Grade 4- Built Environment

Built environments refer to the human made environment.

For example, schools

Some of the buildings we see today were built long time ago.

They are part of built environment.

Historic Built Environment in the County 

Historic Built Environment are structures/environments that remind us of our history or where we have come from

Historic built environment refers to features made by people

These features have a historic value

They include

1)      Museums

2)      Monuments

3)      Historical buildings

4)      Cultural centers

5)      Historical sites

 Historic Built Environments 

	Name of the built environment	County	Type-museum, monuments, building, cultural centres
1	Fort Jesus	Mombasa
2	Bomas of Kenya	Nairobi	Cultural centre
3	Hyrax museum	Nairobi	museum
4	Lord Egerton castle	Nakuru
5	Jomo Kenyatta monument	Nairobi	Monument
6	Nairobi museum	Nairobi

Importance of the historic built environment 

1. They create a sense of belonging

2. They serve as resources learning centres

3. Attracts tourist and earn as foreign exchange in our county

4. They enable social interactions with friends, family and community when we visit them

5. Many people are employed to work in historical buildings, museums, and take care of monuments

6. They remind us and teach us about our culture

7. They are sources of information for learning

8. They are used as recreational areas for relaxation

Ways of caring for historic built environments. 

1. Repair the destroyed parts of historic built environments

2. Handle items in the historic environments with care

3. Develop conservation messages and place them at historic built environments

4. Educate other people on the importance of historic built environments

5. We can also repair broken parts, guard and dust them.

6. We can clean, clear bushes, paint or fence the area.

7. We should take care of our historic built environments.