SYLLABUS TERM I History: 1 What, Where, How and When 2 On the Trail of the Earliest People 3 In the Earliest Cities 4 What Books and Burials Tell us Civics: 1 Understanding Diversity 2 Diversity & Discrimination 3 What is Government? 4 Key Elements of a Democratic Government Geography: 1 The Earth in the Solar System 2 Globe- Latitudes & Longitudes 3 Our Country- Location, Extent & Political Division 4 Motions of the Earth TERM -II History: 1 New Questions & Ideas 2 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War 3 Buildings, Paintings and Books 4 New Empires and Kingdoms Civics: 1 Panchayti Raj 2 Urban Administration 3 Urban Livelihoods Geography: 1 Maps 2 Major Domains of the Earth 3 Major Landforms of the Earth 4 Our Country- Physical Divisions Summative Assessment I & II: History- 30 Marks Geography- 30 Marks Civics- 20 Marks ============================================== 1
SCHEDULE FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS: 2013-14 =========================================== FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- I (ACTIVITY BASED) 50 Marks MCQ- [20 Marks] Holiday Homework- [15Marks] Civics Activity- [5 Marks] Geography ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- II 50 Marks Pen & Paper Test- MCQ- History Activity- [30 Marks] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- III 50 Marks Pen & Paper Test- MCQ- History: Picture Study/ Case Study- [30 Marks] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- IV (ACTIVITY BASED) 50 Marks MCQ- [20 Marks] Notebook Marks- [6 Marks] History/ Civics: Activity- [14 Marks] Geography: Collect & Paste 5 pictures of the landforms visited by you during the year and write the importance of each landform ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2
Module 1, 2 What, Where How And When? HISTORY MODULES Finding out what happened. What can we know about the past? Where did people live? Names of the land. Finding out about the past. One past or many? What do dates mean? Familiarize the learner with the major developments to be studied. Develop an understanding of the significance of geographical terms used during the time frame. Illustrate the sources used to reconstruct history. Decipherment, A.D., B.C., archaeology, inscription, manuscripts. Area where first crops were grown (show on a map of India) Module 3, 4 On The Trail Of The Earliest People The earliest people : Why were they on the move? How do we know about these people? Choosing a place to live in. Making stone tools. Finding out about fire. A changing environment. Rock paintings and what they tell us. Who did what? A closer look- HUNSGI 3
Appreciate the skills and knowledge of hunter-gatherers How history was divided by archaeologists Techniques used by early people for making stone tools Hunter-gatherer, site, habitation, factory, Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, microliths. The students will draw tools and implements used by the Palaeolithic and Neolithic people. Map work- Some archaeological sites (Burzahom, Mehrgarh, Bhimbetka, Inamgaon, Hunsgi, Hallur, Kurnool caves, Brahmagiri, Mumbai, Kolkata) Module 5, 6, 7 In The Earliest Cities The story of Harappa The settlement pattern of the Harappan Civilization. Unique architectural features- Houses, drains, streets Life in the city Craft production In search of row materials. Case study. The North-West The mystery of the end Appreciate the distinctive life in cities. Identify the archaeological evidence of urban centres. Learning about life in the city. Search of raw materials, craft production and trade. Decline of Harappan civilization To know some important dates Citadel, scribe, seal, raw material, irrigation, plough, specialist, faience. 4
Students will mark various sites of Indus Valley Civilization on a map of India. Make clay models of some animals and tools and display them in class. Module 8, 9 What Books And Burials Tell Us The Vedas and what they tell us. A contemporary Chalcolithic settlement. Words to describe the people. Composers of Hymns. What Skeletal studies tell us. Case study: Inamgaon Appreciate that different developments were taking place in different parts of the subcontinent simultaneously. Introduce simple strategies of textual analysis. Reinforce the skills of archaeological analysis already developed. To know some important dates. Vedas, manuscript, megalith, chariot, hymn, slave, skeleton, iron Students will be asked to prepare a case study on Inamgaon.. Module 10 Revision For Half Yearly 5
Module 11 New Questions And Ideas The story of the Buddha Upanishads Buddhism Jainism Influence of Jainism and Buddhism Monasteries Panini, the grammarian. The system of Ashramas Outline the basic tenets of these systems of thought and the context in which they developed and flourished. Introduce excerpts from sources relating to these traditions. Tanha, prakrit, sangha, bhikkhus, vihara, monastery, ashrama. Students will read any text/fiction based on Buddhism like Jataka and Upanishads. Module 12, 13 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War The expansion of the empire. Difference between empires and kingdoms Ruling the empire. Ashoka, a unique ruler Kalinga war Ashoka s dhamma Administration Introduce the concept of empire. Show how inscriptions are used as sources. 6
The students will analyse the centralized and federal nature of the administration during the Mauryas. To explain Ashoka and his Dhamma in the relevance of the inscriptions Tribute, empire, capital, kingdom, dhamma, edicts, official, messenger, province. Students will mark the extent of Ashoka s Empire on the map of India with its capital. Also mark the places where Ashokan rock and pillar edicts have been found. Module 14 Buildings, Paintings and Books The Iron Pillar Buildings in brick and stone How were stupas and temples built? The world books Recording and preserving old stories Writing books on science. To understand the importance of Art and Architecture. Appreciate the temples and monasteries. Understand how stupas and temples were built. Module 15 New Empires And Kingdoms Prashasti with special reference to Samundragupta Genealogies Harshavardhana and the Harshacharita 7
To introduce the ideas and strategies of expansion and their logic. Understand how prashastis and charitas were used to reconstruct political history. Know the administration during Harsha s time. Prashasti, Aryavarta, Genealogy On a map of India, mark the extent of empire of the Guptas and Harsha along with their capitals. Module 17 New Empires And Kingdoms(Contd.) The Pallavas, Chalukyas and Pulakeshin s prashasti How were these kingdoms administered A new kind of Army Assemblies in the Southern Kingdoms Life of ordinary people To explain the differences in the administration of these kingdoms. To familiarize with the three kingdoms of South India, with the help of map. To understand India s flourishing trade relations with the Romans. Dakshinapatha, hereditary officer, samanta, assembly, nagaram, sabha, ur. On a map of India, show the three kingdoms of South India and also locate important places of the time. Module 18 Revision For Annual Examination ============================================== 8