Whose past is on show

History · Historical Thinking · ages 16-18

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Why are the Benin plates sought back?
- They fell from the sky
- Seized in 1897 from Oba
- They were made last year
How does honouring differ from what took place?
- Honouring picks its slice
- They match line for line
- Honouring lists all facts
Return heals theft while keeping shares world craft.
Circle one: True False
What did first patrons seek from stones?
- Praise, pride, or dread in viewers
- Free pigeon seats
- Rain
What is the strongest plea to keep far-held pieces?
- They were never moved
- Great halls share world craft and guard them well
- Ships need weight
Each show hides as much as it shows.
Circle one: True False
A new hall show on a past war picks toys, tags, and rooms. What does the pick prove?
- Toys fight wars
- Tags write themselves
- Picks shape the tale
A shield seized in 1770 sits in a far hall, and both sides plead. What marks a fair mind?
- Weighing theft, setting, care, and reach
- Shouting down one side
- Burning the shield

Answer key

For grown-ups. Fold this page away before handing over the rest.

Seized in 1897 from Oba · Palace craft taken by force now sits in far halls.
Honouring picks its slice · Feasts and stones show the chosen cut, not the whole.
True · Both pleas hold force; neither is a straw man.
Praise, pride, or dread in viewers · Stones were raised to move crowds of their day.
Great halls share world craft and guard them well · Keepers plead shared sight and safe care.
True · Picked pieces mute the rest; mute bits speak too.
Picks shape the tale · Who picks the bits picks the tale guests bear home.
Weighing theft, setting, care, and reach · True cases beat cries; each claim earns its scales.