course structure
| parts/units | topics | marks |
|---|---|---|
| part a | indian society | 32 |
| unit 1 | introducing indian society | |
| unit 2 | demographic structure and indian society | 6 |
| unit 3 | social institution-continuity and change | 6 |
| unit 4 | market as a social institution | 6 |
| unit 5 | pattern of social inequality and exclusion | 6 |
| unit 6 | challenges of cultural diversity | 8 |
| unit 7 | suggestions for project work | |
| part b | change and development in indian society | 48 |
| unit 8 | structural change | 6 |
| unit 9 | cultural change | 6 |
| unit 10 | the story of democracy | 6 |
| unit 11 | change and development in rural society | 6 |
| unit 12 | change and development in industrial society | 6 |
| unit 13 | globalization and social change | 6 |
| unit 14 | mass media and communications | 6 |
| unit 15 | social movements | 6 |
| part c | practical work | 20 |
| total (part a + part b + part c) | 100 | |
course syllabus
part a: indian society
unit 1: introducing indian society
- colonialism, nationalism, class and community
unit 2: demographic structure and indian society
- rural-urban linkages and divisions
unit 3: social institutions: continuity and change
- family and kinship
- the caste system
unit 4: market as a social institution
- market as a social institution
unit 5: pattern of social inequality and exclusion
- caste prejudice, scheduled castes and other backward classes
- marginalization of tribal communities
- the struggle for women’s equality
- the protection of religious minorities
- caring for the differently abled
unit 6: the challenges of cultural diversity
- problems of communalism, regionalism, casteism and patriarchy
- role of the state in a plural and unequal society
- what we share
unit 7: suggestions for project work
b. change and development in india
unit 8: structural change
- colonialism, industrialization, urbanization
unit 9: cultural change
- modernization, westernization, sanskritisation, secularization
- social reform movements and laws
unit 10: the story of democracy
- the constitution as an instrument of social change
- parties, pressure groups and democratic politics
- panchayati raj and the challenges of social transformation
unit 11: change and development in rural society
- land reforms, green revolution and agrarian society
unit 12: change and development in industrial society
- from planned industrialization to liberalization
- changes in the class structure
unit 13: globalisation and social change
unit 14: mass media and communication process
unit 15: social movements
class-based movements: workers, peasants
caste-based movements: dalit movement, backward castes, trends in upper caste
responses
women’s movements in independent india
tribal movements
environmental movements
practical work
- project (undertaken during the academic year at school level)
- statement of the purpose
- methodology/technique
- conclusion
- viva – based on the project work
- research design
- overall format
- research question/hypothesis
- choice of technique
- detailed procedure for implementation of technique
- limitations of the above technique
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