(Syllabus) CBSE Class 10th - Social Science: Year 2013

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Syllabus CBSE Class 10th: Social Science

UNIT:

1. India and the Contemporary World - II
2. India - Resources and their Development
3. Democratic Politics II
4. Understanding Economic Development - II
5. Disaster Management-only through project work and assignment.

TOTAL

Term I : 90
Term II : 90

The prescribed syllabus will be assessed using formative and summative assessments with the following weightages during an Academic session :

Formative Assessment 1and 2, 3 and 4

Term - I: 20%
Term - II: 20%

TOTAL: 40%

Summative Assessment:

Term - I: 30%
Term - II: 30%

TOTAL: 100%

The formative assessment will comprise of Projects, assignments, activities and Class Tests/periodic tests for which Board has already issued guidelines to the schools. The Summative assessment will comprise of Theory paper as per the prescribed design of the Question Paper.

Unit 1 : India and the Contemporary world - II

Themes:

In Sub-unit 1.1 students are required to choose any two themes. In that sub-unit, theme 3 is compulsory and for second theme students are required to choose any one from the first two themes. In Sub Units 1.2 and 1.3 student are required to choose any one theme from each. Thus all students are required to study four themes in all.

Term II: Sub-unit 1.1 : Events and processes :
Any two of the following themes :
1. Nationalism in Europe : (a) The growth of nationalism in Europe after the 1830s. (b) The ideas of Giuseppe Mazzini etc. (c) General characteristics of the movements in Poland, Hungary, Italy, Germany and Greece. (Chapter 1)