Curriculum & Syllabus for Classes IX & X

SOCIAL SCIENCE 

1. HISTORY

( CLASS-IX )

1.     Name of the text book :

History Book - 1

Published by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur

2.   Course Content

1.     PRE-HISTORY

[10 PERIODS]

Evaluation of life on Earth; Origin of Man; Early man the homosapiens.

Food Gathering Stage:Forms of Social Organisation; Tools and
Implements - Reliefs of primitive man.

The stage of   food production : Tools and Implements of Agriculture

Domestication of animals ; Pottery ; Clothing ; Dwellings ; Transport.

Inventions of the Wheel; Community life; Beliefs; Art.

Discovery and use of metals : Economic Life ; Agricultural Production; Surplus; Trade.

II.     BRONZE AGE CIVILIZATIONS

The Bronze Age; Emergence of towns and cities; Social Life-Specialization and Social Class ; Rise of the Statd-Main Features in the development of Science, Religions Languages and Arts ; Civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China; Brief mention of each civilization in regard of their distinctive features contributions.

III.     EARLY IRON AGE CIVILIZATIONS C 1200 B.C. - A.D.

[20 PERIODS]

Discovery and use of iron; Spread of the use of iron; Impact on the growth of civilization; Nature of social formations in this period.

Indian Civilization :Beginning and maturation of Iron Age in North and South India.  Political Development - Entry of new elements and their assimilation in Indian population - contacts with other cultures - political systems - Socio and Economic system - Religious - Cultural and Scientific Contributions.

Chinese Civilizations : Political Develoments Political System ; Social and Economic System; Religion - Cultural and Scientific Contributions.

Greek Civilization : Early Greeks City States; Alexander's Empire; Social and Economic System; Slavery; Religious,Cultural and Scientific contribution.

Roman Civilization : Early history; Roman Empire; Social and Economic System;Slavery; Disintegration of the Roman Empire; Religious, Cultural, and Scientific Contributions.Judaism;Christianity.

IV.     EARLY AFRICAN AND AMERICAN CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS

[1O PERIODS]

African Cultures and Civilizations : Social, Economic and Cultural Life Material Life.

Central and South American Civilizations : The Mayas; The Aztecs ; The Incas; their origin; social,economic and political system; Material Culture Religion, Destruction.

V.     THE MEDLEVAL WORLD

[15 PERIODS]

Main Social Formations in the Middle Age.

Political Developments ; Feudalism ; Role of the Church ; Trade and Commerce ; Rise of towns and cities - Rivalries and conflicts; Culture and Science.

Arab Civilization: Rise of Islam; Arab Empire, Social and Economic System; Trade and Commerce;Contributions to Culture and Science.

India: Administrative System; Social and Economic Life; Development of culture and Science.

VI.     BEGINNING OF THE MODERN AGE

[10 PERIODS]

Disintegration of the feudal system; Causes ; Peasant Revolts; Commerce; Rise of the middle class.

Renaissance; Beginning of Rationalism; Humanism; Beginning of modern science.

Reformation : Discoveries and explorations; New Routes ; Trade and Commerce; Colonization.

Growth of Nation; States in Europe; Social, Economic and Political factors Absolutism.

Struggle against absolute monarchies in Europe; Glorious Revolution.

VII.     CAPITALISM AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

[10 PERIODS]

Capitalism : Meaning; Factors. in the rise of capitalism; Role of colonies and slavery ; Industrial Revolution Factors responsible ; Revolution in Industry ; Spread of Industrial Revolution; Social and Economic consequences.

3.     Distribution of Marks:

SOCIAL SCIENCE - 1 (HISTORY)

CLASS-X

1.       Name of the text book:

History Book - II

Published by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur

2.     Course Content

           1.REVOLTS AND NATIONAL MOVEMENTS                            [13 PERIODS]

             American War of Independence ; The French Revolution ; Democratic Movements and The July Revolution of             1830 and the February Revolution of 1848 ; Movement for Independence and Unification of States.

             II. IMPERIAL EXPANSION AND COLONIES                         [1 2 PERIODS]

             Imperial Expansion and Colonies ; Factors for the rise of Imperialism ; Imperialism on Asia ; British Conquest of              Manipur in the 18th Century ; Partition of Africa among the European powers; Effects of Imperialism.

            III.   WAVE OF SOCIALISM AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST AMONG IMPERIALIST POWERS                        [12PERIODS]

              Wave of Socialism ; The International Consequence of the Russian Revolution; Conflicts among the imperialist                powers and the First World War; Formation of the League of Nations.

IV.    THE WORLD FROM 1919 TO SECOND WORLD WAR

                                                                                                                                      [12 PERIODS]

 Rise of fascism in Italy; Nazism in Germany; New Development in Britain and France ; The emergence of U.S.A. as the First World Power ; The emergence of Soviet Union as a powerful country ; Emergence of Japan; Japan's invasion of China ; War preparation in Germany ; Italy invades Ethiopia; Civil War in Spain; The Munich Pact; Invasion of Poland and the out-break of the Second World War; Resistance Movement; War Damages.

   V.      FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN ASIA AND AFRICA

 [9 PERIODS]

                  India's struggle for Freedom; Growth of Indian Nationalism; British Policy of Subjugation and Exploitation ; Birth and Growth of Indian National Congress; Indian National Movement; Mass struggle for Freedom; Khilafat. and  Non-Co-operation Movement; Freedom Movement - 1935-1939; Asia and Africa after the Second World War; Emergence of Independent States in West Asia and North Africa.

             VI. CONTEMPORARY WORLD                                            [6 PERIODS]

              The Cold War; The Non-Aligned movement; Disarmament; The United Nations Organisation; Organs of the United Nations.

 3.      DESIGN OF QUESTION PAPER FOR H.S.L.C. EXAMINATION

 Subject : Social Science Paper-1 (History); Class : X ; Time : 2 hours ; Marks = 45

 1.       Weightage to Objectives:       

2.      Weightage of Forms of Questions:

 3.       Weightage to Content:among imperialist powers                                                                             

 4.          Scheme of Section :     No Section

5.           Scheme of option :         Internal option may be given in (E) type questions  provided they test the same objective

6.          Difficulty Level     :  Difficult                                              15%  

                                                               Average                                                 70%

                                                                Easy                                                       15%

Abbreviations:            K (Knowledge), U (Understanding), A(Application), S (Skill),   E (Essay Type), SA (Short Answer Type), VSA (Very  short   Answer Type), O  (Objective Type).

 Note :

1.       5 marks on the objective skill will be treated as one Essay type question.

2.       For objective type questions, only the letter corresponding to the correct answer should be written.