CBSE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SYLLABUS 2023-24
(Code No. 087)
CLASS - IX & X
, S. NO. TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE NO.
1. Rationale 2
2. Learning Objectives 3
CLASS IX PAGE NO. S. NO. CLASS X PAGE NO.
3. Course Structure 4 8. Course Structure 20
4. Course Content 7 9. Course Content 23
5. List of map items 17 10. List of map items 35
6. Guidelines for internal assessments 18 11. Question Paper Design 39
7. Prescribed Text Books 19 12. Guidelines for internal assessments 42
13. Prescribed Text Books 43
ANNEXURES
Annexure I (project work Class IX) 44 Annexure IV (Interdisciplinary project Class X) 52
Annexure II (Inter disciplinary project Class IX) 46 Annexure V (Presentation template for IDP) 58
Annexure III (Project work Class X) 50 Annexure VI Rubrics of IDP 59
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Social Science Syllabus Class IX & X 2023-24
, RATIONALE
Social Science is a compulsory subject up to secondary stage of school education. It is an integral component of general education
because it helps the learners to understand the environment in its totality, contextualise its components, develop a broader perspective,
adapt an empirical, reasonable and humane outlook to help them grow into well-informed and responsible citizens with necessary
attributes and skills for being able to participate and contribute effectively in the process of development and nation-building.
Social Science subject helps students strengthen their knowledge of the world around them, enhance their critical thinking skills, deepen
their cultural understanding, in still analytical and evaluation and synthesizing skills, improve research based learning skills, and enhance
their creative abilities.
It enables the students to understand the interdependence of individual and community.
Makes students examine human behaviour from many different perspectives and help students learn to analyse human interaction based
on social and cultural influences.
The Social Science curriculum draws its content mainly from History, Geography, Political Science and Economics. Some elements of
Sociology and Commerce are also included. Together they provide a comprehensive view of society over space and time, and in relation
to each other. Each subject’s distinct methods of enquiry help the learners to understand society from different angles and form a holistic
view. Developing knowledge in each of these subjects provides students with a broader and more comprehensive understanding of how
individuals and societies function.
Through the study of History, students learn the significance of analysing historical events and using the past to evaluate modern trends
and occurrences. Global History allows students to see the emergence of today's worldwide society, and enables the students to create
projections on possible future outcomes of actions and events.
The discipline of Social Sciences broadens an individual's political awareness and deepens the understanding of political systems.
Examining past and current political conflicts can let students understand human life on a different level.
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Social Science Syllabus Class IX & X 2023-24
, LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of this syllabus are to:
● develop an understanding of the processes of change and development over a period of time, through which human societies have
evolved.
● make learners infer that the process of change is continuous and any event or phenomenon or issue cannot be viewed in isolation
but in a wider context of time and space.
● develop an understanding of contemporary India with its historical perspective, of the basic framework of the goals and policies of
national development in independent India, and of the process of change in connection to world development
● deepen knowledge about and understanding of India’s freedom struggle and of the values and ideals that it represented, and
appreciate the contributions made by people of all sections and regions of the country.
● help learners understand and cherish the values enshrined in the Indian Constitution and to prepare them for their roles and
responsibilities as effective citizens of a democratic society.
● deepen the knowledge and understanding of India’s environment in its totality on people's life.
● facilitate the learners to understand and appreciate the diversity in the land and people of the country with its underlying unity.
● develop an appreciation of the richness and variety of India’s heritage-both natural and cultural and the need for its preservation.
● promote an understanding of the issues and challenges of contemporary India- environmental, economic and social, as part of the
development process.
● develop competencies, analytical skills/ critical thinking skills, creative skills help pupils acquire knowledge, skills and understanding
to face the challenges of contemporary society as individuals and groups and learn the art of living a confident and stress-free life
as well as participating effectively in the community.
● enable students to correlate the Social Science subjects through an interdisciplinary approach.
● explore their creativity and innovation through experiential and art integrated learning.
● develop scientific temperament by promoting the spirit of enquiry and following a rational and objective approach in analysing and
evaluate data and information as well as views and interpretations.
● develop academic and social skills such as critical thinking, communicating effectively both in visual and verbal forms - cooperating
with others, taking initiatives and providing leadership in solving others’ problem .
● develop qualities clustered around the personal, social, moral, national and spiritual values that make a person humane and socially
effective.
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Social Science Syllabus Class IX & X 2023-24
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SYLLABUS 2023-24
(Code No. 087)
CLASS - IX & X
, S. NO. TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE NO.
1. Rationale 2
2. Learning Objectives 3
CLASS IX PAGE NO. S. NO. CLASS X PAGE NO.
3. Course Structure 4 8. Course Structure 20
4. Course Content 7 9. Course Content 23
5. List of map items 17 10. List of map items 35
6. Guidelines for internal assessments 18 11. Question Paper Design 39
7. Prescribed Text Books 19 12. Guidelines for internal assessments 42
13. Prescribed Text Books 43
ANNEXURES
Annexure I (project work Class IX) 44 Annexure IV (Interdisciplinary project Class X) 52
Annexure II (Inter disciplinary project Class IX) 46 Annexure V (Presentation template for IDP) 58
Annexure III (Project work Class X) 50 Annexure VI Rubrics of IDP 59
Page 1 of 60
Social Science Syllabus Class IX & X 2023-24
, RATIONALE
Social Science is a compulsory subject up to secondary stage of school education. It is an integral component of general education
because it helps the learners to understand the environment in its totality, contextualise its components, develop a broader perspective,
adapt an empirical, reasonable and humane outlook to help them grow into well-informed and responsible citizens with necessary
attributes and skills for being able to participate and contribute effectively in the process of development and nation-building.
Social Science subject helps students strengthen their knowledge of the world around them, enhance their critical thinking skills, deepen
their cultural understanding, in still analytical and evaluation and synthesizing skills, improve research based learning skills, and enhance
their creative abilities.
It enables the students to understand the interdependence of individual and community.
Makes students examine human behaviour from many different perspectives and help students learn to analyse human interaction based
on social and cultural influences.
The Social Science curriculum draws its content mainly from History, Geography, Political Science and Economics. Some elements of
Sociology and Commerce are also included. Together they provide a comprehensive view of society over space and time, and in relation
to each other. Each subject’s distinct methods of enquiry help the learners to understand society from different angles and form a holistic
view. Developing knowledge in each of these subjects provides students with a broader and more comprehensive understanding of how
individuals and societies function.
Through the study of History, students learn the significance of analysing historical events and using the past to evaluate modern trends
and occurrences. Global History allows students to see the emergence of today's worldwide society, and enables the students to create
projections on possible future outcomes of actions and events.
The discipline of Social Sciences broadens an individual's political awareness and deepens the understanding of political systems.
Examining past and current political conflicts can let students understand human life on a different level.
Page 2 of 60
Social Science Syllabus Class IX & X 2023-24
, LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of this syllabus are to:
● develop an understanding of the processes of change and development over a period of time, through which human societies have
evolved.
● make learners infer that the process of change is continuous and any event or phenomenon or issue cannot be viewed in isolation
but in a wider context of time and space.
● develop an understanding of contemporary India with its historical perspective, of the basic framework of the goals and policies of
national development in independent India, and of the process of change in connection to world development
● deepen knowledge about and understanding of India’s freedom struggle and of the values and ideals that it represented, and
appreciate the contributions made by people of all sections and regions of the country.
● help learners understand and cherish the values enshrined in the Indian Constitution and to prepare them for their roles and
responsibilities as effective citizens of a democratic society.
● deepen the knowledge and understanding of India’s environment in its totality on people's life.
● facilitate the learners to understand and appreciate the diversity in the land and people of the country with its underlying unity.
● develop an appreciation of the richness and variety of India’s heritage-both natural and cultural and the need for its preservation.
● promote an understanding of the issues and challenges of contemporary India- environmental, economic and social, as part of the
development process.
● develop competencies, analytical skills/ critical thinking skills, creative skills help pupils acquire knowledge, skills and understanding
to face the challenges of contemporary society as individuals and groups and learn the art of living a confident and stress-free life
as well as participating effectively in the community.
● enable students to correlate the Social Science subjects through an interdisciplinary approach.
● explore their creativity and innovation through experiential and art integrated learning.
● develop scientific temperament by promoting the spirit of enquiry and following a rational and objective approach in analysing and
evaluate data and information as well as views and interpretations.
● develop academic and social skills such as critical thinking, communicating effectively both in visual and verbal forms - cooperating
with others, taking initiatives and providing leadership in solving others’ problem .
● develop qualities clustered around the personal, social, moral, national and spiritual values that make a person humane and socially
effective.
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