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4.2 Historical Development of Agriculture
Social Studies · Grade 7 · 4 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Areas of early agriculture in Africa: Rift Valley of Eastern Africa, Egypt and Nubia
- Factors that favoured growing of crops and rearing of animals in those regions
- Crops grown and animals kept during early agriculture in Egypt, Nubia and the Rift Valley
- Contributions of Nile Valley agriculture to world civilisation
- Importance of domestication of plants and animals in Africa
What you will be able to do
- locate areas where early agriculture was practised in selected geographical regions in Africa
- explore factors that favoured growing of crops and rearing of animals in selected regions during early agriculture
- assess the contributions of the Nile Valley agriculture to the world civilisation
- value the importance of domestication of plants and animals in Africa
Key questions
“Why did people start practising agriculture in Africa?”
“How did Agriculture begin in Africa?”
Lessons
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Where early agriculture was practised
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizLocate Egypt, Nubia and the Rift Valley of Eastern Africa on a map and name crops and animals of each region.
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Factors that favoured early agriculture
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWater, soil, climate, tameable plants and animals, security of settlement and knowledge explain why farming took root in the three regions.
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Nile Valley agriculture and world civilisation
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAssess how surplus from Nile farming supported settlement, specialists, writing, calendar, irrigation skill, building and organised rule.
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Domestication of plants and animals
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizValue African domestication: sorghum, millet, cattle and others that gave food security, settlement, trade and culture.