Rückblick auf Märzprojekte (3)

Und hier das letzte Projekt der Märzgruppe, das ich noch vorstellen wollte. Christian Sitta hat es in der  6. Klasse der Wurupong District Authority Primary School durchgeführt, dokumentiert durch Bilder von Sven Ellerbrock.
Thema: "Things or places which have a story to tell."

Es ging um Gegenstände oder Orte als Repräsentanten von lokaler, regionaler oder nationaler Geschichte. Ausgehend von einem Stück der Berliner Mauer erhielten die Schüler den Arbeitsauftrag durch Interviews mit Eltern und Großeltern  Gegenstände oder Orte zu identifizieren und  zu beschreiben, die eine Geschichte über Wurupong, Volta Region oder Ghana  erzählen.

Statt eines Projektberichts sollen Bilder und Schülertexte (korrigiert und z.T. gekürzt)  für sich selbst sprechen. 

(1) This is a light bulb. It has a story to tell. The story is about electricity in Ghana.

The light bulb is made up of glass and copper. The copper makes the light attract current  and is bright. We use electricity in our homes, schools, churches, hospitals etc.

In Ghana our electricity comes from the Akosombo Dam.  The dam was built in the early 1960’s. It is 124 metres high and 368 metres wide. It produces enough electricity. The dam is two kilometres long and 7,200 kilometres around the shore. It covers 4% of Ghana. 80 000 people had to leave their homes because of the lake.

There has been a problem with the dam. The problem is that sometimes there is not enough water in the dam to produce electricity.

                                   

When it was being built a huge wall was built to stop the water from going to other villages to destroy things. But the water went still into the villages and it has been a very big river in the Volta Region. So the Volta River Authority (VRA) decided to come and resettle the people in these villages.

We export electricity to neighbouring countries like Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Liberia. The river is precious to all Ghanaians.

(Richard Frimpong)

(2) This is a stool. It has a story to tell. The story is about the history of the people of Nkonya.

 The stool is a symbol for installing a chief in Nkonya. The stool is carved from wood. The axe is used for carving the stool in different shapes.

Now the story: The people of Nkonya originally  migrated from Djudun somewhere in the area of Asia to the eastern part of the Sahara. When the people of Nkonya entered the country, they first settled at Nyanawase. Here a war broke out between them and the Ga-people and this resulted in the death of their first king, who was called Ansah Sasraku.

How sad! The people of Nkonya were left without a leader. ...Then the son of the late Chief  Asiakwa  took the role a the new leader and immediately led his people to a new place of settlement called Larteh in the Akuapem area in the Eastern Region.

Here too the people of Nkonya were faced with a series of wars, so they were again forced to move away from Larteh towards the Volta river to a pace called Senchie which means “come back” in Nkonya Language. Having stayed here for some time, the people of Nkonya realised that their main occupation, which is farming, was left due to lack of land.

This made the Nkonya to move away from Senehie to Obosomano, then to Kronfenda  in the northern part of river Volta. Here they stayed for several years before moving to their current and permanent place of settlement.

Having settled at Nonya-Wurupong the people decided to install their Chief by using a stool. Since then the paramount chief known as Omanhene in Wurupong and his subchiefs are installed  using a stool.

(Cogbe, Clara)


(3) This is a drum. It has a story to tell. The story is about our traditional drumming

The drum is made of hollow wood, rope and animal skin. ... Drums are played to send messages to the chief and also to sing appellations. We also use drums in our schools, churches and in our communities. It is also used for entertainment.

Sometimes when someone is missing drums are used to gather a search party to go and search for the missing person.

During a festival drums are beaten for people to dance.  Drums are used to depict our culture. When a traditionalist dies, drums are beaten at the funeral ground.

Also when a chief should die drums are used to send messages across neighbouring towns and communities.

During the instalment of a new chief drums are beaten to sing the appellation of the new chief and also to make him feel proud.

(Klabi, Godwin)

(4) This is a flag of Ghana. It has a story to tell. The story is about Independence of Ghana

The flag of Ghana is a piece of cloth coloured red, gold, green and a black star in the gold.

The red means: The blood of our fathers who toiled for our independence.

The yellow means: The gold or other minerals of the country.

The green means: The vegetation of the country.

The black star means:  The Africans are dark in complexion.

It is used to remember our independence, to remember the blood our fathers toiled for our independence. It is a symbol of our independence.It is used to represent Ghana at international matches and tournaments.

Some patriotic citizens who led us to independence include Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Dr. J.B. Danquah,  Obetsebi Lamptey, Ako Adjei and William Ofori Attah.

Some citizens of the Gold Coast rose up against the British in the year 1948. At that time there was a British governing the Gold Coast , who was sent by the Queen of Britain. After Nkrumah won the election, he became the leader of government business, one step towards independence. Finally, on 6th March 1957 Ghana was born and the name Gold Coast changed to Ghana.  Dr. Kwame Nkrumah declared: "At long last, the battle has ended and thus Ghana our beloved country is free forever." Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was now Prime Minister of the free country. On 1st July 1960 Ghana became republic...

(Darko, Richard)

(5) This is gold. It has a story to tell. The story is about where we get gold from.

Gold is found in the earth crust. The people who dig the gold are called gold miners and the people who use the gold are called goldsmiths. ... The gold is used for many things e.g. crowns, rings etc. The crown is used by a chief when there is a festival. The chief will put the crown on his head. Rings are used when a man and a woman are getting married. Ghana was formerly called Gold Coast  because the land was rich in Gold. Since we have many natural resources the Portuguese and other white men came for some of our natural resources e.g. gold and took it away . Also many people went into slavery in exchange of money, gun powder and hard drinks.........   But through a group of people Ghana achieved independence.These people were Dr. Nkrumah, Dr. J.B. Danquah, Ako Adjei, Obetsebi Lamptey, Akuffo Addo and Ofori Atta.

So Kwame Nkrumah became the first president of Ghana. Long live Ghana!    (Agbetsiafa, Junior)

(6) This is a spectacle. It has a story to tell. The story is about the eclipse of the sun.

The spectacle is made of a piece of paper and a piece of glass. We used it to watch the eclipse. We put it on our eyes to watch when there is an eclipse of the sun.
When  the sun and the moon meet, the sky becomes dark. We could not see anything or touch anything. ...Animals were running.
When you don't have spectacles you can't see that the sky is dark or clean.
We were in school when the eclipse happened on Wednesday 29th March, 2006 from  9:07 to 9:10. The eclipse was for 3 minutes. ...
Those people who were not having  glasses they fetched water into a bucket to see the eclipse of the sun.
(Agbogla, Gifty)



Hier betrachtet ein Schüler die fertigen Arbeiten auf dem Informationsstand  seiner Klasse während der Ausstellung am 19. März 2010 im Wurupong Community Centre.