CBSE Board Social Science Syllabus for Class 9

COURSE STRUCTURE
CLASS 9
SOCIAL SCIENCE


UNIT 1-History: India and the Contemporary World  

Term I
Sub Unit 1.1 : Events and Processes  (ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING)
The French Revolution                                        
Russian Revolution                                              
Rise of Nazism
                                                     
Term II
Sub Unit 1.2: Economies and Livelihoods (ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING)
Pastoralists in the Modern World                     
Forest Society and Colonialism                         
Farmers and Peasants        
                                   
Sub Unit 1.3: Culture Identity and Society (ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING)
Sports and politics                                                
Clothes and Culture        
                                     
UNIT 2 (GEOGRAPHY): India- Land and People

Term I
India                                                                     
Drainage
                                                                   
Term II
Climate                                                                        
Natural vegetation                                               
Wild life                                                                           
Population  
                                                                  
UNIT 3 (POLITICAL SCIENCE): Democratic Politics

Term 1
What is Democracy? Why Democracy?
Designing of democracy in India

Term 2
Electoral politics in Democracy                      
Institutions of Parliamentary democracy   
Citizens’ Rights in Democracy  
                      
UNIT 4 (ECONOMICS): Understanding Economic Development

Term 1
The economic Story of Palampore                
People as Resource
                                            
Term 2
Poverty as a challenge facing India               
Food Security  
                                                        
UNIT 5 DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Term 1
Introduction to Disaster Management          
Common Hazards    
                                             
Term 2
Manmade Disasters                                           
Community based Disaster Management