Syllabus Planner 2011

SYLLABUS PLANNER 2011

CLASS IX

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

GEOGRAPHY

I TERM PORTION

Chapter IIndia – Size and location.Month: April

Key Concepts:

India, one of the ancient civilizations of the world.
Location: Northern and Eastern Hemisphere.
Extent: 8deg 4 min N & 37deg 6 min N Latitudes

68deg 7 min E & 97deg 25min N Longitudes.

Indian Mainland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshwadeep islands in the Arabian Sea make up the Indian union.
Number of States in the Indian union : 28
Number of UnionTerritories in the Indian union : 7
Time on 82 deg 30 min E Longitude is taken as the Indian Standard Time. This Longitude passes through Mirzapur (UP), which is the exact centre of the Indian longitudinal mass.

Size

Area: 3.28 million sq km
Holds 2.4% of the world’s total area.
7th largest country in the world.

India and the world

Located in the southward extension of the Asian continent.
Has strategic central location in Trans Indian Ocean routes.
Indian peninsula helps in establishing trade contacts with East Africa, west Asia, Europe and East Asia.
Trade routes through oceans and mountain passes helped in exchange of ideas, inventions, architecture etc that helped India to flourish.
Opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 helped reduce the oceanic distance between India and Europe by 7000 km.

India’s neighbours:

Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan.
Sri Lanka and Maldives are her Indian Ocean neighbours in the south.
India’s unique location at the head of the vast ocean has caused the ocean to be named after India i.e. Indian Ocean.
This part of Asia is combinedly called the ‘Indian Subcontinent’.

Conclusion:

India stands apart from the rest of Asia and has a distinct geographical identity.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

To familiarize pupils with all details about India with reference to her geographical size and location in the world.
To make pupils comprehend the significance of India in all aspects as compared to other countries of the world.
To create a sense of admiration and appreciation for India’s greatness

in all aspects.

To help master accurate map work

EVALUATION

Paper and pen Test.
Assignments like:
Oral Questions- conversation types with one or two word answers.

e.g.) a) Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.

b) What is the latitudinal extent of India?

True or False Exercise

e.g.) a) Australia is bigger in size than India.

b) The Tropic of Cancer passes through Jammu and Kashmir.

Crossword Puzzle with the help of given clues.

e.g.) a) The newly formed state beginning with the letter ‘J’.

b) The island that has coral origin.

Map work.(India)

e.g.) a) Mark India’s northernmost Latitude.

b) Color the states of India that shares one of its boundaries

with the sea.

Map work (world)

e.g.) a) Label the countries forming the Indian subcontinent.

b) Mark the sea route from Mumbai to London through

the Suez Canal.

c) Label the six countries larger than India.

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Chapter 2: India: Physical Features.Month: July

Key Concepts:

India – Varied landforms

Plains, plateaus, mountains deserts and islands.
Made in different geological periods.
Explanation of various features through geological theories e.g. Theory of Plate Tectonics.
Peninsular India –the oldest landmass part of Gondwanaland.
Gondwanaland and Angaraland, parts of super continent ‘Pangaea’.

existing millions of years ago.

Major physiographic divisions of India:

The HimalayanMountains
The northern Plain
The Peninsular Plateau
The Indian desert
The coastal Plains
The Islands.

The HimalayanMountains:

Geologically young and structurally ‘Fold’ mountains.
From Indus to Brahmaputra, loftiest and most rugged forming an arc 2400km long.
Width: 400km in Jammu & Kashmir and 150 km in Arunachal Pradesh.
Altitude variation more in eastern than the western half.

Himalayan divisions from North to South.

Northernmost range: Himadri, 6000mt.height, contains prominent Himalayan peaks, numerous glaciers and snow bound perennially.
South of Himadri, Himachal or lesser Himalaya, highly compressed and altered rocks, height 3700 to4500 mt, average width 50km.Pir Panjal, Dhauladhar, Mahabharata major ranges. Valleys like Kashmir, Kangra, and Kullu lie in this belt.
Southernmost belt is called Shiwaliks. Height 900 to 1100mt and width 10 to 50 km.Consists of unconsolidated sediments. Beautiful valleys called ‘duns’ found herelike Dehra Dun, Patli dun Kotli dun.

Himalayan divisions from west to east
Punjab Himalayas –Indus to satluj or Kashmir Himalayas or Himachal Himalayas.
Kumaon Himalayas-between satluj and Kali rivers.
Nepal Himalayas- between Kali and Tista rivers.
Assam Himalayas- between Tista and Dihang rivers.
Purvanchal or Eastern Hills like Patkoi, Mizo make up the north eastern borders of India.

The Northern Plains:

The interplay of three major rivers, namely Indus, Ganga

and Brahmaputra,from west to east makes up this very

fertile plain.

The most densely populated region of the country.

The Peninsular Plateau:

Made up of central Highlands and Deccan Plateau.
Central Highlands- north of river Narmada is made up of

Malwa, Chambal, Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand plateaus.

Deccan Plateau – triangular in shape is situated to the south of

River Narmada and made up of Satpura, Maikal, Mahadev and Kaimur ranges.Kanyakumari is its southernmost tip flanked by the Eastern ghats and Western ghats respectively.

The Eastern Ghats have lesser height than the Western Ghats.
Chotanagpur plateau on the east is minerally the richest area in India.

Deccan Trap:

Volcanic origin, black soil region.
The AravalliMountains lies on the northwest margin of this plateau.

The IndianDesert:

Located on the western margins of the Aravalli hills
Sandy plains and sand dunes found in abundance.
Luni is the only large river that flows here.
Barchans found in Jaislamer.

The coastal Plains

Western coast lies between Western Ghats and Arabian Sea.
A narrow strip made up of Konkan and Malabar coastlines.
EasternCoast lies between Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal. Northern part-Northern Circar, southern part- Coromandel Coast. Deltas of Mahanadi, Krishna and Kaveri lie in this coast.
ChilkaLake, the biggest salt water lake lies in Orissa.

The Islands:

Andaman and Nicobar islands lies in the Bay of Bengal,

has volcanic origin.

LakshwadeepIslands lies in the Arabian Sea, is made up of coral polyps.

Conclusion.

Each physical feature of India complements the other and makes the country richer in its natural resources.
Mountains-source of water and forest wealth.
Plains – granaries of the country.
Plateaus- storehouse of a number of minerals.
Coastal regions and Islands suitable for fishing and port activities.
India is indeed blessed with every resource on this earth.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

To familiarize pupils with all details about India with reference to her geographical size and location in the Asian continent and the world.
To make pupils aware of India’s numerous gifts and resources in the form of her physical divisions.
To understand how each physical division does not exist in isolation but is complementary to each other.
To make pupils comprehend the significance of India in all aspects as compared to other countries of the world.

To create a sense of admiration and gratitude for India’s vast wealth

of every form.

To help master accurate map work.

EVALUATION

Paper and pen Test.
Assignments like:
Oral Questions- conversation types with one or two word answers.

e.g.) a) Name the continents of today that were a part of Gondwanaland.

b) What is the length of India’s coastline?

MCQ Exercise

e.g.) a) A landmass bounded by sea on three sides is called-

i) Coast. ii) Peninsula. iii) Island. iv) Delta.

b) The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is…

i) Khasi. ii) Anai Mudi. iii) Mahendragiri iv) Kanchenjunga.

Given one term for:

.e.g.) a) A slow moving mass of ice and snow.

b) A gap between mountain ranges providing natural routes across.

Map work

e.g.) a) Mark the Himalayan ranges from North to South.

b) Mark the Chota Nagpur plateau and the

Aravalli range.

Locate the various physical features hidden in the Maze of letters in the grid given on page 16 of your text book.
Quiz

a) I am the southern part of the super continent. What is my name?

b) I was born out of the Sea of Tethys as a flat and fertile land. Name me.

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Chapter 3: India: Drainage.Month: July

Key Concepts:

River system of an area.

Area drained by a single river – drainage basin.
Various drainage patterns.
Highland dividing two river systems- water divide.
Processes going on in a river’s course from origin to its mouth.
Drainage systems of rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra in North.

The peninsular river systems.

Lakes- Natural and Artificial.
Role of rivers in an economy.

Provides water, facilitates navigation, provides for irrigation

and used for generation of hydroelectricity.

River pollution and its causes.

Excessive demand for water, reduction in quality of water,

heavy load of untreated sewage, industrial effluents emptied

into rivers, increasing urbanization and industrialization.

Conclusion.

Rivers and their drainage systems provide the very useful and valuable basic necessity of man, namely fresh water.
Man needs to keep this resource free of impurities as it is available in very less quantities on earth.
Rivers play an important in improving the economy of a nation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

To familiarize pupils with all details about the work of a river in its various stages.
To create awareness about the need to preserve this extremely valuable resource without which life will cease to exist.
To understand how we all can play a role in conserving this resource.
To make pupils comprehend the various schemes introduced by the government to check the wastage of water.
To create a sense of urgency in finding ways and means to prevent polluting water bodies.
To help master accurate map work.

EVALUATION

Paper and pen Test.
Assignments like:
Oral Questions- conversation types with one or two word answers.

e.g.) a) what is meant by a perennial river?

b) Name one natural lake and one artificial lake in India.

Puzzle Exercise in a given Crossword grid.

e.g.) a) The longest river of India.

b) The branched feature of a river at its mouth

Match the following exercise

e.g.) Rivers and their point of origin.

Lakes and their characteristics.

MCQ Exercise

e.g.) a) the river in peninsular India called Dakshin Ganga-

i) Narmada. ii) Tapi. iii)Godavari. iv)Krishna.

b) Which one of the following is NOT a natural lake?

i) Wular. ii) Linganamakki. iii) Sambhar iv) Dal.

Map work

e.g.) a) Mark the Himalayan rivers.

b) Mark any five peninsular rivers.

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SYLLABUS PLANNER 2011

CLASS IX

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

ECONOMICS

I TERM PORTION

Chapter 1. The story of village Palampur.

Key Concepts:

The process of production.

The process of transformation of inputs into outputs, i.e.

raw materials into finished or final goods.

Organization of production.

Requirements for production: Land, labour, physical capital and human capital.

Production in an economy, with the combined use of all the above is called Factors of Production.
Capital in Economics means Money andall the Factors of production put together.
Fixed capital refers to machines, tools, buildings etc that can be used in production for a long period of time..

Working capital refers to raw materials and money in hand.

Ways to increase the yield of land which is a fixed entity.

Use of HYV (High Yielding Variety) seeds.
More irrigation facilities.
Better fertilizers, pesticides etc.
Advanced technology like machines in the fields.
Different and better methods of agriculture like multiple cropping, terrace farming etc.

Types of farmers found in developing countries like India:

Big farmers having large acres of land, medium farmers having few acres of land and small or marginal farmers having very small or no land at all.
Big and medium farmers provide small farmers with capital to produce crops.
Labour is the most abundant factor of production. The use of labour on farms is limited. They thus migrate to cities in search of work.

Types of non farming activities in villages.

Dairy farming
Small scale manufacturing.
Maintaining of shops selling commodities needed in a village.
Provision of Transport facilities.

Conclusion

At present, the non farming sector in the villages is not very large.

As more and more villages get connected to the towns and cities

by roads, transport and telephones, the opportunities for

Non farming activities and production in the village would increase.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

To familiarize pupils with the meaning and nature of production.
To create awareness about the role of Man as the most important ‘factor of production’.
To understand the need of how both farming as well as non farming activities must go on simultaneously in an economy.
To help find various ways and means to increase yield from fixed land resource.
To create a sense of inspiration in pupils to appreciate the task of farming.
To help analyse various data that will help learn about the various aspects of farming and non farming activities.

EVALUATION

Paper and pen Test.
Assignments like:
Oral Questions- conversation types with one or two word answers.

e.g.) a) what does HYV stand for?

b) Name any one non farming activitypracticed in Palampur.

Puzzle Exercise in a given Crossword grid.

e.g.) a) The act of cultivating crops.

b) One who is engaged in buying and selling of finished product.

True or False exercise

e.g.) a) wheat is grown in the rabi season.

b) Green Revolution first started in Kerala..

Locate the various factors of production hidden in the Maze of letters in a given grid.
Fill in the blanks exercise

e.g.) a) ------is the prime economic activity in the village of Palampur.

b) The measure of work done by human beings is known as ------.

MCQ Exercise

e.g.) a) transportation is an activity of the ------sector.

i) Primary. ii) Secondary. iii)Tertiary iv) None of these.

b) Which one of the following is NOT a primary sector activity?

i) Mining. ii) Agriculture. iii) Manufacturing iv) Poultry.

Suggested projects/ Activities:

Effect of chemical fertilizers on crops.
Agricultural activity in my native village.
Collect pictures of various activities going on in your locality, paste them in a scrap book and write a paragraph on each of them.

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Chapter 2. People as resource.

Key Concepts:

‘People as resource’ is …..

seen more as an asset rather than a liability.

turned into human capital when investment is made in the form of health, education, training and medical care.
human capitalwhichis the stock of skill and productive knowledge.
reference to a country’s working population in terms of their abilities and skills.
superior to other resources like land, water capital etc because human resource can make use of these resources and not vice versa.
an asset provided they contribute positively to the economy.
a liability if not provided with skill and training.

Details about economic activities undertaken in the three sectors.

Primary, secondary and Tertiary sectors
Activities related to exploiting nature, turning raw material into final goods and provision of services, respectively.
Each sector is interdependent on the other and needs to function

in tandem to help improve an economy.

The problem of unemployment.

Types of unemployment and reasons for the same.
The effects of unemployment on an economy.
Ways to reduce unemployment in an economy.

New terms and definitions:

Infant Mortality Rate.
Birth Rate and Death Rate.
Gender empowerment.
Gross Enrolment Ratio.
Human Development Index.
Disguised unemployment.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

To familiarize pupils with the meaning of people as resource.
To create awareness about the role of Man as the most important ‘factor of production’.
To understand how a large population need not necessarily become a liability.
To realize that more the inputs of health, education and provision of basic needs, better would be the ‘quality’ of a country’s population.
To analyze the reasons for large scale unemployment in India.
To suggest different ways so that more employment can be generated

in the economy.

EVALUATION

Paper and pen Test.
Assignments like:
Oral Questions- conversation types with one or two word answers.

e.g.) a) what does HDI stand for?

b) Name any one input that can enhance the quality of population.

True or False exercise

e.g.) a) Working of a maid in others houses is primary activity.

b) Disguised unemployment mostly occurs in the agricultural sector.

Graph exercise on page 21 of your Text book. Read it carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Prepare points for discussion based on the data given in Table No 2.1 of your Text book.

Suggested projects/ Activities:

Activities done by people in a hospital.
A report on the activities done by a Joint family in my locality.

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