{"id":12769,"date":"2017-04-14T21:24:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T15:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbselabs.com\/?p=12769"},"modified":"2021-09-18T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T09:55:48","slug":"cbse-history-class-12-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cbselabs.com\/cbse-history-class-12-syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"CBSE Syllabus for Class 12 History"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBSE Syllabus for Class 12 History<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Course Structure for Class XII History (2017-18)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Units\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nTopic\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nMarks\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Units 1 – 4<\/td>\nThemes in Indian History Part – I<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Units 5 – 9<\/td>\nThemes in Indian History Part – II<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Units 10 – 15<\/td>\nThemes in Indian History Part – III<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unit 16<\/td>\nMap Work<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nProject work<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTotal<\/strong><\/td>\n100<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Themes in Indian History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
Themes<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Objectives<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Part I<\/strong><\/p>\n
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  1. The Story of the First Cities: Harappan Archaeology.<\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong> Early urban centres.
    \nStory of discovery:<\/strong> Harappan civilization.
    \nExcerpt:<\/strong> Archaeological report on a major site.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> How it has been utilized by archaeologists\/historians.<\/li>\n
  2. Political and Economic History: How Inscriptions tell a story.<\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong> Political and economic history from the Mauryan to the Gupta period.
    \nStory of discovery:<\/strong> Inscriptions and the decipherment of the script. Shifts in the understanding of political and economic history.
    \nExcerpt:<\/strong> Asokan inscription and Gupta period land grant.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> Interpretation of inscriptions by historians.<\/li>\n
  3. Social Histories:<\/strong> Using the Mahabharata<\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong> Issues in social history, including caste, class, kinship and gender.
    \nStory of discovery:<\/strong> Transmission and publications of the Mahabharata.
    \nExcerpt:<\/strong> from the Mahabharata, illustrating how it has been used by historians.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> Other sources for reconstructing social history.<\/li>\n
  4. A History of Buddhism: Sanchi Stupa <\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong>
    \n(a) A brief review of religious histories of Vedic religion, Jainism, Vaisnavism, Saivism.
    \n(b) Focus on Buddhism.
    \nStory of discovery:<\/strong> Sanchi stupa
    \nExcerpt:<\/strong> Reproduction of sculptures from Sanchi.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> Ways in which sculpture has been interpreted by historians, other sources for reconstructing the history of Buddhism.
    \nPart II<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Agrarian Relations: The Am-i- Akbari Broad overview:<\/strong>
    \n(a) Structure of agrarian relations in the 16th and 17th centuries.
    \n(b) Patterns of change over the period.
    \nStory of Discovery:<\/strong> Account of the compilation and translation of Ain-i-Akbari.
    \nExcerpt:<\/strong> from the Ain-i-Akbari
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> Ways in which historians have used the text to reconstruct history.<\/li>\n
  6. The Mughal Court: Reconstructing Histories through Chronicles<\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong>
    \n(a) Outline of political history 15th-17th centuries.
    \n(b) Discussion of the Mughal court and politics.
    \nStory of Discovery:<\/strong> Account of the production of court chronicles, and their subsequent translation and transmission.
    \nExcerpts:<\/strong> from the Akbarnama and Padshahnama.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> Ways in which historians have used the texts to reconstruct political histories.<\/li>\n
  7. New Architecture: Hampi Broad overview:<\/strong>
    \n(a) Outline of new buildings during Vijayanagar period-temples, forts, irrigation facilities.
    \n(b) Relationship between architecture and the political system.
    \nStory of Discovery:<\/strong> Account of how Hampi was found.
    \nExcerpt:<\/strong> Visuals of buildings at Hampi.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> Ways in which historians have analyzed and interpreted these structures.<\/li>\n
  8. Religious Histories: The Bhakti-Sufi Tradition<\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong>
    \n(a) Outline of religious developments during this period.
    \n(b) Ideas and practices of the Bhakti-Sufi saints.
    \nStory of Transmission:<\/strong> How Bhakti-Sufi compositions have been preserved.
    \nExcerpt:<\/strong> Extracts from selected Bhakti-Sufi works.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> Ways in which these have been interpreted by historians.<\/li>\n
  9. Medieval Society through Travelers\u2019 Accounts<\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong> Outline of social and cultural life as they appear in travelers\u2019 accounts.
    \nStory of their writings:<\/strong> A discussion of where they travelled, why they travelled, what they wrote, and for whom they wrote.
    \nExcerpts:<\/strong> from Alberuni, lbn Batuta, Bernier.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> What these travel accounts can tell us and how they have been interpreted by historians.
    \nPART – III<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Colonialism and Rural Society: Evidence from Official Reports<\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong>
    \n(a) Life of zamindars, peasants and artisans in the late 18th century
    \n(b) East India Company, revenue settlements and surveys.
    \n(c) Changes over the nineteenth century.
    \nStory of official records:<\/strong> An account of why official investigations into rural societies were undertaken and the types of records and reports produced.
    \nExcerpts:<\/strong> From Firminger\u2019s Fifth Report, Accounts of Frances Buchanan-Hamilton, and Deccan Riots Report.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> What the official records tell and do not tell, and how they have been used by historians.<\/li>\n
  11. Representations of 1857 Broad overview:<\/strong>
    \n(a) The events of 1857-58.
    \n(b) How these events were recorded and narrated.
    \nFocus:<\/strong>\u00a0Lucknow.
    \nExcerpts:<\/strong> Pictures of 1857. Extracts from contemporary accounts.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> How the pictures of 1857 shaped British opinion of what had happened.<\/li>\n
  12. Colonialism and Indian Towns: Town Plans and Municipal Reports<\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong> The growth of Mumbai, Chennai, hilt stations and cantonments in the 18th and 19th centuries.
    \nExcerpts:<\/strong> Photographs and paintings. Plans of cities. Extract from town plan reports. Focus on Kolkata town planning.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> How the above sources can be used to reconstruct the history of towns. What these sources do not reveal.<\/li>\n
  13. Mahatma Gandhi through Contemporary Eyes<\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong>
    \n(a) The Nationalist Movement 1918 – 48.
    \n(b) The nature of Gandhian politics and leadership.
    \nFocus:<\/strong> Mahatma Gandhi in 1931.
    \nExcerpts:<\/strong> Reports from English and Indian language newspapers and other contemporary writings.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> How newspapers can be a source of history.<\/li>\n
  14. Partition through Oral Sources <\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong>
    \n(a) The history of the 1940s.
    \n(b) Nationalism, Communalism and Partition.
    \nFocus:<\/strong> Punjab and Bengal.
    \nExcerpts:<\/strong> Oral testimonies of those who experienced partition.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> Ways in which these have been analyzed to reconstruct the history of the event.<\/li>\n
  15. The Making of the Constitution <\/strong>
    \nBroad overview:<\/strong>
    \n(a) Independence and the new nation state.
    \n(b) The making of the Constitution.
    \nFocus:<\/strong> The Constitutional Assembly debates.
    \nExcerpts:<\/strong> from the debates.
    \nDiscussion:<\/strong> What such debates reveal and how they can be analyzed.<\/li>\n
  16. Map Work on Units 1-15<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n
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