Grade 4Social Studies
What your child actually learns this year
Every strand and every topic in the Grade 4 Social Studies curriculum, exactly as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. Written so you can read it in one sitting, without a teaching qualification.
1Natural and Built EnvironmentsWhere the county is, what is in it, and what was built in it before anyone now living arrived.
Compass Direction
3 skillsThe main and intermediate compass directions, and using them to describe where a place is.
Location and Size of the County
4 skillsWhere the county sits in Kenya, which counties it borders, and roughly how big it is.
Physical Features in the County
4 skillsHills, rivers, valleys and plains, naming the ones nearby and saying how people use them.
Seasons in the County
5 skillsThe wet and dry seasons, when they come, and what they change about daily life and farming.
Historic Built Environments in the County
4 skillsOld buildings and sites in the county, who made them, and why they are kept.
2People and PopulationWho lives in the county, where they are spread, and how they depend on one another.
Inter-dependence of People
4 skillsHow people rely on each other's work, and what that looks like in one market or one street.
Population Distribution
3 skillsWhere people live densely and where they do not, and the reasons behind it.
3Social OrganisationsHow people organise themselves, at home and at school.
Aspects of Traditional Culture in the County
3 skillsLanguage, dress, food and practices in the county, and what is still carried on.
The School
4 skillsHow a school is organised, who does what in it, and the part a pupil plays.
4Resources and Economic ActivitiesWhat the county produces and how people earn from it.
Economic Activities in the County
5 skillsFarming, fishing, trade, mining and tourism, and which of them the county actually lives on.
Industries in the County
4 skillsWhat is made or processed locally, and the jobs that come with it.
Enterprise Project at School
3 skillsPlanning and running a small school project, from the idea to counting what it made.
5Citizenship and Governance in KenyaThe largest strand here, and the one most worth reading: rights, peace, leadership and how a county is run.
Good Citizenship in School
3 skillsWhat a good citizen does, starting with how a pupil behaves where other people can see it.
Peace
3 skillsWhat peace is, what breaks it, and how a disagreement is settled without it getting worse.
Child Rights
4 skillsThe rights a child has, the responsibilities that come with them, and who to tell when something is wrong.
Democracy in School
4 skillsWhat a fair choice looks like, and how a decision gets made when people want different things.
Children's Government in School
4 skillsHow pupil leaders are chosen, what they are for, and what they cannot do.
Community Leadership
4 skillsWho leads locally, how they get there, and what the community can expect of them.
The County Governments in Kenya
4 skillsWhat a county government is responsible for, who the governor is, and what the county assembly does.
Why you can take this page at face value
Straight from the KICD design
The strands and topics on this page are the Grade 4 Social Studies curriculum as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. We have not chosen them, reordered them or left any out.
Nothing here is a sample
Every topic below is covered in our question bank, not a selection of the easy ones. The numbers beside each strand are the real counts.
Marked by a machine, written by a person
Each question carries its full working and a note on why every wrong answer is wrong, so a child who misses one is told what they were thinking, not just that they were wrong.
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