Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 10 History and Citizenship Mid Term 2 2026 Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  This exam tests Grade 10 History and Citizenship learners on the branches of history, sources of historical information, early human development, migration, colonialism, and constitutional governance in Kenya — building historical inquiry and civic literacy as required under the KCBE Senior School curriculum.

  • Month Administered: June 2026
  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 80 (Section A: 30 marks; Section B: 50 marks)
  • Structure:
    • Section A (30 marks) — Short-answer questions; all compulsory
    • Section B (50 marks) — Structured/extended-response questions; all compulsory

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A
    • Branches of History — political, economic, social, environmental, and legal history
    • Sources of history — primary sources (oral tradition/narration), secondary sources (books, textbooks, encyclopaedias)
    • Migration into Kenya — language groups, migration routes, Bantu migration from the Congo Basin (reasons and effects on indigenous communities)
    • Kenyan colonial history — year Kenya became a British Colony, the Berlin Conference, communities that resisted vs. collaborated, methods used by the British to establish rule
    • Kenyan Constitution and citizenship — IEBC, voting age, negative ethnicity, parliamentary attendance rules, presidential term limits (true/false)
    • Early human development — hunters and gatherers, factors leading to settled life, pastoralist communities in Africa
  • Section B
    • Public participation — principles of public participation demonstrated at a community meeting, benefits, and challenges to effective participation in Kenya
    • Colonialism in depth — extended analysis of resistance and collaboration, effects of colonialism
    • Kenyan governance — constitutional structures, roles of institutions, citizens' rights and responsibilities
    • Historical analysis — impact of migration and settlement on Kenyan communities
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  HISTORY AND CITIZENSHIP

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