History — 30-Week Plan
Weekly outline built from the WAEC syllabus (last 5–10 years emphasis). Practice can be done offline; Mock is timed online (2 attempts).
Total practice: 420 • Total mock: 630
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Week 1–4 (October: Historical Skills & Early Times)
- Week 1: Historiography & historical skills — meaning, sources (oral, written, archaeology), ICT in historical studies.
- Week 2: Land & peoples of Nigeria — geographical zones; environment & impact on human activities.
- Week 3: Centres of ancient civilization — Nok, Ife, Igbo Ukwu, Benin (features, significance).
- Week 4: Indigenous crafts & industries — pottery, iron-working, weaving, carving, bronze casting; social & economic importance.
Week 5–8 (November: States & Early Contacts)
- Week 5: Centralized & non-centralized states — Kanem-Borno, Hausa, Nupe, Oyo, Benin, Igbo, Tiv, Efik (structures, inter-group relations).
- Week 6: Islam in West Africa — introduction, spread, socio-political and cultural impacts.
- Week 7: European contact with Nigeria — trade, Christianity, early impacts on coastal states.
- Week 8: Trans-Saharan & Trans-Atlantic slave trades — origin, organization, effects, suppression.
Week 9–12 (December: 19th Century Nigeria I)
- Week 9: The Sokoto Caliphate — establishment, administration, neighbours, impact of jihad.
- Week 10: Borno under the Shehus — El-Kanemi, Shehu Umar, later Shehus, fall of Borno.
- Week 11: Yorubaland in the 19th century — Ibadan dominance, wars, British interventions.
- Week 12: Christian missionary activities — roles, education, health, cultural and political impact.
Week 13–16 (January: 19th Century Nigeria II)
- Week 13: Benin in the 19th century — politics, culture, economy, resistance.
- Week 14: First phase of British conquest (1851–1900) — Lagos annexation, coastal incursions, resistance.
- Week 15: Scramble for and partition of West Africa — causes, Berlin Conference, occupation, African reactions.
- Week 16: Review & mock on 19th century Nigeria (Caliphate, Borno, Yorubaland, Benin, British conquest).
Week 17–20 (February: Colonial Nigeria 1900–1960)
- Week 17: British conquest (1900–1914) — amalgamation of 1914, significance.
- Week 18: British rule (1914–1960) — central administration, indirect rule, colonial economy, social developments.
- Week 19: Nationalism I (1922–1945) — Clifford Constitution; early nationalist movements (NCBWA, Lagos Youth Movement, NCNC, NPC, AG).
- Week 20: Nationalism II (1945–1960) — nationalist leaders, later movements, Macpherson & Lyttleton constitutions, road to independence.
Week 21–24 (March: Nigeria Since Independence)
- Week 21: First Republic (1960–1966) — structure, politics, crises.
- Week 22: Military rule & civil war (1966–1975) — coups, Biafra war, reconstruction.
- Week 23: Later regimes — Murtala/Obasanjo, Second Republic (1979–1983), Buhari/Idiagbon, Babangida (1985–1993), Abacha (1993–1998), transition to 4th Republic (1999).
- Week 24: Post-independence issues — poverty, corruption, youth unemployment, ethnic/religious crises; WAEC-style mock.
Week 25–27 (April: West Africa & the Wider World)
- Week 25: Problems of independent West African states — neo-colonialism, underdevelopment, instability, military in politics, boundary disputes.
- Week 26: West Africa in international organizations — UN, AU, ECOWAS, Commonwealth, OPEC; roles, successes, challenges.
- Week 27: Global issues — diaspora, racism, debt relief, international aid, peacekeeping, MDGs.
Week 28–30 (April: Grand Final Mocks)
- Week 28: Grand Final Mock 1 (balanced Nigeria + Paper 1 wider world).
- Week 29: Grand Final Mock 2 (harder objectives + 19th/20th century essays).
- Week 30: Grand Final Mock 3 (closest WAEC replica; strict timing; full rubric discipline).