• Unit I : Modern India

a) India in the mid-nineteenth Century – impact of British rule in India –Religious and Social Reform movements- Education – Growth of the Press

b) The Rise of Indian Nationalism - Great uprising of 1857 and other Popular Uprisings; Indian National Movement (1857-1927) – Rise of Extremism – boycott and Swadeshi Movement – Muslim League – Morley – Minto reforms – Revolutionary Movements – Emergence of Gandhi – Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre and other Repressive Measures – Khilafat and Non Cooperation Movement – Swaraj Party.

c) Indian National Movement 1927-1947 - Simon Commission – Demand for Complete Independence – Civil Disobedience Movement – Peoples Movements – Constitutional Developments – Satyagraha Movement – Quit India Movement – INA – Independence and Partition. d) The Heritage of India – Art and Craft – Architecture and Literature – Science and Technology.

• Unit 2 : Resources and their utilisation

a) Resources : Types – Natural and Human; Need for Resource Planning.

b) Natural Resources : Land as a Resource, Changing Land – Use pattern; Land Degradation and Conservation and measures.

c) Forest and Wild life Resources : Types and Distribution of forests, Depletion of Flora and Fauna; Conservation and Protection of Forests and Wildlife measures.

d) Water Resources : Sources, Distribution, Utilization, Multi-purpose Projects, Water Scarcity, Need for Conservation and Management, Water Harvesting.

e) Agriculture : Types of Farming, Major Crops, Cropping Pattern, Technological and Institutional Reforms ; Their impact; Contribution of Agriculture to National Economy-Employment and Output, Food Security, Impact of Globalization.

f) Mineral Resources : Types of Minerals, Distribution, Use and Economic Importance of Minerals and their Conservation.

g) Power Resources : Types of Power Resources-Conventional and Non- Conventional, Distribution and utilization, Conservation.

h) Manufacturing Industries : Types, Spatial Distribution, Contribution of Industries to the National Economy, Industrial Pollution and Degradation of Environment, Measures to Control Degradation.

i) Transport, Communication and Trade

• Unit 3 : Economic and Social Development

Economic Development

a) Economic Development :- An Overview, Economy and its development : Features and Sectors of Indian Economy; Factors determining allocation of resources and decision making by individuals. The Market and the State; Process of Liberalisation, Privatization and Globalisation; Their need for the Indian economy; Sustainable economic development

Economic Issues and Challenges

b) Price Rise : Causes and effects of Price Rise, State Initiatives for Controlling Price rise; Consumer Awareness, factors leading to consumer exploitation, awareness of Consumer Rights and Duties, Legislations ensuring consumer rights, improving Public Distribution System, Standardisation of Products;

c) Poverty : Causes of Poverty, Incidence of Poverty, Poverty Alleviation Programmes; Unemployment: Types of unemployment, Population Growth and Unemployment, Strategies to reduce Unemployment, International Migration, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Development.

Social Development

d) Social Development : An Overview; Human Development; Human Development Index, Challenges for Human Development-Health, Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women.

Social Issues and Challenges

e) Communalism and Casteism – Nature of the Problem, Constitutional Provisions for Safeguarding the Interests of Minorities, Weaker Sections and Backward Classes and their implementation, Communal Harmony and Social Cohesion; Social Change-Legal Literacy and its Need, Rights of a Cititzen, Rights of a Child, Protecting Children from Exploitation ( Child Labour and Child Abuse), Protection to the Aged and the Disabled, Drive against

Antisocial Practices- Corruption.
f) Indian’s peace initiatives and role of other countries.

g) Disaster management
1. Survival Skills : Search and rescue skills and first aid skills.
2. Tsunami : The Killer sea waves
3. Alternative Communication System during Disasters : HAM , Wireless sets, telephone, fax and satellite phone.
4. Safe Constructional Practices: Essential features of safe housing for flood , earthquake, Cyclone and landslide.
5. Sharing Responsibility : Role of district and state administrations, civil Societies, civil defense, Home Guards NSS, NYKS, Student Volunteers.
Prescribed books

1. Social Science Part 1 *for Class IX – NCERT Publication (For History portion)
2. Social Science Part 2 for class IX – NCERT Publication (For Geography, Civics and Economics portion)
3. Together Towards a Safer India Part II for class IX – CBSE Publication on Disaster Management
4. Social Science Part I *for Class X – NCERT Publication (For History portion)
5. Social Science Part 2 for Class X – NCERT Publication (For Geography, Civics and Economics portion)
6. Together Towards a Safer India Part III for class X – CBSE Publication on Disaster Management. * Story of Civilization – Part II – Chapter 9-13 for class IX and chapters 14-16 for
class X – NCERT publication