COURSE STRUCTURE CLASS IX (2020-21)

Units No. of Periods Marks
I India and the Contemporary World – I 46 20
II Contemporary India – I 37 20
III Democratic Politics – I 37 20
IV Economics 37 20
Total 157 80
COURSE CONTENT
Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World – I 46 Periods
Themes Learning Objectives
Section 1: Events and Processes: (All the
three themes are compulsory)
In each of the themes in this unit
students would get familiarized with
distinct ideologies, extracts of
speeches, political declarations, as
well as the politics of caricatures,
posters and engravings. Students 
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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
II. Socialism in Europe and the Russian
Revolution
 The Age of Social Change
 The Russian Revolution
 The February Revolution in Petrograd
 What Changed after October?
 The Global Influence of the Russian
Revolution and the USSR
III. Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
 Birth of the Weimar Republic
 Hitler’s Rise to Power
 The Nazi Worldview
 Youth in Nazi Germany
 Ordinary People and the Crimes
Against Humanity
would learn how to interpret these
kinds of historical evidences.
 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.
 Explore the history of socialism
through the study of Russian
Revolution.
 Familiarize with the different types
of ideas that inspired the
revolution.
 Discuss the critical significance of
Nazism in shaping the politics of
modern world.
 Get familiarized with the speeches
and writings of Nazi Leaders.
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Unit 2: Contemporary India – I 37 Periods
Themes Learning Objectives
1. India
 Size and Location
 India and the World
 India’s Neighbours
2. Physical Features of India
 Major Physiographic Divisions
 Identify the location of India in the
Indian subcontinent.
 Understand the major landform
features and the underlying
geological structure; their 
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3.Drainage
Note: Only Map Items as given in the Map
List from this chapter to be evaluated in
Examination.
4.Climate
 Concept
 Climatic Controls
 Factors influencing India’s climate
 The Indian Monsoon
 Distribution of Rainfall
 Monsoon as a unifying bond
5.Natural Vegetation and Wild Life
 Factors affecting Vegetation
 Vegetation types
 Wild Life
 Conservation
association with various rocks and
minerals as well as nature of soil
types.
 Identify the river systems of the
country.
 Identify various factors influencing
the climate and explain the
climatic variation of our country
and its impact on the life of
people.
 Explain the importance and
unifying role of monsoons
 Explain the nature of diverse flora
and fauna as well as their
distribution.
 Develop concern about the need
to protect the biodiversity of our
country.
Unit 3: Democratic Politics – I 37 Periods
Themes Learning Objectives
1. What is Democracy? Why Democracy?
 What is Democracy?
 Features of Democracy
 Why Democracy?
 Broader Meaning of Democracy
 Develop conceptual skills of
defining 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.
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2. Constitutional Design
 Why do we need a Constitution?
 Making of the Indian Constitution
 Guiding Values of the Indian Constitution
3. Electoral Politics
 Why Elections?
 What is our System of Elections?
 What makes elections in India
democratic?
4. Working of Institutions
 How is the major policy decision taken?
 Parliament
 Political Executive
 Judiciary
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 Understand the process of
Constitution making.
 Develop respect for the
Constitution and appreciation for
Constitutional values.
 Recognize Constitution as a
dynamic and living document.
 Understand representative
democracy via competitive party
politics.
 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.
 Get an overview of central
governmental structures.
 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.
Unit 4: Economics 37 Periods
Themes Objectives
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1. The Story of Village Palampur
 Overview
 Organization of production
 Farming in Palampur
 Non-farm activities of Palampur
2. People as Resource
 Overview
 Economic activities by men and women
 Quality of Population
 Unemployment
3. Poverty as a Challenge
 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
 Familiarize with basic economic
concepts through an imaginary
story of a village.
 Understand the demographic
concepts.
 Understand how population can
be an asset or a liability for a
nation.
 Understand poverty as a
challenge.
 Identify vulnerable group and interstate disparities
 Appreciate the initiatives of the
government to alleviate poverty.