Syllabus of CBSE Class 9 Social Science for the academic year 2020-2021

Class 9 Social Science Syllabus 

 

Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World - I

Sub-unit 1.1 : Events and processes: 

I. The French Revolution:

II. Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution:

III. Nazism and the Rise of Hitler:

Sub-unit 1.2: Livelihoods, Economies and Societies:

IV. Forest Society and Colonialism:

V. Pastoralists in the Modern World:

VI. Peasants and Farmers:

 

Unit 2: Contemporary India - I

1. India - Size and Location

2. Physical Features of India: relief, structure, major physiographic unit.

3. Drainage: Major rivers and tributaries, lakes and seas, role of rivers in the economy, pollution of rivers, measures to control river pollution. (Chapter 3)

4. Climate: Factors influencing the climate; monsoon- its characteristics, rainfall and temperature distribution; seasons; climate and human life. (Chapter 4)

5. Natural Vegetation and Wild Life: Vegetation types, distribution as well as altitudinal variation, need for conservation and various measures. Major species, their distribution, need for conservation and various measures.

6. Population: Size, distribution, age sex composition, population change migration as a determinant of population change, literacy, health, occupational structure and national population policy: adolescents as under-served population group with special needs. (Chapter 6)

 

Unit 3: Democratic Politics - I

1. What is Democracy? Why Democracy?:

What are the different ways of defining democracy? Why has democracy become the most prevalent form of government in our times? What are the alternatives to democracy? Is democracy superior to its available alternatives? Must every democracy have the same institutions and values? (Chapter 2)

2. Constitutional Design:

How and why did India become a democracy? How was the Indian constitution framed? What are the salient features of the Constitution? How is democracy being constantly designed and redesigned in India? (Chapter 3)

3. Electoral Politics:

Why and how do we elect representatives? Why do we have a system of competition among political parties? How has the citizens’ participation in electoral politics changed? What are the ways to ensure free and fair elections? (Chapter 4)

4. Working of Institutions:

How is the country governed? What does Parliament do in our democracy? What is the role of the President of India, the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers? How do these relate to one another? (Chapter 5)

5. Democratic Rights:

Why do we need rights in a constitution? What are the Fundamental Rights enjoyed by the citizen under the Indian constitution? How does the judiciary protect the Fundamental Rights of the citizen? How is the independence of the judiciary ensured? (Chapter 6)

 

Unit 4: Economics

1. The Story of Village Palampur:

Economic transactions of Palampore and its interaction with the rest of the world through which the concept of production (including three factors of production (land, labour and capital) can be introduced. (Chapter 1)

2. People as Resource:

Introduction of how people become resource / asset; economic activities done by men and women; unpaid work done by women; quality of human resource; role of health and education; unemployment as a form of non utilisation of human resource; sociopolitical implication in simple form. (Chapter 2)

3. Poverty as a Challenge:

Who is poor (through two case studies: one rural, one urban); indicators; absolute poverty (not as a concept but through a few simple examples)-why people are poor; unequal distribution of resources; comparison between countries; steps taken by government for poverty alleviation. (Chapter 3)

4. Food Security in India:

Source of Food grains, variety across the nation, famines in the past, the need for self sufficiency, role of government in food security, procurement of food grains, overflowing of granaries and people without food, public distribution system, role of cooperatives in food security (foodgrains, milk and vegetables ration shops, cooperative shops, two-three examples as case studies) (Chapter 4)

 

 History

Chapter-1: The French Revolution

Outline map of France (For locating and labelling/Identification)

Chapter-2: Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

Outline map of World (For locating and labelling/Identification)

Chapter-3: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Outline map of World (For locating and labelling/Identification)

 

Geography

CH-1 : INDIA-SIZE AND LOCATION

India - States with Capitals, Tropic of Cancer, Standard Meridian, Southern most, northern most, eastern most and western most point of India (Location and Labelling)

CH-2 : PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA

CH-3 : DRAINAGE

Rivers: (Identification only)

Lakes: Wular, Pulicat, Sambhar, Chilika, Vembanad, Kolleru

CH-4 : CLIMATE

CH-5 : NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILD LIFE

CH-6 : POPULATION (location and labelling)