Description
Class X
Geography & Economics – Part - I
Lesson Name Key Concepts
1 India : Relief Features
- Location
- Geological background
- Major relief divisions, -
The Himalayas, The IndoGangetic plain, The Peninsular Plateau,
The Thar Desert, The Coastal plains, and the Islands.
2 Ideas on Development
- What development Promises – Different people, Different Goals
- Income and other Goals
- How to compare Different Countries or States
- Income and other Criteria
- Public Facilities
- Human Development Report –
India and its neighbours for 2015 data.
- Development as progress over time
3 Production and Employment
- Sectors of Economy
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- How do we estimate GDP?
- Changes in the importance of sectors :
- value of goods and services produced and employment of people.
- Employment – the working life in India
- Organised and unorganised sector employment in India
- How to create more and better conditions of employment
4 Climate in Indian Context
- Climate and Weather
- Climographs – India
- Factors influencing climate and weather :
- Latitude on distance from the equator,
Land water relationship, Relief, Upper atmosphere circulation
- Winter
- Summer
- Advancing monsoon,
- Retreating monsoon
- Global warming and Climate Change
- AGW and climate change
- Impact of change on India
5 Indian Rivers and Water Resources
- The Himalayan Rivers : The Indus system,
The Brahmaputra system
- The Peninsular Rivers
- Water use
- Inflows and Outflows
- Water use in Tungabhadra river basin
- Rational and equitable Use of water –
a case study or Hivre Bazar of Maharashtra
- Water as common pool resource
6 The Population
- A survey of our own area (population)
- What does the census show?
- Age structure
- Sex Ratio
- Literacy Rates
- Life Expectancy
- Population Growth and Processes of Population Change
- Change in population size
- Population density
7 Settlement and Migration
- What is a settlement?
- How did settlements begin?
- Why do settlements change?
- What types of places formed as settlements?
- How are settlements organised?
- Urbanisation in India
- Indian settlements in hierarchy
- Aerotropolis – jet – age city
- Urbanisation problems
- Measure and classify migration patterns
- Migration in India (census 2001, 2011)
- Rural – Urban migration
- Seasonal and temporary Migration
- What happens when people migrate?
- International migration
8 Rampur : Village Economy
- The story of Rampur village
- Farming in Rampur
- Land and other natural resources
- Land distribution in Rampur
- Organisation of Production : a) Land,
b) Tools Machines, buildings,
c) Raw material and money,
d) Knowledge and enterprise
- Labour : for a farm and wages?
- Capital : arranging physical and working capital
- Surplus or Loss for farmer
- Non – Farm activities in Rampur
- Small scale manufacturing in Rampur
- The shopkeepers of Rampur
- Transport
9 Globalisation
- Production across Countries
- Interlinking Production Across Countries
- Foreign trade and Integration of market
- What is Globalisation
- Factors that have enabled Globalisation
- Technology
- Liberalisation of foreign and foreign investment policy
- Institutions of Global Governance
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Impact of Globalisation in India
- Small Producers?
- The struggle for a fair Globalisation
10 Food Security
- Food security for the country
- Increasing food grain production
- Availability of Food grains
- Other food items
- Access to food
- Public Distribution System (PDS)
- Nutrition status
11 Sustainable Development with Equity
- Development again…
- Environment and development
- People’s Rights over the Environment
- Towards sustainable Development with Equity
- At Alternative Public Distribution system
12 The world between wars 1900-1950
- World Wars
- Causes of the two world wars compared
- Aggressive nationalism, Imperialism,
Secret Alliances, The Armaments Race, Militarism.
- The special contest of the Second World War
- The treaty of Versailles
- The League of nations
- German Challenge to vengeful domination
- The fear or Socialism and the USSR
- Consequences of the World Wars
- Enormous human cost Democratic Principles asserted
- Second World War 1939-1945
- New balance of power
- New International Organisations
- Enfranchisement of women
- Russian Socialist Revolution
- The Great Depression
- Rise of Nazism in Germany
- The defeat and end
13 National Liberation Movements in the colonies
- China : two different phases.
- Establishing the Republic
- The Rise of the Communist Party of China
- Establishing the New Democracy : 1949-1954
- Land Reforms
- Vietnam : Against two colonizers
- The colonial experience
- Emergence of Vietnamese Nationalism
- The New Republic of Vietnam
- The entry of the US into the War
- Nigeria: forming unity against the colonizers
- British colonialism and the making of a Nation
- Independent and week Democracy Oil,
environment and politics
14 National Movement in India –
Partition & Independence 1939-1947
- Should the war be supported by Indians? 1939-42
- The Muslim League
- The Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS
- The Pakistan Resolution
- Who will make the British Quit India?
- The popular upsurge 1946-48
- Muslim League and Congress –
negotiation for transfer of power
- A possible alternative to partition.
- Partition and migration
- Integration of states
15 Making of Independent India’s Constitution
- Revisiting the Indian Constitution
- Nepal Constitution preamble 2007
- Japan Constitution preamble 1946
- Constituent Assembly Debates
- Draft constitution
- The vision of the constitution
- Debate on Fundamental Rights
- The Constitution Today
16 The Election Process in India
- Election system in India
- The Election Commission
- Political parties in election
- Conduct of elections at various levels
- Voting mechanism
- NOTA
- The need for electoral reforms
17 Independent India (The first 30 years 1947-1977)
- First General Elections
- Election procedure
- One party domination in political system
- Demand for State Reorganization
- State Re organization Act, 1956
- SRC – State are organization commission
- Social and Economic change
- Foreign policy and Wars
- Anti-Hindi agitation
- Green Revolution
- Regional Parties and Regional Movements
- Bangladesh war
- Emergency
18 Emerging Political Trends (1977-2007)
- Return of Democracy after emergency
- Elections – 1977 – End of Emergency
- Some important parties of 1970s BLD,
Congress, CPI (M), DMK, Jan Sangh, SAD
- Regional party - Telangana
- Assam movement
- The Punjab Agitation
- The new initiatives of Rajiv Gandhi Era
- Rise of Communalism and Corruption in High places
- The Era of coalition politics
- ‘Mandal, Mandir and Market’
19 Post-War World and India
- After world war –II
- UNO
- Cold war (1945-1991)
- Proxy war
- Military alliances
- Arms and space race
- NAM
- West Asian Conflicts
- Growth of Nationalism in middle east
- Peace movements
- Collapse of the USSR
20 Social Movements in our times
- Civil Rights and Other Movements of 1960s
- Human Rights Movements in the USSR
- Anti-nuclear and Anti-War Movements
- Globalisation, marginalized people and
environmental movements
- Greenpeace Movement in Europe
- Bhopal Gas Disaster related movements
- Silent Valley Movement 1973-85
- Movement against dams – Narmada river
- Movement of women for Social Justice
- Aadavallu Ekamaite
- Social mobilization on human rights
- Meria Paibi Movement
21 The Movement for the Formation of Telangana State
- The merger of Hyderabad State with India
- The Gentlemen’s Agreement
- Mulki Rules
- 1969 Agitation
- Movements in 1990s
- In the process of achieving Telangana
- Withdrawal of announcement
- Telangana achieved
- Prof. Jaya Shanker
