Quiz Topics
3.1 COPPER MINING IN ZAMBIA
Specific Competence: Students will explore copper mining in Zambia. This includes understanding its past and how it affected the country. Learning Activities: Students will describe how copper mining started and changed over time (before colonial rule, during colonial rule, and after independence). Students will also look at how copper mining affected Zambia's economy, society, and politics. Expected Standard: Students will successfully explore the history and impact of copper mining in Zambia.
3.2 LABOUR MIGRATION IN COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL ZAMBIA
Specific Competence: Students will understand the effects of people moving for work in Zambia, both during colonial times and after independence. Learning Activities: Students will examine why people moved for work (for example, due to hut tax or job offers). They will identify groups that hired workers in colonial Zambia (like the Northern Rhodesia Native Labour Bureau and WENELA). Students will describe the good effects (more money, new experiences in cities) and bad effects (families breaking apart, growth of unplanned settlements, more prostitution) of this movement. Expected Standard: Students will correctly understand and explain the effects of labour migration in colonial and post-colonial Zambia.
3.3 ZAMBIA’S ROLE IN THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Specific Competence: Students will evaluate Zambia’s part in helping Southern African countries gain independence. Learning Activities: Students will name the Southern African countries Zambia helped (Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique). They will analyze how Zambia helped (through international meetings like OAU and UN, hosting freedom fighters, using diplomacy, and giving money, encouragement, and military support). Students will discuss the negative effects of Zambia's involvement (people dying, money wasted, buildings destroyed, land mines). Expected Standard: Students will correctly evaluate Zambia’s role in the fight for freedom in Southern Africa.
3.4 THE PAN-AFRICAN MOVEMENT
Specific Competence: Students will promote the idea of African unity through Pan-Africanism (a movement that believes in a united and independent Africa). Learning Activities: Students will describe the goals of the Pan-African movement. They will examine the work of African leaders (like Kenneth Kaunda, Kwame Nkrumah, Muammar Gadaffi) who promoted unity. Students will look at the efforts these leaders made to achieve Pan-Africanism. Expected Standard: Students will correctly promote the idea of unity in Africa through Pan-Africanism.
3.5.1 UNIP GOVERNMENT IN ZAMBIA (1964-1991)
Specific Competence: Students will examine the domestic and foreign policies, challenges, and efforts for national unity under the United National Independence Party (UNIP) government. Learning Activities: Students will discuss UNIP's domestic policies (political, social, economic) and foreign policy (like Non-Alignment, meaning not taking sides with major power blocs, and Pan-Africanism). They will analyze challenges like the Lumpa Church conflict, Adamson Mushala's insurgency, and attempted military coups (such as those by Christon Tembo and Mwamba Luchembe). Students will also assess UNIP's efforts to promote national unity using the 'One Zambia One Nation' motto, boarding schools, deploying civil servants across regions, using football, and balancing the cabinet. Expected Standard: Students will correctly examine UNIP’s policies, understand its challenges and responses, and explain its efforts to build national unity and manage foreign relations.
3.6.5 MMD GOVERNMENT IN ZAMBIA (1991-2011)
Specific Competence: Students will analyze the policies and challenges of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) government. Learning Activities: Students will identify the Presidents under MMD (Fredrick T.J Chiluba, Levy P. Mwanawasa, and Rupiah B. Banda). They will discuss MMD's domestic policies (political, economic, social) and foreign policy (promoting international relations, Non-Aligned principles). Students will analyze challenges like privatization of state-owned businesses, job losses, general economic problems, and the 1997 attempted coup. Expected Standard: Students will correctly analyze the policies and challenges of the MMD government.
3.6.6 PF GOVERNMENT IN ZAMBIA (2011-2021)
Specific Competence: Students will examine the policies and challenges of the Patriotic Front (PF) government. Learning Activities: Students will identify the Presidents under PF (Michael C. Sata, Edgar C. Lungu). They will discuss PF's domestic policies (political, socio-economic) and foreign policy. Students will analyze the challenges faced by the PF government due to its domestic and foreign policies. Expected Standard: Students will correctly examine the policies and challenges of the PF government.
3.6.7 UPND GOVERNMENT IN ZAMBIA (SINCE 2021)
Specific Competence: Students will analyze the policies of the United Party for National Development (UPND) government since 2021. Learning Activities: Students will identify the President under UPND (Hakainde Hichilema). They will discuss UPND's domestic policies (political, economic, social) and analyze its foreign policy. Expected Standard: Students will correctly analyze the policies of the UPND government.