Download Ethiopian new Curriculum grade 10 history Teacher's Guide PDF

The Ethiopian New Curriculum Grade 10 History Teacher’s Guide is designed to help teachers deliver engaging, contextualized, and comprehensive history lessons that align with Ethiopia's latest curriculum framework. With a strong focus on both national and global perspectives, the guide enhances students’ understanding of capitalism, nationalism, colonialism, revolutions, and the formation of the modern Ethiopian state. Teachers are provided with pedagogical strategies, unit overviews, and review exercises that promote active learning, critical thinking, and historical analysis. This resource bridges Ethiopia’s rich heritage with world history to foster informed, patriotic, and socially responsible citizens.

Teacher’s Guide Summary

• Country: Ethiopia
• Publisher: Ministry of Education (MoE)
• Published Year: 2022
• Subject: History
• Grade Level: Grade 10
• Curriculum type: Ethiopian New Curriculum
• Book Type: Teacher’s Guide
• Total Units: 9 units
• Total Pages: 164
• File Size: 2.4 MB
• Format: PDF

This Teacher’s Guide written by:

• Tsegaye Zeleke Tufa (PhD)
• Yonas Seifu Desta (Assistant Professor)

The New Curriculum Grade 10 History Teacher’s Guide contains 9 structured units, guiding teachers through world and Ethiopian historical events with clear educational objectives, content flow, and classroom activities.

Unit 1: Development of Capitalism & Nationalism (1815–1914)

This unit helps teachers introduce capitalism and nationalism, covering major events such as the unification of Italy and Germany, the American Civil War, and the Eastern Question—laying the foundation for 20th-century history.

Unit 2: Africa & the Colonial Experience (1880s–1960s)

Teachers guide students through Africa’s colonial history, from the Berlin Conference to anti-colonial resistance movements and the legacies of colonial rule critical for understanding Africa’s transformation.

Unit 3: Social, Economic and Political Developments in Ethiopia (mid-19th Century to 1941)

Teachers explore Ethiopia’s trade networks, modern state-building under Emperor Tewodros, defense against foreign invasion, and resistance to Italian occupation deepening students' national historical identity.

Unit 4: Society and Politics in the Age of World Wars (1914–1945)

Teachers present the global causes and consequences of WWI and WWII, the Russian Revolution, and the global economic crisis focusing on the emergence of ideologies like fascism and communism.

Unit 5: Global and Regional Developments Since 1945

This unit equips teachers to teach Cold War dynamics, the rise of superpowers, Asian conflicts, the Non-Aligned Movement, and Middle Eastern conflicts, key for understanding the post-war global order.

Unit 6: Ethiopia – Internal Developments & External Influences (1941–1991)

Teachers cover the post-liberation reforms, the 1955 Constitution, student movements, the rise of the Derg regime, the Ethio-Somalia war, and the fall of the Derg, exploring political and socio-economic transitions.

Unit 7: Africa Since the 1960s

Teachers guide discussions on African independence movements, economic struggles, and political challenges, connecting historical legacies with present African realities.

Unit 8: Post-1991 Developments in Ethiopia

This unit helps teachers unpack Ethiopia’s transition to federalism, the TGE era, the Nile hydro-politics, and contemporary development issues enabling critical evaluation of modern governance.

Unit 9: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Heritages of Ethiopia

Teachers introduce students to the value of indigenous knowledge, local wisdom, and national heritages preserving identity and promoting cultural pride through historical awareness.