SOCIAL SCIENCES 7.1 PART -I HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

HISTORY 4. To develop contemporary, cultural, Introduction social & modern point of view and to build a scientific attitude free from This syllabi includes Ancient, Medieval narrow mindedness, regressive and Modern history. We tried to draw all the prejudices and communalism. events and movements chronologically, also recognized India's Political, Social and 5. To create awareness about the cultural values in the new education policy. protection of environment. Inclusion of Religious and social Reformation 6. To develop a historical attitude in order can develop moral attitude among the to understand universal brotherhood, students. Giving deep knowledge of our human rights, international country, to the students of secondary as well understanding and to understand the as higher secondary, is our main motto. challenges of globalization. Standard X History begins with Revolutions simultaneously turning into 7. To create awareness about the Imperialism. Study of two world wars show important historical events, how the constructive mind turned as a contemporary important happenings & destructive one by giving the knowledge of critical issues. two dictators. 8. To inculcate and preserve the values of After that the students will study about unbiased nationalism, national scientific and technological era that the integration, secularism & democracy. students do need now a days. This kind of 9. To develop humanitarian & community vast knowledge really make them think about oriented attitude among the students. what the world achieved in past, what it is going to achieve now and what will be the Std IX future standing before them. Unit 1 : Ancient and Medieval Civilizations Objectives a) Greek b) Indian c) Arabian 1. To safeguard the comprehensive and Unit 2 : Renaissance and Feudalism unbiased perspective in the teaching of history. a) Feudalism in Medieval Age, 2. To interpret & analyses past in order to Decline, Crusades understand the present and to face ably b) Reformation the challenges of the future. c) Renaissance 3. To develop students' curiosity and analytical reasoning in the subject of Unit 3 : Age of Revolutions history. a) Industrial Revolution

149 b) American war of Independence about society as well as activities in the society. Basically all political activities are c) French Revolution studied in Political Science. Std. X Political Science is one of the Unit 1 : Imperialism important Social Science. It deals with a) Geographical discoveries and fundamental rights and duties of citizen, colonization Electrical process, Constitution etc. Political Science basically deals with Democracy, b) Asia: India, China, Japan political parties, Social diversity and its c) Africa relationship with democracy. Through the Unit 2 : 20th Century Age of conflict syllabus of political science an attempt is made to explain the challenges to democracy. a) First world war Political Science trains students to b) Russian Revolution study actual day to day problem to identify c) The League of Nations and analyse them. d) Dictatorships in Europe, Second Objectives World War and world 1. To introduce to students importance of e) United Nations Organization Political Science in human life from Unit 3 : Emancipation of Asia and Africa primitive age to modern times. a) Asia 2. To introduce to students political concepts and political ideologies. b) Africa 3. To introduce India's political system to Unit 4 : World after World War II students. a) Cold war 4. To introduce to students attitudes and b) Scientific and Technological values strengthening healthy civic and Progress political life. c) Globalization 5. To develop sense of responsibility POLITICAL SCIENCE regarding voting process for developing participatory democracy. Introduction 6. To strengthen awareness about This subject was earlier known as Fundamental Rights and Duties listed civics. The students were learning basically in constitution. about rights and duties in this subject. Students are also expected to learn political 7. To introduce to the students social concepts like democracy, political parties, etc. diversity in Democracy. Therefore, the students will learn Political Std. IX Science at this stage. 1. Introduction to Political Science Political Science is a Social Science. Meaning, Nature and Scope. We all live in a society. So we must learn 2. Making of the Constitution of India

150 Need of the Constitution, Constituent 2. Political Parties and types Meaning, Assembly Preamble to the constitution Need, Types of Political Parties - of India National and Regional 3. Fundamental Rights and Duties, Need 3 Social Diversity and Democracy. of Fundamental Rights, Fundamental What is social diversity? Rights mentioned in Indian Constitution i) Caste/race and Democracy What are Duties? ii) Language and Democracy 4. Electoral Process iii) Religion and Democracy What is election? Voter, Constituency, iv) Gender and Democracy Candidate, 4. Challenges to Democracy Remedial Adult franchise, Direct and Indirect measures to the challenges election 5. Internal work 5. Internal Work Std. X 1. Democracy Meaning, Types and characteristics

151 SOCIAL SCIENCES 7.2 Part - II GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS

GEOGRAPHY Objectives Introduction To enable the students to Students at early state are very corious, 1. Develop an understanding of man and so while observing they learn geography environment, their interrelationship at unknowingly. Hence Geography is introduced the global level in their syllabus at early stage. Gradually from 2. Develop awareness to protect the their doorstep they are taken to the world environment through curriculum. At 9th and 10th level students are well equipped with information 3. Protect and improve the natural about natural processes operating in different resources including forests, water, soils parts of the world. At this stage they are being and wild life exposed to aerial differentiation and 4. Understand and appreciate the diversity problems arising out of them. The regional of land and people of the country with differentiations are basically because of its unity underlying differences in natural resources as well as 5. Enhance & deepen the knowledge and the ability and efficiency of the people to utilize understanding of Indian environment in them and hence at this level they are its totality. Their interactive processes introduced to understand the resource base and effects on the quality of life in future and analyse the reasons of regional imbalance. 6. Develop an understanding and concern about the growing population and its being a home state of the impact on the environment students, these concepts are introduced with Maharashtra and then in the next step to 7. Develop an appreciation of the India. interdependence of nations and regions of the world in general and India in The SCF (State Curriculum Frame particular. work) has been introduced in 2010 by Government of Maharashtra is very much in 8. Develop scientific knowledge by line with NCERT ( National Council for promoting the spirit of enquiry and Educational and Research Training ) Which following a rational and objective gives emphasis on students participation in approach creation of knowledge as well as active 9. Develop skills and abilities to read, learning for the syllabus for geography to understand and analyse geographical promote these Objectives outlined in the data presented in various forms such SCF2010 as photographs, maps, graphs, diagrams and charts

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page 156-167.pmd 153 24-05-2013, 10:47 ECONOMICS 8. To develop research approach of the Introduction students with the help of local level projects. According to the National Educational Policy 1986, Economics has been included 9. To develop awareness among the in Social Science faculty to be taught at IX students about the co-relationship and X standard. Keeping in view the between economy and environment. Objectives of NCF 2005 to provide 10. Creation, construction and application information of Economics and Nature of?” of knowledge among the students Economy through constructivism to the through self realization & action. students of Secondary Section, the subject Objectives Economics has been included in SCF 2010 for the students of IX & X standard. While The study of Economics as a part of preparing the curriculum and the Objectives Social Science starts from Std. IX to of Economics, Consideration has been made introduce Economics to these students and of Recent Events and Future changes in the make them easy to understand, the following economy and also to develop the potentials objectives are determined. of the students. 1. To introduce subject of economics to General Objectives the students. 1. Economics is one of the important 2. To develop Self Study with the help of subjects in Social Science. The subject Basic Economic concepts. should be taught with scientific methods so that it becomes easy and simple for 3. With the help of the concept of Family the students to understand. Budget, explain the students concepts of Family Income & Expenditure. 2. To provide primary information to the students about Economics & Nature of 4. To explain the concept of Want. Economy with changing time. Std IX 3. To develop skills & abilities of the 1. INTROCUCTION OF ECONOMICS students to use the scarce resources (Natural and human resources) in 1.1 Introduction efficient and optimum manner. 1.2 Concept of Economics, Meaning & 4. To develop creativity among the Definition students to solve the economic 1.3 Importance of Economics problem. 2. BASIC ECONOMIC CONCEPTS 5. To create awareness among the students about local Economic 2.1 Human wants & classification of wants problems and challenges. 2.2 Commodity - Economic goods & Free 6. To introduce to the students Economic goods. concepts, economic planning and new 2.3 Resources & Scarcity of resources. economic policies. 2.4 Utility, value & Price. 7. To develop potential of self study among the students.

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