Substrand: "8.3 Road To Political Independence – 1945 -1977" (8 periods)

This sub strand highlighted how local political movements impacted on the development of self government in Solomon Islands which eventually led to political independence.

Learner's should:

Learner's should:

Learner's should:

8.3.1 know the leaders and the political events that led to the political independence of Solomon Islands (k)

8.3.1.1 explain the meaning of Pre- independence
8.3.1.2 explain the progress of local participation towards self- government through the development of legislative bodies

8.3.2 be able to construct a timeline to show the political developments in Solomon Islands (s)

8.3.2.1 construct a time – line to show the Political development from local council to legislative assembly

8.3.3 understand how local political movements impacted on the development of self government in Solomon Islands (u)

8.3.3.1 identify the origins and roles of some local political movements towards the political independence of Solomon Islands (eg.Fallows Movement , Ma’asina Ruru and Moro Movement)
8.3.3.2 explain the impacts of some local movements on the people and processes of self government
8.3.3.3 examine a case study about the history of a country in another part of the world and compare it to Solomon Islands<

8.3.4 form opinions about the indigenous Solomon Islander’s involvement in the pre-independence process (a)

8.3.4.1 discuss whether local Solomon Islanders had some important involvement roles in preparing for our independence