Sample of Student Work
2001
| A Cry for Help from Africa |
Nigeria History Review |
Instructions: Review the history of Nigeria using the "History of Nigeria" provided. On this page:
Advanced
1) Describe or identify a key event or series of similar events that you feel has led to underdevelopment problems in Nigeria.
When military officials took over the goverment (coup) in the years of 1966, 1975, and 1984. Also when the leaders kept changing. And when civil wars broke out in the country in the year of 1967.
2) Explain how this event or series of similar events has hurt the current or present-day economic development of Nigeria.
These events has hurt current economy because when a coup took place the financial ways of the government may have gotten mixed up and th military officials took all of their money fore themselves leaving no money for the country itself. When the leaders changed, maybe they had different ideas and the economic development didn’t have enough money to buy things to improve the country.
Proficient
1. Describe or identify a key event or series of similar events that you feel has led to underdevelopment problems in Nigeria.
1. 31 months of war
2. a lot of coups
2. Explain how this event or series of similar events has hurt the current or present-day economic development of Nigeria.
The government was not caring for it’s people by having 31 months of war.