HISTORY

• Chapter 1 – WHAT, WHERE, HOW AND WHEN?
  • -Finding out what happened
  • – What can we know about the past?
  • – Where did people live ?
  • -Names of the land
  • – Finding out about the past
  • – One past or many?
  • – What do dates mean?
• Chapter 2 – ON THE TRAIL OF THE EARLIEST PEOPLE
  • – The earliest people: why were they on the move?
  • – How do we know about these people?
  • – Choosing a place to live in
  • – Finding out about fire
  • – A changing environment
  • – The beginning of farming and herding
  • – Towards a settled life
• Chapter 3 – FROM GATHERING TO GROWING FOOD
  • -Varieties of foods
  • -The beginnings of farming and herding
  • -A new way of life
  • -‘Storing’ animals
  • -Finding out about the first farmers and herders
  • -Towards a settled life
  • – A closer look — Living and dying in Mehargarh
  • -A closer look — (b) Daojali Hading
• Chapter 4 – IN THE EARLIEST CITIES
  • – The story of Harappa
  • – What was special about these cities?
  • -houses, drains and streets
  • – Life in the city
  • – New crafts in the city
  • – Food for people in the cities
  • – A closer look — Harappan towns in Gujarat
  • -The mystery of the end
• Chapter 5 – WHAT BOOKS AND BURIALS TELL US
  • -One of the oldest books in the world
  • -How historians study the Rigveda
  • -Cattle, horses and chariots
  • -Words to describe people
  • -Silent sentinels—the story of the megaliths
  • -Finding out about social differences
  • -A special burial at Inamgaon
  • -Occupations at Inamgaon
• Chapter 6 – KINGDOMS, KINGS AND AN EARLY REPUBLIC
  • -How some men became rulers
  • -Janapadas
  • -Mahajanapadas
  • -Taxes
  • -Changes in agriculture
  • -A closer look — (a) Magadha
  • -A closer look — (b) Vajji
• Chapter 7 – NEW QUESTIONS AND IDEAS
  • -The story of the Buddha
  • -Upanishads
  • -Jainism
  • -The sangha
  • -Monasteries
• Chapter 8 – ASHOKA, THE EMPEROR WHO GAVE UP WAR
  • -A very big kingdom = an empire
  • -Ruling the empire
  • -Ashoka, a unique ruler
  • -Ashoka’s war in Kalinga
  • -What was Ashoka’s dhamma?
• Chapter 9 – VITAL VILLAGES, THRIVING TOWNS
  • -Iron tools and agriculture
  • -Other steps to increase pr ease production: irrigation
  • -Who lived in the villages?
  • -Coins
  • -Cities with many functions y function
  • – crafts and crafts persons
  • -A closer look — Arikamedu
• Chapter 10 – TRADERS, KINGS AND PILGRIMS
  • -How to find out about trade and traders
  • -New kingdoms along the coasts
  • -The story of the Silk Route
  • -The spread of Buddhism
  • -The quest of the pilgrims
  • -The beginning of Bhakti
• Chapter 11 – NEW EMPIRES AND KINGDOM
  • -Prashastis and what they tell us
  • -Samudragupta’s prashasti
  • -Genealogies
  • -Harshavardhana and the Harshacharita
  • -The Pallavas, Chalukyas and Pulakeshin’s prashasti
  • -How were these kingdoms administered?
  • -A new kind of army
  • -Ordinary people in the kingdoms
• Chapter 12 – BUILDINGS, PAINTINGS AND BOOKS
  • -The iron pillar
  • -Buildings in brick and stone
  • -How were stupas and temples built?
  • -Painting
  • -The world of books
  • -Recording and preserving old stories

Geography

• Chapter 1 – The Earth in the Solar System
  • -Soalr system
  • -Sun
  • – Moon
  • -Earth
• Chapter 2 – Globe : Latitudes and Longitude
  • -Globe
  • – Latitude
  • -Longitude
  • -Heat zones on the earth
  • – Longitude and time
  • -Standard time
• Chapter 3 – Motions of the Earth
  • -Rotation
  • -Revolution
  • -Solstice
  • -Seasons
• Chapter 4 – Map -Types of maps
  • – Distance
  • -Direction
  • -Symbols
• Chapter 5 – Major Domains of the Earth
  • -Lithosphere
  • -Hydrosphere
  • -Atmosphere
  • -Biosphere
• Chapter 6 – Major Landforms of the Earth
  • -Mountains
  • -plains
  • -Pleatue
  • -Valley
• Chapter 7 – Our Country-India
  • -Extension of India
  • -Neighbour countries of India
  • -Physical and administrative division of India
• Chapter 8 – India : Climate, Vegetation and Wildlife
  • -Weather and climate
  • -Vegetation types in India
  • -Wildlife of india

CIVICS

• Chapter 1 – Understanding Diversity
  • -Diversity in India
  • -Factor influencing diversity
  • -Ladakh
  • -Kerala
  • -Unity in diversity
  • -Diversity
  • -Inequality
  • -Habitat
  • -Resources
• Chapter 2 – Diversity and Discrimination
  • -Differences and prejudice
  • -Stereotypes
  • -Caste
  • -Mahar
  • – The constitution
  • – The Preamble
• Chapter 3 – What is Governmen
  • -Government
  • -Levels of government
  • -Laws and government
  • -Types of government
  • -Monarchy and democracy
  • -Election
  • -Universal adult franchise
• Chapter 4 – Key Elements of a Democratic Government
  • -Role of the people
  • -election
  • -social movement
  • -Recognition to minority
  • -Role of the government
  • – equality and Justice
  • -Apartheid and race
  • -Conflict and resolution
• Chapter 5 – Panchayati Raj
  • -Gram Panchayat
  • -Panchayat samiti
  • -Gram Sabha
  • -Sarpanch
  • – Panchayati Raj system
• Chapter 6 – Rural Administration
  • -Quarrel in the village
  • – Gram Sabha
  • -work at the police station
  • -Revenue department
  • -local administration
  • -Hindu Succession amendment act
  • – police station
  • -Tehsildar
• Chapter 7 – Urban Administration
  • -Ward councillor
  • -administrative staff
  • -Municipal council
  • – municipal corporation
  • -Community protest
  • -Municipality
• Chapter 8 – Rural Livelihood
  • -Different occupation
  • -Shops
  • -life of the women farmer
  • -Being in debt
  • -farmer
  • -rural livelihood
  • -Pudupet
  • -Pesticides
  • -Migration
  • Terrace farming
• Chapter 9 – Urban Livelihood
  • -Vendors and government measures
  • -Market
  • – Business person
  • -Showrooms
  • – Shops in the market place
  • – Factory workshop area
  • -Marketing manager
  • -labour chouk
  • -Hawker
  • – call centre