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Handout
University of Iowa

University of Iowa: Arts and Life in Africa: Ghana (The Gold Coast)

For Students 6th - 8th
A record of statistics for modern-day Ghana, up to 1998. The history section near the end provides a brief, but informative look at British control of Ghana.
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Lesson Plan
University of California

The History Project: South African Diamond Mines, 1870s

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dutch East India Company established a colony at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652 and administered it until 1795 when it fell into British hands. The British returned Cape Colony to the Company for a three-year period before finally...