Kenya teaching resources
Scenario |
Resource overview |
Topics |
KS3 Curriculum links |
Looking for a job in Kenya | You are a doctor working in Nairobi’s Kenyatta National Hospital. You want to find a new job. Where might you look for work? Why? (It might help if you can find out what is meant by ‘brain drain’). |
population & settlement; employment; migration; population density & distribution | Geography: 1.2a, 1.4a, 1.7a, 3g Citizenship: 1.3d, 2.2d, 3j |
Deforestation in Kenya |
You live in central Kenya. How might you have contributed to deforestation in this area? |
population density & distribution; resources; forests; environmental issues; deforestation |
Geography: 1.3a, 1.6b, 3f, 3h Science: 3.4c Citizenship: 2.3a |
Growing tea in Kenya |
You are a farmer growing tea in Kenya. To whom might you sell your crop? Who might end up drinking the tea you produce? |
development; trade; farming |
Geography: 1.2a, 1.6a, 2.1g Citizenship: 1.3c, 2.3c |
Working for a tour operator in Kenya |
You work for a tour operator in Kenya. How confident are you that Kenya’s tourist industry will grow over the next decade? What reasons might you have to worry? |
tourism; development; environmental issues; economic activities |
Geography: 1.3a, 1.5a, 2.1d Citizenship: 1.2c |
Transferring money in Kenya |
You live in north-western Kenya and want to transfer money to your sister who lives on the coast. How might you get money to her? |
development; poverty |
Geography: 1.2a, 1.5a, 3g History: 1.3a |
Enquiry |
Topics |
Examining the causes and effects of urbanisation in Kenya |
population & settlement; employment; migration; population density and distribution; urbanisation |
Benefits and problems associated with tourism in Kenya | Economic activities; tourism; employment; sustainable development; weather & climate; environmental issues; conservation |