← 1.2 Political, Economic and Social organisations in Kenya in the 20th Century
The family and the clan
History and Citizenship · Grade 11 · about 40 minutes
Describe the family, the extended family and the clan as the base of social organisation.
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- 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Studying the organisation of Kenyan communities
- The family and the clan
- Age sets, age grades and rites of passage
- Religion and belief in Kenyan communities
- Leadership from the family to the chief
- Roles of leaders, warriors, women and youth
- Comparing two communities: the Luo and the Abaluhya
- Economic organisation: living from the land and the herd
- Trade and barter between communities
- Crafts and iron working
- Preservation of community organisation
- Traditional organisation in modern Kenya
- Interaction and appreciation of Kenyan communities