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Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World – I (60 Periods)

I. The French Revolution 

· French Society During the Late

· Eighteenth Century  The Outbreak of the Revolution

·  France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes a Republic

Did Women have a Revolution?

· The Abolition of Slavery

· The Revolution and Everyday Life

· Familiarize with the names of people involved, the different types of ideas that inspired the revolution, the wider forces that shaped it.

· Know the use of written, oral and visual material to recover the history of revolutions.

· The Russian Revolution

· The February Revolution in Petrograd

· What Changed after October?

· The Global Influence of the Russian Revolution and the USSR

· Familiarize with the different types of ideas that inspired the revolution.

· Birth of the Weimar Republic

· Hitler’s Rise to Power

· The Nazi Worldview

· Youth in Nazi Germany

· Ordinary People and the Crimes Against Humanity

· Get familiarized with the speeches and writings of Nazi Leaders.

Any one theme of the following

IV. Forest Society and Colonialism 

· Why Deforestation?

· The Rise of Commercial Forestry

· Rebellion in the Forest

· Forest Transformations in Java

· Understand how oral traditions can be used to explore tribal revolts.

· Pastoral Nomads and their Movements

· Colonial Rule and Pastoral Life

· Pastoralism in Africa

· Analyse the impact of colonialism on forest societies, and the implication of scientific forestry.  · Show the different processes through which agrarian transformation may occur in the modern world.

· Analyse the impact of modern states, marking of boundaries, processes of sedentarization, contraction of pastures, and expansion of markets on pastoralism in the modern world.

Unit 2: Contemporary India – I (55 Periods)

· Size and Location

· India and the World

· India’s Neighbours

· Major Physiographic Divisions

· Major rivers and tributaries

· Lakes

· Role of rivers in the economy

· Pollution of rivers

· Concept

· Climatic Controls

· Factors influencing India’s climate

· The Indian Monsoon

· Distribution of Rainfall

· Monsoon as a unifying bond

· Explain the importance and unifying role of monsoons.

· Factors affecting Vegetation

· Vegetation types

· Wild Life

· Conservation

· Develop concern about the need to protect the biodiversity of our country.

· Size

· Distribution

· Population Growth and Process of Population Change

· Identify the different occupations of people and explain various factors of population change.

· Explain various dimensions of National Population Policy and understand the needs of adolescents as underserved group.

Unit 3: Democratic Politics – I (50 Periods)

· What is Democracy?

·  Features of Democracy

· Why Democracy?

· Broader Meaning of Democracy

· Understand how different historical processes and forces have promoted democracy.

· Develop a sophisticated defense of democracy against common prejudices.

· Develop a historical sense of the choice and nature of democracy in India.

· Democratic Constitution in South Africa

· Why do we need a Constitution?

· Making of the Indian Constitution

· Guiding Values of the Indian Constitution

· Develop respect for the Constitution and appreciation for Constitutional values.

· Recognize Constitution as a dynamic and living document.

· Why Elections?

· What is our System of Elections?

· What makes elections in India democratic?

· Familiarize with Indian electoral system.

· Reason out for the adoption of present Indian Electoral System.

· Develop an appreciation of citizen’s increased participation in electoral politics.

· Recognize the significance of the Election Commission.

· How is the major policy decision taken?

· Parliament

· Political Executive

· Judiciary

· Identify the role of Parliament and its procedures.

· Distinguish between political and permanent executive authorities and functions.

· Understand the parliamentary system of executive’s accountability to the legislature.

· Understand the working of Indian Judiciary.

· Life without rights

· Rights in a Democracy

· Rights in the Indian Constitution

· Expanding the scope of rights

· Understand the availability /access of rights in a democratic system/government.

· Identify and be able to comprehend the Fundamental Rights given by the Indian Constitution to its citizens.

· Create awareness regarding the process of safeguarding rights.

Unit 4: Economics (50 Periods)

· Overview

· Organization of production

· Farming in Palampur

· Non-farm activities of Palampur

· Overview

· Economic activities by men and women

· Quality of Population

· Unemployment

· Understand how population can be an asset or a liability for a nation.

· Two typical cases of poverty

· Poverty as seen by Social Scientists

· Poverty Estimates

· Vulnerable Groups

· Interstate disparities

· Global Poverty Scenario

· Causes of Poverty

· Anti-poverty measures

· The Challenges Ahead

· Identify vulnerable group and interstate disparities

· Appreciate the initiatives of the government to alleviate poverty

· Overview

· What is Food Security?

· Why Food Security?

· Who are food insecure?

· Food Security in India

· What is Buffer Stock?

· What is the Public Distribution System?

· Current Status of Public Distribution System

· Appreciate and analyse the role of government in ensuring food supply.

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