History is the story of people, and you are part of it. Every family, clan and village has a past, and in this subject you will learn how to find it, check it and tell it well. Think of yourself as a detective: a historian does not just memorise dates, but asks questions. Who said this? How do they know? What is the evidence? Is there another side to the story? Bring that curiosity to every lesson.
You will meet many names, places and dates. Do not try to swallow them all at once. Read a lesson slowly, say the new names aloud, and draw a small timeline or map in your History notebook as you go; pictures stay in the memory longer than lists. Talk to the elders around you: your grandparents, parents and neighbours are living libraries, and many 'Try this' tasks ask you to interview them. Be respectful of every people, religion and belief you study, including those different from your own; a good historian is fair to everyone.
Study a little and often, about 15 to 20 minutes a day. Answer the quick checks honestly before you look at the answers, and finish each topic with the Activity of Integration, where you use what you have learnt to solve a real problem in a Ugandan community. By the end of this term you will know where we came from, and you will understand Uganda a little better.
- 💧 A glass of water before you start
- 📵 Phone on silent, one subject at a time
- ⏱️ About 25 minutes, then a 5-minute break
- ✍️ Keep an exercise book for the “Try this” tasks
Term 1 3 topics
1Finding out about our pastWhat History and Political Education mean, why we study the past, the sources and methods historians use, and the historical sites of Uganda and East Africa and why they matter.
- What is History and Political Education?15 min
- Why we study our past15 min
- Sources of history: how we find out about the past20 min
- Old and new ways of researching the past15 min
- Historical sites in Uganda and East Africa20 min
- Why historical sites are important15 min
- AOIActivity of Integration · auto-marked
2The origin of manTraditional East African stories, the Bible and Qur'an creation accounts, Darwin's theory of evolution, the stages of human evolution, and the Out of Africa and multi-regional theories, compared fairly and respectfully.
- Traditional East African stories of the origin of man20 min
- Creation stories in the Bible and the Qur'an15 min
- The scientific view: Charles Darwin and evolution15 min
- The stages of human evolution20 min
- The Out of Africa and multi-regional theories15 min
- Comparing the accounts of the origin of man15 min
- AOIActivity of Integration · auto-marked
3Migration and settlement into East Africa since 1000 ADThe early inhabitants of East Africa, where the Bantu, Luo and Ngoni came from, why they migrated and what their migrations led to, and how clans and family stories help us trace our own origins.
- Early inhabitants of East Africa15 min
- The Bantu migration20 min
- The Luo migration20 min
- The Ngoni migration and the Mfecane20 min
- Tracing our origins: migration, clans and who we are15 min
- AOIActivity of Integration · auto-marked