descendants are people who come after someone else in a family

ancestors are the people who came before you in your family; they are a family's older generations

Why arguments have broken out about the Benin Bronzes

History

The Benin Bronzes

Benin City

The Oba of Benin

Edo religion

Benin and Europe

In ‘Non-European societies: Benin or the Maya’ pupils are encouraged to compare and contrast their understanding of Anglo-Saxon England with a non-European society that was roughly contemporaneous. In ‘Significant turning points: how did experiences differ during WW2?' Pupils extend their chronological understanding by studying the significant turning point of WW2.

In ‘The Vikings: how did Viking settlement help to make England?’ pupils studied the political narrative of how Viking settlement helped to forge England. In ‘Non-European societies: Benin or the Maya’ pupils are encouraged to compare and contrast their understanding of Anglo-Saxon England with a non-European society that was roughly contemporaneous.

If pupils study Benin, they learn about Benin's culture and society and how its looted artworks have caused modern controversy. If they study the Maya, they build knowledge of this civilisation to analyse what made them so distinctive.

Non-European societies: Benin or the Maya

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of distress or humiliation e.g. bullying.

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

They are an important part of their heritage.

They make lovely decorations for the Oba's palace.

Why would Nigeria like to have the Benin Bronzes repatriated?

someone who looks after artefacts in a museum

the people who come after someone else in a family

the people who came before you in your family

displaying artefacts that were looted from other countries

returning artefacts to their country of origin

displaying artefacts that show enslaved people

What does British law prevent the British museum from doing?

the descendants of the enslaved people from the Kingdom of Benin

the ancestors of the enslaved people from the Kingdom of Benin

Who is against the repatriation of the Benin Bronzes?

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The ancient Kingdom of Benin was located in modern day {{ }}.

to send something back to the country it came from

Nigeria has asked that the Benin Bronzes be repatriated. What does 'repatriated' mean?

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bronze and brass artefacts made by the Edo people

In 1897, British tourists visited Benin City and bought the Bronzes as souvenirs

In 1897, the Edo people gifted the Benin Bronzes to the British Museum.

In 1897, British forces invaded and looted the Benin Bronzes from Benin City.

Why arguments have broken out about the Benin Bronzes

Lesson outcome

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