(Syllabus) CBSE Syllabus of History for Class 11th For March 2009 Examination
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Syllabus : CBSE Syllabus of History for Class 11th For March 2009 Examination
EXAMINATION SPECIFICATIONS
Class XI | History
One Paper
3 Hours 100 Marks
1. Introduction to World History 00 Marks
SECTION A: EARLY SOCIETIES 15 Marks
2. Introduction
3. From the Begining of Time
Focus: Africa, Europe till 15000 BC
(a) Views on the origin of human beings.
(b) Early societies.
(c) Historians' views on present-day hunting-gathering societies.
4. Early Cities
Focus: Iraq, 3rd millennium BC
(a) Growth of towns. (b) Nature of early urban societies.
(c) Historians' Debate on uses of writing.
SECTION B: EMPIRES 25 Marks
5. Introduction
6. An Empire across Three Continents
Focus: Roman Empire, 27 B.C to A.D 600.
(a) Political evolution
(b) Economic expansion
(c) Religion
(d) Late Antiquity
(e) Historians views on the institution of Slavery.
7. Central Islamic Lands:
Focus: 7th to 12th centuries
(a) Polity
(b) Economy
(c) Culture.
(d) Historians viewpoints on the nature of the crusades.
8. Nomadic Empires:
Focus: the Mongol, 13th to 14th century
(a) The nature of nomadism.
(b) Formation of empires.
(c) Conquests and relations with other states.
(d) Historians’ views on nomadic societies and state formation.
SECTION C: CHANGING TRADITIONS 25 Marks
9. Introduction
10.Three Orders
Focus: Western Europe, 13th-16th century
(a) Feudal society and economy
(b) Formation of states.
(c) Church and Society.
(d) Historian’s views on decline of feudalism
11. Changing cultural traditions
Focus on Europe, 14th to 17th century.
(a) New ideas and new trends in literature and arts.
(b) Relationship with earlier ideas
(c) The contribution of West Asia.
(d) Historian’s view points on the validity of the notion ‘European
Renaissance’.
12. Confrontation of Cultures
Focus on the America 15th to 18th century.
(a) European voyages of exploration.
(b) Search for gold; enslavement, raids, extermination.
(c) Indigenous people and cultures - the Arawaks, the Aztecs, the Incas.
(c) The history of displacements.
(d) Historian's view points on the slave trade,
SECTION D: PATHS TO MODERNIZATION 25 Marks
13. Introduction
14. The Industrial Revolution.
Focus on England, 18th and 19th century.
(a) Innovations and technological change
(b) Patterns of growth.
(c) Emergence of a working class.
(d) Historians' viewpoints Debate, 'Was there an Industrial Revolution?
15. Displacing indigenous People.
Focus on North America and Australia, I8th-20th century,
(a) European colonists in North America and Australia.
(b) Formation of white settler societies.
(c) Displacement and repression of local people,
(d) Historians view points on the impact of European settlement on indigenous
population.
16. Paths to Modernization.
Focus on East Asia. Late 19th and 20th century.
(a) Militarization and economic growth in Japan.
(b) China and the Communist alternative.
(d) Historians' Debate on meaning of modernization
17. Map Work on Units 1-15 10 Marks