Old Martha’s Chronicles Teaching & Study Pack

A comprehensive secondary-school literature teaching pack for Old Martha’s Chronicles, with study guide, comprehension, character analysis, drama and teacher resources.

Designed for secondary English and Literature teachers, students, homeschoolers and African literature programmes, this resource provides a structured way to study Henry Kivumbi’s Ugandan novel Old Martha’s Chronicles.

The pack includes:

• African Literature Study Guide
• Reading comprehension activities
• Selected authorised extracts from the novel
• Character analysis worksheets
• Vocabulary and contextual activities
• Figurative language exercises
• Creative writing tasks
• 30 secondary-school discussion questions
• Debate activities
• Drama and role-play exercises
• 8 structured lesson plans
• Learning objectives and classroom starters
• Differentiation ideas
• Plenary activities
• Teacher answer guidance
• Assessment rubrics

Characters studied include:

• Toby / Ssenkungu / Uhuru
• Kim / Kimbowa
• Old Martha
• Amulangi
• Madam Anna
• Mutoni, Tendo and Bahati
• Bubble
• Apollo
• Yvonne, Babirye and Iheanyi

Key themes include:

• Mercy and cruelty
• Memory and storytelling
• Childhood and responsibility
• Social inequality
• Language and identity
• Power and dignity
• African oral tradition
• Consequences of human choices

Your download includes:

• A4 printable PDF
• US Letter printable PDF
• More than 70 pages of teaching and study material
• Student worksheets
• Teacher guidance and suggested answers

Recommended audience: Secondary-school English and Literature students and teachers.

Written around Old Martha’s Chronicles by Ugandan author Henry Kivumbi and published by Henny Worth Innovations Ltd.