin of the industrial                Energy)                               Napoleon.
  revolution.                               - The Second Industrial Revolution:
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Utilisation of new Sources of       - With the help of
                                         Energies: Gas, Petrol, Thermal          pictures and
                                         Energy and Hydro –Electric)             photographs find out
                                                                                 for the learners the
                                   ƒ   The Inventions                            progress of science
                                                                                 and technology which
                                                                                 took place because of
                                                                                 the first and second
                                                                                 industrial revolution.
                                                                            - Cite as much as possible
                                                                               the inventions of that
                                                                               time.

- Give the factors of industrial   ƒ   The Factors of Industrial            - With the help of Books
  development in Britain.              Development                            and maps help learners
                                       - Workers who are Qualified            to locate the Industrial
                                       - Scientific Research and Advanced     zones in Europe of
                                         Technology.                          the19th Century
                                       - Presence of raw Materials and
                                         which are Cheap.
                                       - Different Ways of Transporting
                                         People and goods (Railway Line,
                                         Bridges, Vehicles )
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- Locate on the European map       ƒ   The Industrial zones of Europe in
  the great industrial zones.          the19th Century
                                        - Rhur (Germany)
                                        - Manchester (England)
                                        - Birmingham (England)
                                        - Alsace –Lorraine (France)
- Present the Consequences of
  the industrial revolution.       ƒ   The Consequences of
                                       Industrialisation
                                       - The emergence of capitalism and
                                         Liberalism.
- Present the different forms of       - The emergence of enterprises
  socialism                              (Cartel, Trust)
                                       - The Emergence of two social
                                         classes (The Middle Class and
                                         Proletariat).
                                       - The birth of Banks

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Chapter 2. NORTH AMERICA IN THE 2nd HALF HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY

Duration : 6 Periods
       SPECIFIC                                 CONTENTS               TEACHING /LEARNING
OBJECTIVES                                                            ACTIVITIES
- Describe the social stuation of   2.1 Economic and social           - With the Help of Photos of
  North and Southern States of           situation of North and         People like (Lincoln, Thomas
  America.                               South of the United States     Jefferson) together with
- Show the stages of the War of          of America                     Extracts from Texts, find out
  secession                                                             for the learners’ reason, parts
                                    2.3. The war of succession          and Effects of the War of
- Show the role of the              2.4. Growth of American             Secession.
  immigrants in the economic             power
  developments of the United
  States of America 1850-1913       2.3.Instalation of the railway    - Show learners the Wars of
                                         line passing in America         Territorial Expansion of the
                                                                         United States of America
- Explain the Middle Extension      2.4. Extension of the United         (Far-West).Utilise the Map.
  of the United States of                States of America
  America                           ƒ Purchasing or Buying
                                       (Florida)
                                    ƒ Negotiatiation (Louisiane)
                                    - Force War of Conquest (New
                                       Mexique, California)
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3rd YEAR

GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE 3rd YEAR

       1. To show the interest of reconciling the tradition and modernity for a durable development.
       1. To show the disadvantages of the war and interest of future preventions of war.
       2. To justify the importance of independence and democracy of countries.
       3. To explain the consequences of Genocide of Tutsi of 1994.

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DETAILED PROGRAM

 1st PART: ASIA IN THE SECOND MIDDLE PERIOD OF THE 19TH CENTURY

 Chapter 1. JAPAN

 Duration : 3 Periods

     SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                    CONTENTS                   TEACHING /LEARNING
                                                                       ACTIVITIES
                                     1.   Japan before 1868
                                          ƒ Political and Economic
 - Explain the Japanese approach            Situation.                 - Locate Japan on the map and
    for                                   ƒ The Meiji revolution.         organise a debate on the
   starting of their development.         ƒ The results of the Meiji      reconciliation between
                                            revolution                    tradition and Modernity.

                                    2. The Expansion of Japan in
                                        Asia
 -     Explain the policy of               ƒ The Sino-Japanese war
       expansionism of                     ƒ The Russo-Japanese        - Organise a debate on the
      Japan                                  war.                         Advantages of Japan
                                                                          expansionism
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- Show the causes and
   consequences                    - Organise a debate with
  of the Japanese expansion          learners on the advantages and
                                     inconveniences of opening on
                                     the world
                                   - With learners make lectures on
                                     the reasons for Japanese
                                     imperialism and its relation
                                     with other countries in the
                                     region

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Chapter 2. CHINA

Duration: 3 Periods
 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                           CONTENTS                TEACHING /LEARNING
                                                                      ACTIVITIES
                                      1. Chinese society
- Describe the origin of Chinese          ƒ Origin of China.
   societies                              ƒ Ancient population.       -    Locate China on the map
                                          ƒ High population.          -    Show learners that China is
                                                                           an old nation with a big
                                                                           population that developed a
                                   2. The elements of Chinese              brilliant civilization
- Show the elements of Chinese         civilization
  civilisation.                            ƒ Writing                      - The teacher together with
                                           ƒ Papers                         students the contributions of
                                           ƒ Religion, architecture         Chinese civilisation to
                                               original                     modern world
                                           ƒ Gun Powder

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2nd PART: THE WORLD WARS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES

Chapter 1. THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Duration: 8 Periods
      SPECIFIC                                    CONTENTS                       TEACHING
OBJECTIVES                                                                     /LEARNING ACTIVITIES
                                     1.1. The 1st World War.
                                          ƒ Long term causes                   - Project a film on the 1st
- Explain the long term and               - The international rivals             World war and give a
  immediate causes of the first             (Moroccan Crisis of 1906)            necessary documentation
  world war                               ƒ The economic and military causes     on the battles of that war
                                            - The economic and military
                                              rivals                           - Organise a discussion on
                                          - The course of Armament               the causes of the 1st World
                                                                                 war and its consequences.
- Describe the course of the first       ƒ The political causes
  world war                              - The spirit of nationalism           - Show to learners what the
                                         - The alliances                         course of the war was, and
                                                                                 show how it would have
                                         ƒ     The immediate causes              been prevented.
                                             - Sarajevo incident
                                             - The course                      - Comment on the tables
                                                                                 showing the loss of
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- Give the consequences of the   ƒ The Consequences of the 1st           Human life
  first world                       World War                          - Show to the learners that
                                  - Division of German Colonies          Rwanda was colonized by
                                  - Destruction of Property and loss     Germany and then
                                    of life (Human life)                 Belgium and that
                                  - Creation of the League of            Jeopardized Germany’s
                                    Nations.                             plans in Rwanda (Railway
                                  - The Versailles Treaty                Project, Navigation
                                  - The enrichment of Certain            Rusumo-Kigali)
                                    Countries (USA, CANADA,
                                    BRAZIL, MEXICO,
                                    AUSTRALIA, ARGENTINA)

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Chapter 2 .BETWEEN TWO WARS

Duration: 6 periods
 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                             CONTENTS           TEACHING /LEARNING
                                                                    ACTIVITIES
                                    2.1. Versailles treaty            -With the help of the text
- Explain the terms of Versailles        ƒ Terms                       extracted from the books,
  treaty and how it was                  ƒ Achievements and            the teacher will guide
  unrealistic                              failures                    students to find out how
- Show the reasons for the                                             Versailles led to short lived
  failure of league of nations      2.2. League of Nations             peace
                                          ƒ Aims                      -With the help of concrete
                                          ƒ Achievements and           examples, the teacher will
                                             reasons for failures      guide learners to find out the
                                                                       weaknesses of league of
                                                                       nations
- Give the causes of the 1929
  economic crisis                                                     - Show to learners the texts
                                    2.3. The Economic Crisis of         describing the financial
- Show the consequences of the              1929                        crisis of 1929
  1929 crisis or the World plan           ƒ Causes
                                          ƒ effects                 - Show the linkage between the
                                                                       crisis of1929 and the
                                                                       Increase of totalitarian
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regimes in Europe (Fascism
                                                                  and Nazism)
- Give the Characteristics of
   these two regimes                                           - Help learners to be able to
                                2.4. The Increase of              compare the Phenomenon
                                     Totalitarian regimes in      between Fascism and Nazism
                                     Europe                       and what took place in
                                     ƒ Fascism                    Rwanda. (Ref.: The Second
                                     ƒ Nazism                     Republic)

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Chapter: 3. THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Duration: 8 Periods

  SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                CONTENTS                      TEACHING /LEARNING
                                                                   ACTIVITIES
 -Give the long term Causes of       1.  The long term causes of    - The learner should make a
   the Second World War                  2nd world war                comparison between the
                                     ƒ Spanish war, (1936-1939)       causes of the first World War
 - Show reasons for the failure of   ƒ The Germany annexation of      and that of the second World
   the League of Nations in the        Czech and Austria              War
   resolution of International       ƒ The re-militarization of
   crisis                              Rhineland

 - Give immediate causes of the      2. The Immediate cause
   international crisis              ƒ Invasion of Polland by
                                       German troops 1/9/1939

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- Describe the course of the     3. The Course of the war
  Second World War               4. The Consequences of the       - Project a film on the second
                                      second world war.             World War. Put also at
                                 ƒ Loss of Lives and Material       disposition of learners all the
- Show all the consequences of     Destruction.                     available documents on this
  the Second World War           ƒ Emergency of Super Powers,       War
                                   US and USSR.
                                 ƒ Division of the world in two   - With the means of extracts of
                                   blocks, Capitalism(USA) and      textbooks on the
                                   Communism (USSR)                 consequences, tell learners
                                 ƒ Creation of UNO and its          that this war was occasioned
                                   Institutions especially          by mistakes, more importantly
                                   (UNESCO, UNICEF,                 of the first World War
                                   UNDP)etc.
                                     ƒ Enrichment of Some
                                          Countries (USA,
                                          CANADA, BRAZIL,
                                          and MEXICO              -Insist on the notion of super
                                                                    powers

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CHAPTER 4: THE DECOLONIZATION

Duration: 8 Periods

 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                       CONTENTS                  TEACHING /LEARNING
                                                                  ACTIVITIES
- Expose the Ideas Under-       1. The causes of the              - Through a lecture with Extracts
  tendencies for Independence       decolonization.                  from texts make a Discovery
                                    ƒ The action of UNO.             with Learners of the long term
                                    ƒ The human rights Charter.      Causes and Multiple of the
                                    ƒ The anti-colonialist           Decolonization.
                                       attitude of super powers,
                                       USA and USSR.
                                    ƒ The Second World War.
                                       (The demystification of a - Give homework on the Steps
                                       white man-Eye Opener).      of the Decolonization.
- Show the psychological            ƒ The growth of
  effects of the Second world          nationalism.              - Give homework on the Steps
  war on the colonies               ƒ The evolution of ideas       of Independence and make a
                                    ƒ The conference of            table on Dates, Political
                                       Bandoung.                   Parties, the Metropolitan and
                                    ƒ The role of some Christian   Colonized Countries.
                                       churches and independent    (a longer list).
                                       churches
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2. Study case
                                      ƒ The examples of Asia:    - Discuss the methods utilized
                                          - India                  by leaders to attain
- Present briefly the political,          - Indochina.             independence.
  the leaders, and describe the       ƒ The examples of Africa
  march towards independence              -Ghana                 - Show the advantages and
  of each country                         -Republic of South       disadvantages of each
                                            Africa                 strategy.
                                          - Algeria.
                                          - Angola               - Make an observation with
                                          - D.R.Congo              learners on Photos of African
                                                                   leaders.

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3rd Part: THE INDEPENDENT RWANDA

Chapter1. THE FIRST REPUBLIC (1962-1973)

Duration: 6 Periods
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES                            CONTENTS                  TEACHING /LEARNING
                                                                        ACTIVITIES
Explain the passage of first      1. Political evolution                - The Learners will describe
  appearance of Multi-partism            ƒ The functioning of new         in some few words how
  to Mono-partism and their                Republican institutions        Rwanda got access to
  deeds.                                ƒ The Multipartism to             independence.
                                          Monopartism
 - Show the dangers of private           ƒ The management of            - Through question and
   party of the population and             different political crisis     response, tell learners to
   its rights to the party              ƒ The question of refugees        define the term
                                        ƒ The attack of Inyenzi.          “Independence’’ and
 - Show the consequences of             ƒ The growth of ethnicism         “Independence Outlook’’.
   exclusion on the regional            ƒ Regionalism
   and ethnic base                                                      - Organize a debate on the
                                        ƒ The 1973 crisis                 advantages and
 - Enumerate the principal                  - Causes                      disadvantages of Mono-
   consequences that led to the             - Consequences                partism and Multi-Partism.
   consequences that led to the
   crisis of 1973.                                                      - Through exchange of ideas
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with learners define
 - Show the illustrated way        2. Economic Evolution            regionalism and ethnicism
   which is called the                  ƒ The perpetuation of       and show how they were
   economic treaty and explain             colonial economic        conducted up to Genocide
   its effects                             model                  - With the aid of a Scheck,
                                           The economic             show the composition of
 - Explain the problem that                 dependence              colonial economy and show
   lies to the rural                     ƒ The development of       the inherited weaknesses
   modernization                            infrastructures      - Emphasize on the shortage
                                            -    Schools            of killed labour
                                            -    Routes          - In exposition, learners will
 - Show some aspects of                     -    Hospitals          criticise slave trade
   evolution of socio-cultural           ƒ The rural-economic       economy and show that the
   of this epoch                            development             current economic
                                         ƒ The five year plan       dependence orginates from
                                            (1966-1970)             colonial period
                                        ƒ The monetary economy   - Comment on the
                                        ƒ The development of        relationships between debts,
                                           economic                 money, and exportation
                                           infrastructures          ect…
                                                                  - Show some aspects of
- Give the achievements and        3. Evolution Socio-Cultural      quinquennial plan 1966-
  failures of the first Republic        ƒ The education system      1970
                                        ƒ The sanitary sector     - Show the advantages of
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4. Assessment of the 1st      double vocation and the
    Republic                  drawbacks of quotas system
                           - The Teacher helps learners to
                              make a comparative table of
                              the achievements and
                              failures of the first Republic.

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Chapter 2. THE 2ND REPUBLIC (1973-1994)

Duration: 8 Periods
    SPECIFIC                                CONTENTS                 TEACHING /LEARNING
OBJECTIVES                                                          ACTIVITIES
                                  1. Political Evolution
                                  (1973-1990)
                                      ƒ Political programs of
 - Show the key orientations of           other Coup d’Etat of      - Through exchange, the leaner
   political program and other            5th July 1973.              will define the notion on
   Coup d’Etat of 1973.               ƒ The creation and              Ubumwe, Amajyambere and
                                          institutionalization of     show the contradiction
 - Show how the 2nd Republic              unique Party MRND.          between speeches and
   fell in the same system like       ƒ The cult of                   practice
   the first.                             personality.              - Through exchange of ideas
                                      ƒ The monopolization.           with learners find out the
 - Give the different causes of       ƒ The question of               different infrastructure
   disquillibrium between the             refugees                    realized under the Second
   demography and the                                                 Republic
   alimentary production
                                  2. The Economic Evolution         - With a study case, discuss the
 - Give the causes of the             ƒ The development of            influence of demographic
   economic crisis of 1980               infrastructures              pressure on the economy of
                                                                      the Country
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- Show the role of                  ƒ   The disquilibrium
   infrastructures in the                between the
   development                           demographical            - Insist on the phenomenon of
                                         growth and the             migration
 - Show the advantages and               alimentary
   disadvantages of regional             production and their
   intergration                          consequences             - Using a debate, criticize the
                                                                    Different types of Migration
 - Show that all founded policy      ƒ   The economic crisis        and their Impact on the
   on the injustice and                  of 1980’s                  Rwandan Society
   incompetence is seen as a
   failure.                                                       - Through a discussion and with
                                     ƒ    The economic              the help of statistical tables,
 -Discuss the policy of                   regional intregration     ask the learners to show the
   exclusion under the 2nd               (CEPLG, ZEP, OBK)          deterioration of terms of
   Republic                                                         exchange.

 - Explain the failure of the                                     - Insist on the birth and
   Scholar reforms of 1978.       3. The Socio-Cultural             evolution of these Institutions
                                     Evolution
                                     ƒ The Policy of Ethnic       - Organize a debate on the
                                        and regional balance:       policy of ethnic and regional
                                        Its application and         balance and criticize with
- Give the achievements and             Consequences                learners to show that the base
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failures of the the 2nd        ƒ   The failure of scholar     of policy was erroneous with
Republic                           reforms of 1978            incompetence and it led to
                                                              failure
                          4. Assessment of the   2nd
                               Republic.)                   -The Teacher helps learners to
                                                            make a comparative table of the
                                                            achievements and failures of the
                                                            the 2nd Republic

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Chapter 3. THE WAR OF 1990 -1994 AND THE GENOCIDE OF TUTSI

Duration : 10 PERIODS.

     SPECIFIC                                 CONTENTS                    TEACHING /LEARNING
OBJECTIVES                                                               ACTIVITIES
                                    1. The War of 1990-1994
- Enumerate the principal causes                                         - In small groups, learners
  that led to the war of              ƒ Causes                             should come to understand the
  1919-1994                           ƒ The enacted policies.              reasons for military fighting to
                                      ƒ The return of multi-partism        safeguard the rights to life and
- Explain why the press of all                                             freedom.
  tendencies developed rapidly        ƒ Development of private press     - With the help of some titles of
  during the years before                                                  Journals (Kangura,
  Genocide                                                                 Nyiramacibiri, RTLM)

- Cite the principal consequences     ƒ The consequences of the war on   - Show the role played by the
  of the 1990 war on evolution of       evolution of interior policies     Press in the Evolution of
  the domestic policy                                                      Genocide.
                                      ƒ Hardening of dictatorship with
                                        its propaganda (ibyibutso)       - From lessons let the teacher
                                                                           develop the spirit of critic to
                                      ƒ The new constitution of June       learners and explain why the
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- Explain the bad actions of       1991 and birth of multi-partism     press is in charge of
  power of Juvenal                                                     opposition or as divisionism.
  Habyarimana put into action   ƒ The massacres of Bigogwe,
  of the Arusha peace Accord      Ngororero, Bugesera…..

                                ƒ The instability of Government
                                  Institution (Nsanzimana
                                  Sylvester, Nsengiyaremye           - Help learners to understand the
                                  Dismas, Uwiligiyimana Agatha)        negotiations in the Arusha
                                                                       peace Accord.
                                   ƒ The Blockage of Execution
                                      of Arusha
                                     Peace Accord.

                                2. The Genocide of Tutsi
                                   (April-July 1994)
                                    ƒ Definition of the word
                                       “Genocide’’                   - Incite learners to read some
                                     - The development of               documents available on inter
                                       ideology of Genocide             ethnic period.
                                     - The phase of excecution
                                       extermination of Tutsi and    - Differentiate the inter-ethnic
                                       Hutu opposition to the          massacres and Genocide.
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- Define Genocide                              Genocide ideology.
                                              - The role of different actors: - Show the learners a film of
- Show and explain how ideology                 State, International            Genocide and tell them that it
   of Genocide was prepared and                 Community, Religious            should never happen again.
   executed                                     Confessions, Medias, local
                                                Population.
                                              - The consequences of Tutsi     - With a discussion, establish the
 - Establish the responsibilities of            Genocide of April-July 1994     responsibilities of each actor
   interior institutions and                                                    in the preparation and
   international view towards the            ƒ The consequences of              execution of Genocide.
   Genocide of the Tutsi                         Genocide as a point of
                                                 view                         - With the help of textbooks
                                                - Political                     compare Tutsi Genocide with
                                                - Economical                    other Genocides in Africa and
                                                - Social                        outside of Africa
                                                - Cultural
                                                                              - Show the role of negation and
 - Give the political, economic,     Efforts of the Government of               revisionism in the fight against
    and socio-cultural               National Unity                             Genocide ideology
    consequences of the Tutsi           - The Unity and Reconciliation.
    Genocide                            - The Economic, Political, and        - Through small groups, the
                                            Socio-Cultural Realisations         learners should show multiple
                                            (Successes)                         consequences of Rwanda.

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