Class X

Geography & Economics – Part - I

Lesson /
Chapter Lesson Name Key Concepts
No.
• Location
• Geological background
India : Relief
1 • Major relief divisions, - The Himalayas, The Indo-
Features
Gangetic plain, The Peninsular Plateau, The Thar
Desert, The Coastal plains, and the Islands.
• What development Promises – Different people,
Different Goals
• Income and other Goals
• How to compare Different Countries or States
Ideas on
2 • Income and other Criteria
Development
• Public Facilities
• Human Development Report – India and its
neighbours for 2015 data.
• Development as progress over time
• Sectors of Economy
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• How to we estimate GDP?
• Changes in the importance of sectors : value of
goods and services produced and employment of
Production and
3 people.
Employment
• Employment – the working life in India
• Organised and unorganised sector employment in
India
• How to create more and better conditions of
employment
• Climate and Weather
• Climografs – India
• Factors influencing climate and weather : Latitude
on distance from the equator, Land water
Climate in Indian
4 relationship, Relief, Upper atmosphere circulation
Context
• Winter
• Summer
• Advancing monsoon,
• Retreating monsoon

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 • Global warming and Climate Change
• AGW and climate change
• Impact of change on India
• The Himalayan Rivers : The Indus system, The
Brahmaputra system
• The Peninsular Rivers
• Water use
Indian Rivers and
5 • Inflows and Out flows
Water Resources
• Water use in Tungabhadra river basin
• Rational and equitable Use of water – a case study or
Hivre Bazar of Maharastra
• Water as common pool resource
• A survey our own area (population)
• What does the census show?
• Age structure
• Sex Ratio
• Literacy Rates
6 The Population
• Life Expectancy
• Population Growth and Processes of Population
Change
• Change in population size
• Population density
• 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
Settlement and
7 • Aerotropolis – jet – age city
Migration
• 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
• The story of Rampur village
Rampur : Village • Farming in Rampur
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Economy • Land and other natural resources
• Land distribution in Rampur

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 • 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
• Production across Countries
• Interlinking Production Across Countries
• Foreign trade and Integration of market
• What is Globalisation
• Factors that have enabled Globalisation
• Technology
9 Globalisation • 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
• Food security for the country
• Increasing food grain production
• Availability of Food grains
10 Food Security • Other food items
• Access to food
• Public Distribution System (PDS)
• Nutrition status
• Development again…
Sustainable • Environment and development
11 Development with • People’s Rights over the Environment
Equity • Towards sustainable Development with Equity
• At Alternative Public Distribution system

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 • 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
The world
• Consequences of the World Wars
12 between wars
- Enormous human cost Democratic Principles
1900-1950
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
• China : two different phases.
• Establishing the Republic
• The Rise of the Communist Party of China
• Establishing the New Democracy : 1949-1954
• Land Reforms
National • Vietnam : Against two colonizers
Liberation • The colonial experience
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Movements in the • Emergence of Vietnamese Nationalism
colonies • 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
• Should the war supported by Indians? 1939-42
National • The Muslim League
Movement in • The Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS
14 India – Partition • The Pakistan Resolution
& Independence • Who will make the British Quit India?
1939-1947 • The popular upsurge 1946-48
• Muslim League and Congress – negotiation for

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 transfer of power
• A possible alternative to partition.
• Partition and migration
• Integration of states
• Revisiting the Indian Constitution
• Nepal Constitution preamble 2007
Making of • Japan Constitution preamble 1946
Independent • Constituent Assembly Debates
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India’s • Draft constitution
Constitution • The vision of the constitution
• Debate on Fundamental Rights
• The Constitution Today
• Election system in India
• The Election Commission
• Political parties in election
The Election
16 • Conduct of elections at various levels
Process in India
• Voting mechanism
• NOTA
• The need for electoral reforms
• First General Elections
• Election procedure
• One party domination in political system
• Demand for State Reorganization
• State Re organization Act, 1956
Independent • SRC – State are organization commission
17 India (The first 30 • Social and Economic change
years 1947-1977) • Foreign policy and Wars
• Anti-Hindi agitation
• Green Revolution
• Regional Parties and Regional Movements
• Bangladesh war
• Emergency
• Return of Democracy after emergency
• Elections – 1977 – End of Emergency
• Some important parties of 1970s BLD, Congress, CPI
Emerging (M), DMK, Jan Sangh, SAD
18 Political Trends • Regional party - Telangana
(1977-2007) • Assam movement
• The Punjab Agitation
• The new initiatives of Rajiv Gandhi Era
• Rise of Communalism and Corruption in High places
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 • The Era of coalition politics
• ‘Mandal, Mandir and Market’
• After world war –II
• UNO
• Cold war (1945-1991)
• Proxy war
• Military alliances
Post-War World
19 • Arms and space race
and India
• NAM
• West Asian Conflicts
• Growth of Nationalism in middle east
• Peace movements
• Collapse of the USSR
• 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
Social Movements
20 • Bhopal Gas Disaster related movements
in our times
• 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
• The merger of Hyderabad State with India
• The Gentlemen’s Agreement
• Mulki Rules
The Movement
• 1969 Agitation
for the Formation
21 • Movements in 1990s
of Telangana
• In the process of achieving Telangana
State
• Withdrawal of announcement
• Telangana achieved
• Prof. Jaya Shanker

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