SENIOR ONE HISTORY & POLITICAL EDUCATION

This content has been created and optimized in line with the revised subject syllabus. The knowledge and skills which have been incorporated are what is partly required to produce a learner who has the competences that are required in the 21st century.

This has been done by providing a range of activities which will be conducted both within and outside the classroom setting. The learner is expected to be able to work as an individual, in pairs and groups according to the nature of the activities.

The teacher as a facilitator will prepare what the learners are to learn and this Learner’s content here is one of the materials which are to be used to support the teaching and learning process.

Dear learner, this course consists of both History and Political Education. These two subjects have been combined because they complement each other. The focus is majorly on the East African Region. History on the one hand helps you to understand our past, compare it with our present and do a forecast for the future. Political Education on the other hand will help you to live in a civic society, have models of good leadership and enable you perceive how best the world would be led for harmonious living.

This course will help you to develop your critical thinking skills through analysis of events that occurred in the past and their effect on society. It will train your mind how to think and process information. You will be able to reason logically through research writing and problem solving which are major approaches of studying the subject. You will also be able to appreciate the importance of politics in development.

Several activities have been presented in this course to help you achieve the learning outcomes of each chapter through acquisition of the necessary skills. After going through a chapter, revisit the learning outcomes at the beginning of the chapter and check if you have achieved them. If there is any learning outcome you feel you have not achieved, do more practice to ensure that you achieve it.

Each chapter has an activity of integration which you will be expected to attempt at the end. This activity is used to assess whether you have acquired the competences, knowledge, values and skills to be learnt in a given chapter. The key skills you are expected to achieve are: logical reasoning, critical thinking, research, and problem - solving and communication skills. This course consists of 9 chapters which you will learn in the whole of Senior One.