Types of history

a presentation on the common types of History

1. Types of History

2. i)Political history
•This is the type of history which concentrates on leaders and
political events such as wars and invasions that influence
society.
•it gives you past political events that happened in your
village
-The history of the chieftainship of your village in terms of
how it started and who was the first village head person is
good example.
-Another good example of political history is the history of
MwenemutapaKingdom

3. ii)Economic history
•concentrates on how people used to make money and support
yourselves
•the political system of your village or community to grow you and
other people were involved in activities that supported your families
like trade, farming and hunting
•the Trans-Atlantic slave trade where some people and kingdoms
became rich because of taking part in slave trade is a good example of
economic history

4. iii)Social history
•Deals with how ordinary people lived their lived their life in the past.
•Their way of life is quite different from what is happening today.
•some of the aspects of ordinary people’s lives that have changed over
time in your community include:
-food, dressing, music, games and culture. This type of history, which,
is social history.
-people lived by hunting, metal working, farming and rearing animals
during the Iron Age period in Central Africa.

5. Thank you