Zimbabwe Form 3 History Curriculum

This document outlines the topics covered in the Zimbabwe Form 3 History curriculum, based on the textbook "NEW TRENDS in History Form 3 UPDATED CURRICULUM".

TOPIC 1: Conceptualization of History

• Unit 1: Sources of History
• This unit explores the different sources used by historians to reconstruct pre-colonial history, including:
• Oral tradition (oral lore, unwritten history): Information passed down through generations by word of mouth, including historical and cultural traditions, folk tales, poems, riddles, songs, dances, and taboos.
• Written records: Documents, letters, books, and other written materials.
• Archaeology: The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
• Linguistics: The scientific study of language structure and development.
• Anthropology: The study of human societies and cultures and their development.
• Rock art: Paintings or engravings on rock surfaces, typically dating from prehistoric times.
• Ethnography: The systematic study of people and cultures.

TOPIC 2: Development of Zimbabwean Societies

• Unit 1: State Formation: Mapungubwe
• This unit examines the rise and fall of the Mapungubwe state, a pre-colonial state located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers. It covers factors contributing to its formation, its political, economic, and social organization, and the reasons for its decline.
• Unit 2: State Formation: Great Zimbabwe
• This unit focuses on Great Zimbabwe, a ruined city located southeast of Masvingo, believed to have been built by the Shona people. It covers the factors that led to its rise, its political, economic, and social organization, and the reasons for its decline.
• Unit 3: State Formation: Mutapa
• This unit explores the Mutapa state, covering its formation, expansion, political organization, socio-economic structure, and the role of the Portuguese in its decline.
• Unit 4: State Formation: Rozvi
• This unit examines the Rozvi state, a Shona kingdom that arose after the decline of the Mutapa state.
• Unit 5: Nguni Migration: Mfecane
• This unit discusses the Mfecane, a period of widespread chaos and warfare in southern Africa during the 19th century.
• Unit 6: The Zulu State
• This unit focuses on the Zulu state, a powerful kingdom in southern Africa.
• Unit 7: The Ndebele State
• This unit explores the Ndebele state, founded by Mzilikazi in the 19th century.

TOPIC 3: Slavery and Slave Trade

• Unit 1: Slave Trade in Africa
• This unit examines the history of slavery and the slave trade in Africa, including the causes, methods of obtaining slaves, and the negative and positive effects on the African continent.
• Unit 2: The Abolition of Slavery and Slave Trade
• This unit discusses the abolition of slavery and the slave trade.

TOPIC 4: Early European Contacts with Zimbabwe: Missionaries and Portuguese

• Unit 1: Portuguese Activities in the Zambezi Valley
• This unit explores the Portuguese presence in the Zambezi Valley, their reasons for penetration, activities, and relationship with the Africans.
• Unit 2: Early Missionary Activities
• This unit discusses the activities of early missionaries in Zimbabwe.
• Unit 3: European Agents of Colonialism
• This unit identifies and assesses the role played by European agents of colonialism, including missionaries, explorers, hunters, and concession seekers.

TOPIC 5: Colonisation

• Unit 1: The Scramble and Partition of Southern Africa in the 19th Century
• This unit examines the Scramble for Africa, the invasion, occupation, colonization, and annexation of African territory by European powers during the New Imperialism period between 1870 and 1914.
• Unit 2: The Berlin Conference 1884-1885
• This unit discusses the Berlin Conference, which regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.
• Unit 3: The Colonisation of Zimbabwe
• This unit focuses on the colonization of Zimbabwe.
• Unit 4: Anglo-Ndebele War (1893-1894)
• This unit discusses the Anglo-Ndebele War.
• Unit 5: First Chimurenga/Umvukela (1896-1897)
• This unit examines the First Chimurenga/Umvukela, the first war of liberation in Zimbabwe.

TOPIC 6: Colonial Administration in Rhodesia 1890 - 1923

• Unit 1: Company Rule
• This unit explains the political, economic, and social policies under Company Rule in Rhodesia and the factors that led to its collapse.
• Unit 2: Responsible Government
• This unit discusses the responsible government in Rhodesia.
• Unit 3: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963)
• This unit examines the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
• Unit 4: Unilateral Declaration of Independence (1965)
• This unit discusses the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Rhodesia.

TOPIC 7: The Armed Struggle in Zimbabwe Since 1923

• Unit 1: Nationalist Movements (1923-1963)
• This unit describes the political activities of various nationalist movements in Zimbabwe and the challenges they faced.
• Unit 2: The Armed Struggle (1966-1979)
• This unit examines the armed struggle for independence in Zimbabwe.