Understand Indonesia's past and the impact of past events on contemporary Indonesia. Explore the links between the growth of the Indonesian spice industry and early European contact. Students journey through time from Indonesia's earliest recorded history to the coming of the Dutch, recording some influential kingdoms, important people and significant events. The site below includes a concise summary of Indonesian history. Allocate each group a different period and give them a copy of the information on that period.
Students read the information and make notes of the key points.
Each student makes a copy of the group's notes. Allocate students in each group a number from 1-6. All the 1's form a group, all the 2's form a group etc until all students have formed their new group. Explain that each person in a group is now an 'expert' in a particular period of Indonesian history. Their task is to explain to the rest of their group the key points on their period.