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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

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Geography: 1 The Earth in the Solar System

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2 Globe- Latitudes & Longitudes
3 Our Country- Location, Extent & Political Division

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4 Motions of the Earth
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History: 1 New Questions & Ideas

2 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War
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3 Buildings, Paintings and Books

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4 New Empires and Kingdoms

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Civics: 1 Panchayti Raj

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2 Urban Administration
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3 Urban Livelihoods
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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
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SCHEDULE FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS: 2013-14

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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- I (ACTIVITY BASED) 50 Marks
MCQ- [20 Marks]
Holiday Homework- [15Marks]
Civics Activity- [5 Marks]
Geography Activity: [10 Marks]

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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- II 50 Marks

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Pen & Paper Test- [30 Marks]

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MCQ- [10 Marks]
History Activity- [10 Marks]

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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- III 50 Marks
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Pen & Paper Test- [30 Marks]
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MCQ- [10 Marks]

History: Picture Study/ Case Study- [10 Marks]
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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- IV (ACTIVITY BASED) 50 Marks
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MCQ- [20 Marks]

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Notebook Marks- [6 Marks]

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History/ Civics: Activity- [14 Marks]

Geography: Collect & Paste 5 pictures [10 Marks]
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of the landforms visited by

you during the year and write
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HISTORY MODULES
Module – 1, 2
What, Where How And When?
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Finding out what happened.

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What can we know about the past?

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Where did people live?

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Names of the land.

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Finding out about the past.

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One past or many?

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What do dates mean?

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Familiarize the learner with the major developments to be studied.

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Illustrate the sources used to reconstruct history.
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 Decipherment, A.D., B.C., archaeology, inscription, manuscripts.

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

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Module – 3, 4
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On The Trail Of The Earliest People

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The earliest people : Why were they on the move?

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How do we know about these people?

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Choosing a place to live in.

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Making stone tools.

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Finding out about fire.

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A changing environment.

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Rock paintings and what they tell us.

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Who did what?
A closer look- HUNSGI

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Learning Objectives:
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Appreciate the skills and knowledge of hunter-gatherers

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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.
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 The students will draw tools and implements used by the Palaeolithic and

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Neolithic people.

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Map work- Some archaeological sites (Burzahom, Mehrgarh, Bhimbetka,
Inamgaon, Hunsgi, Hallur, Kurnool caves, Brahmagiri, Mumbai, Kolkata)

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The settlement pattern of the Harappan Civilization.

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Unique architectural features- Houses, drains, streets

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Life in the city
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In search of row materials.

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Case study. The North-West

The mystery of the end
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Appreciate the distinctive life in cities.

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Identify the archaeological evidence of urban centres.

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Learning about life in the city.

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Search of raw materials, craft production and trade.

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Decline of Harappan civilization
To know some important dates
Key Terms:
 Citadel, scribe, seal, raw material, irrigation, plough, specialist, faience.

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Activity:
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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.
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Module – 8, 9
What Books And Burials Tell Us
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The Vedas and what they tell us.

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A contemporary Chalcolithic settlement.

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Words to describe the people.

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Composers of Hymns.

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What Skeletal studies tell us.
Case study: Inamgaon

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Vedas, manuscript, megalith, chariot, hymn, slave, skeleton, iron

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Revision For Half Yearly

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Module – 11
New Questions And Ideas
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The story of the Buddha Influence of Jainism and Buddhism

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Upanishads Monasteries

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Buddhism Panini, the grammarian.
Jainism The system of Ashramas

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Module – 12, 13
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Difference between empires and kingdoms

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Ruling the empire.

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Ashoka, a unique ruler

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Kalinga war
Ashoka’s dhamma
 Administration
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Introduce the concept of empire.
Show how inscriptions are used as sources.

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 The students will analyse the centralized and federal nature of the

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administration during the Mauryas.
To explain Ashoka and his Dhamma in the relevance of the inscriptions
Key Terms:
 Tribute, empire, capital, kingdom, dhamma, edicts, official, messenger,
province.
Activity:
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
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Module – 14

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Buildings, Paintings and Books

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Buildings in brick and stone

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The world books

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Recording and preserving old stories

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Module – 15
New Empires And Kingdoms
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Prashasti with special reference to Samundragupta

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Genealogies
Harshavardhana and the Harshacharita

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Learning Objectives:
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To introduce the ideas and strategies of expansion and their logic.
Understand how prashastis and charitas were used to reconstruct political

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history.
Know the administration during Harsha’s time.

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Key Terms:
Prashasti, Aryavarta, Genealogy

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Activity:
On a map of India, mark the extent of empire of the Guptas and Harsha along
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A new kind of Army
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Assemblies in the Southern Kingdoms
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To familiarize with the three kingdoms of South India, with the help of map.
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Dakshinapatha, hereditary officer, samanta, assembly, nagaram, sabha, ur.

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Activity:
On a map of India, show the three kingdoms of South India and also locate
important places of the time.

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Revision For Annual Examination

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