ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRTC
BANGALORE
HISTORY
CLASS:X
TERM -I
CHAPTER
1.
WORK, LIFE,
LEISURE
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2.
NOVELS,
SOCIETY AND
HISTORY
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CONTENT
History of
urbanization in the
modern worth.
Industrialization and
its impact on the form
of urbanization.
Health and sanitation.
Life of people in
Bombay and Calcutta.
Cities in relation to
environment.
Development of the
city of Bombay.
History of the growth
of novel writing in
European as well as in
India.
Impact of novels on
common people
women and children.
Eminent Indian
authors of various
regions.
Novels written in
industrial age as well
as during the period of
colonialism.
Role of novels in
literature and in the
growth of Indian
nationalism.
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VALUES
Integrity
Unity
Sensitivity to
environment
Caring and sharing.
Kindness
Develop tolerance.
Critical thinking
Self awareness
ACTIVITY
 Presentation on
the gradual
development of
Bombay from a
group of seven
islands to a
metropolitan
city.
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Caring
Sharing
Kindness
Compassion
Empathy
Good manners
Courage
patriotism
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GEOGRAPHY
Read any book
written by a
women author
and write a
review
expressing your
candid opinion
highlighting
unique points.
CHAPTER
1.
RESOURCES
AND
DEVELOPME
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2. FOREST
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3. WATER
RESOURCES
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4.
AGRICULTUR
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CONTENT
Sensitivity of
environement.
Empathy
Caring
Sharing
Courteous
Good manners
Concern for other
Perseverance
Problem solving
Positive Attitude
Environmental
awareness.
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Resources
Biodiversity
Flora and fauna
Conversation of
forests and wildlife
Community and
conservation
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Water scarcity
Need for water
conservation and
management.
Multi – purpose rivers
projects.
Rain water harvesting.
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Types of farming.
Cropping patterns.
Major crops
Technological and
institutional reforms.
Contribution of
agriculture to national
economy.
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VALUES
To identify the kind
of soil erosion from
the recent disaster
which has happened
in a region and write
about the erosion
and give a few
suggestions to
protect the erosion.
ACTIVITY
 To identify the
kind of soil
erosion from the
recent disaster
which has
happened in a
region and write
about the erosion
and give a few
suggestions to
protect the
erosion.
To identify the kind
of soil erosion from
the recent disaster
which has happened
in a region and write
about the erosion
and give a few
suggestions to
protect the erosion.
Create awareness.
Reasoning.
Creativity
Sensitivity to
environment
Empathy
Problem solving
Positive attitude
Environmental
awareness
Caring
Co-operations
Integrity
Sensitivity to
environment.
Empathy
Caring
Sharing
Compassion
Develop tolerance
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Make a collage of
the many ways in
which the forest
benefits human
beings.
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Preparation of a
sign board. Chart
to keep the water
bodies free from
pollution.
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Debate- topic “
should farmers be
encouraged to
grow crops which
bring in foreign
exchange or
concentration on
the growing of
traditional crops.
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Helpful
Sympathy
Problem solving
Positive attitude
Confidence
Interest
Concern for others.
DEMOCRATIC POLITICS
CHAPTER
1.
POWER
SHARING
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2.
FEDERALISM
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3.
DEMOCRACY
AND
DIVERSITY
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CONTENT
Power sharing
Prudential and moral
reasons.
Forms of power
sharing.
Importance and
significance of power
sharing.
Vertical division of
power.
Dual objective and
nature of federalism
Democracy and
diversity
Public expression of
social differences
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VALUES
Reasoning
Critical thinking
Integrity
Caring
Sharing
Develop tolerance
Compassion
Kindness
Empathy
Problem solving
Co-operation
Togetherness
Loving
Humanity.
Reasoning
Critical thinking
Secularism
Courteousness
Caring
Sharing
Integrity
Concern for others
Problem solving
Awareness
Co-operation
Social awareness
Empathy
Co-cooperativeness
Collective thinking
Effective
communication
Critical thinking
ACTIVITY
 Group discussion.
Topic- centrestate relation.
Before- 1990
After -1990
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Group discussioncentre- state
relation
Before-1990
After-1990
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List out the ways
to accommodate
differences based
on caste, colour,
race and religion.
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4. GENDER,
RELIGION
AND CASTE
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Political expression of
social differences
Three kinds of social
differences
 Gender
 Religion
 Caste
Impact of social
division on sociodemocratic politics.
Decision making
Rational out look
Critical thinking
Analytical skill
Self-awareness
Equality
Feeling of dignity
Value of empathy
Co-operation
creativity
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Group discussion
on the topic
“Division of
labour” vs
“Dignity of
labour”
ECONOMICS
CHAPTER
1.
DEVELOPM
ENT
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2. SECTORS
OF INDAIN
ECONOMY
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CONTENT
Traditional notion
of development.
Income and other
goals
National income
and per capital
income.
Substainable
economic
development
Human
development.
Economic and noneconomic activity.
Primary, secondary
and tertiary sector
in Indian.
Organized and
unorganized sector.
Public and private
sector
Types of
unemployment .
NREGA 2005
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VALUES
Decision making
Critical thinking
Awareness
Integrity
Empathy
Compassion
Problem solving
Interest
Environamtal awareness
confidence
ACTIVITY
 Prepare a
project on
“global
warming” its
causes and its
long term
results impacts.
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Inter-relatioship.
Critical thinking
Problem solving
Develop tolerance.
Empathy
Sympathy
Helpful
Awareness
Motivation
Confidence
Concern for others.
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Debate :
Topic“usefulness of
various
employment
generation
schemes
introduced by
the
government”