CLASS-IX (2024-2025)
SOCIAL SCIENCE (087)
TEXT BOOKS HISTORY INDIA & CONTEMPORARY WORLD - I
PUBLISHED BY POLITICAL SCIENCE DEMOCRATIC POLITICS-I
N.C.E.R.T. GEOGRAPHY CONTEMPORARY INDIA
ECONOMICS ECONOMICS
Ch. No of Total
Month Subject Name of the Chapter Themes
no pds Pds
Develop conceptual skills to understand ‘Democracy’. 1
Defining democracy 1
Political What is Democracy? Why Features of Democracy 1
1 06
Science Democracy? Arguments against democracy 1
Arguments for Democracy 1
The broader meaning of democracy 1
Familiarize with the personalities, events, and ideas of revolution. 2
French society during the late eighteenth century 1
The outbreak of the revolution 1
1 The French Revolution France abolishes monarchy and becomes a republic(four phases) 1 08
History
Did women have a revolution 1
The end of slavery 1
The revolution and everyday life 1
APRIL
Fundamentals 2
Longitudes, latitudes, size, and location of India on the globe. 1
Geography 1 India: Size and Location political division, states, and capitals, 1 08
Neighboring countries and capitals, concept of time, time zones, India and 4
world
Introduction to Economic Activities.
2
Meaning of Production- an economic activity 1
Factors of Production- Land, Labour, Capital and Entrepreneur 1
The Story of Village Farming in Palampur, Sustainability of Land 1
Economics 1 09
Palampur Distribution of Land among the farmers, Exploitations faced by the farm 2
labourers 1
Capital Needed in Farming
1
Non-farm activities in Palampur,
WRITTEN TEST -I (13 MAY 2024)
ABOVE MENTIONED TOPICS WILL BE EVALUATED IN WRITTEN TEST I
Ch. No of Total
Month Subject Name of the Chapter Themes
no pds Pds
Process of constitution-making; values; a living document that undergoes 1
changes
Democratic Constitution in South Africa 1
Political Why do we need a constitution? 1
Science 2 Constitutional Design The making of the Indian constitution 1 07
Guiding values of the Indian constitution 1
Philosophy of the Constitution 1
1
Institutional design
February Revolution; October Revolution 1
Liberals, Radicals and Conservatives 1
Industrial Society and Social Change 1
Socialism in Europe and Coming of socialism in Russia 1
History 2 First World War and Russia 1 09
the Russian Revolution
Role of Lenin 1
1
Stalin collectivization
MAY- 1
The global influence of the USSR
JULY
Major physiographic divisions 2
2
Himalayas and three ranges
1
Geography Longitudinal division of Himalayas and characteristics 10
2 Physical Features of India 2
The Northern Plains, its division 1
The peninsular plateau region, characteristics. 1
The Indian Desert, the Coastal plains, the Island groups 1
Introduction to People as Resource; Investments in Human Resource 2
Economic Activities by men & women 1
2 07
Economics Quality of Population- Education; Importance of Education and
2 People as Resource
expenditure incurred by the government on it.
1
Role of Tenth Plan in Higher Education
Health; Importance of Health; Health Infrastructure over the years 1
WRITTEN TEST II (5TH August )
ABOVE MENTIONED TOPICS WILL BE EVALUATED IN WRITTEN TEST II
TERM II
Ch. No of Total
Month Subject Name of the Chapter Themes
no pds Pds
Idea of representative government; understanding of electoral system and
1
role of Election Commission
Why do we need elections?
Political 1
Science
3 Electoral Politics Process of election; reserved constituencies 2
07
Challenges of free and fair election 2
Various kinds of election 1
Significance of Nazism in shaping politics in the modern world.
Birth of the Weimar Republic 1
JULY- 2
AUG Economic downfall of Germany; Great economic depression
1
Hitler rises to power
History 3 Nazism: Rise of Hitler 1
The Nazi World View 1
08
Youth in the Nazi Germany 1
Ordinary people and crime against humanity 1
World War II
Key terms, Drainage system in India, 1
Himalayan rivers - Indus river system, Ganga river system, Brahmaputra 3
Geography 3 Drainage river system 10
Peninsular river systems- Narmada, Tapi, Mahanadi etc. 3
lakes, river pollution, importance of lakes and rivers. 3
Unemployment- Meaning 1
Types of Unemployment- Rural and Urban
2
Economics 2 People as a Resources Consequences of Unemployment 08
2
Question Answer Discussion 1
Revision 2
MAP REVISION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SESSION 04
ALL ABOVE CHAPTERS ALONG WITH MAP WORK WILL BE EVALUATED IN A HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION
(2nd WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, 2024 ONWARDS)
Forest Society and Impact of colonialism on forest societies; the implication of scientific 2
4 08
History Colonialism forestry; the social and cultural world of forest communities and study of
revolt.
Why deforestation; Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand 2
How Major Policy Decisions Are Taken? 2
Political Parliament; powers and two houses 1
Science 4 Working of Institution Permanent Executive and Political Executive 2 08
Powers of The Prime Minister and President Of India 2
The Judiciary 1
OCT-
NOV. Key terms, fundamentals, climatic controls 2
Factors affecting India's climate, 2
4 Climate The seasons, hot weather, cold weather, 3 10
Advancing monsoon, retreating monsoon, Distribution of monsoon. 2
Monsoon act as a unifying bond 1
Geography Natural Vegetation and Interdisciplinary activity
5 Wildlife 4 04
Introduction to Poverty 1
Definition and Rural vs Urban Poverty; Poverty as seen by social scientists; 1
1
Meaning of Social Exclusion and Vulnerability; Vulnerable Groups 1
Economics 3 Poverty as a Challenge Poverty Line; Meaning and its Concept 1
Poverty Estimate; based comparison of poverty ratios from 1973-1993
11
Interstate Disparities; Global Poverty Scenario 1
Causes of Poverty
2
Anti-Poverty Measures; Economic Growth as an anti-poverty strategy;
Targeted Anti-Poverty Programmes 2
Question Answer Discussion 1
WRITTEN TEST III (19TH DECEMBER, 2024)
ABOVE MENTIONED TOPICS WILL BE EVALUATED IN WRITTEN TEST III
DEC.- Life Without Rights 2
JAN. Political 5 Democratic Rights Rights in a Democracy 1 06
Science Rights in the Indian Constitution 2
Expanding Scope of Rights 1
Natural Vegetation and Wildlife and its richness in India 1
5 Wild Life Causes of the Loss of Wildlife 1 03
Steps taken by Govt. to Protect Flora and Fauna 1
Geography Key terms, population: size and distribution, 1
6 Population Density of population, population growth and population change age, 2 05
composition, sex ratio, literacy rate, occupational structure, health, 1
adolescent population, NPP, NPP, and adolescent 1
Meaning of Food Security and Its Need
1
Famine of Bengal 1943 (Discussion of Table4.1) 1
Concept of Hunger and its Types 1
Economics 4 Food Security System 11
Food Security in India; Components of the Food Security System 1
What is Buffer Stock? Meaning and Its working, 1
1
What is PDS? Ration Shops
1
Revision in the policy of PDS over the years. 1
Criticisms Faced by PDS 1
Role of Cooperatives; Meaning and its role in food security. 1
Question Answer Discussion 1
FEB MAP REVISION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SESSION 05
ANNUAL EXAMINATION (3rd WEEK OF FEBRUARY, 2025 ONWARDS)
ALL THE ABOVE CHAPTERS ALONG WITH MAP WORK WILL BE EVALUATED IN THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION
Disaster Management will be evaluated as a Project work only. (5 Marks)
Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism (History) will be assessed in the Inter-Disciplinary Project.
08/04/2024 Social Science Department
