CBSE Class 6 Social Science

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- HISTORY MODULES

Module – 1, 2

What, Where How And When?

Contents:

* 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?

Learning Objectives:

* 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.

Key Terms:

* Decipherment, A.D., B.C., archaeology, inscription, manuscripts. Activity:

* Area where first crops were grown (show on a map of India)

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Module – 3, 4

On The Trail Of The Earliest People

Contents:

* 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-

Learning Objectives:

* Appreciate the skills and knowledge of hunter-gatherers

* How history was divided by archaeologists

* Techniques used by early people for making stone tools

Key Terms:

* Hunter-gatherer, site, habitation, factory, Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, microliths. Activity:

* 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)

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Module – 5, 6, 7

In The Earliest Cities

Contents:

* 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

CBSE Class 6 Social Science Collection of Assignments for 2014