SYLLABUS OF GRADE XII - SOCIOLOGY (SO1213)
INSTRUCTIONS:
- this syllabus is divided into two parts. Both the parts are compulsory.
- Separate marks are given with each unit.
UNIT | AREA COVERED | MARKS |
PART A | INDIAN SOCIETY | |
UNIT 1 | INTRODUCING INDIAN SOCIETY (NON-EVALUATIVE) | 05 |
UNIT 2 | DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE & INDIAN SOCIETY | 05 |
UNIT 3 | SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS-CONTINUITY AND CHANGE | 10 |
UNIT 4 | MARKET AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION | 05 |
UNIT 5 | PATTERN OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND EXCLUSION | 05 |
UNIT 6 | CHALLENGES OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY | 10 |
UNIT 7 | SUGGESTIONS FOR PROJECT WORK (NON-EVALUATIVE) | 05 |
PART B | CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN SOCIETY | |
UNIT 8 | STRUCTURAL CHANGE | 05 |
UNIT 9 | CULTURAL CHANGE | 10 |
UNIT 10 | THE STORY OF DEMOCRACY | 05 |
UNIT 11 | CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL SOCIETY | 05 |
UNIT 12 | CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY | 10 |
UNIT 13 | GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE | 05 |
UNIT 14 | MASS MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS | 05 |
UNIT 15 | SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | 100 |
TOTAL MARKS | 100 TIME: 3 HOURS |
PART A : INDIAN SOCIETY
UNIT 1 : INTRODUCING INDIAN SOCIETY(05 MARKS)
- Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community
UNIT 2 : DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE AND INDIAN SOCIETY(05 MARKS)
- Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions
UNIT 3 : SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE(10 MARKS)
- Family and Kinship
- The Caste System
UNIT 4 : MARKET AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION(05 MARKS)
- Market as a Social Institution
UNIT 5 : PATTERN OF SOCIAL INQUALITY AND EXCLUSION(05 MARKS)
- Caste Prejudice, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes
- Marginalization of Tribal Communities
- The Struggle for Women‟s Equality
- The Protection of Religious Minorities
- Caring for the Differently Abled
- Problems of Communalism, Regionalism, Casteism and Patriarchy
- Role of the State in a Plural and Unequal Society
- What We Share
UNIT 7 : SUGGESTIONS FOR PROJECT WORK(05 MARKS)
PART B : CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
UNIT 8 : STRUCTURAL CHANGE(05 MARKS)
- Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization
UNIT 9 : CULTURAL CHANGE(10 MARKS)
- Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization
- Social Reform Movements and Laws
UNIT 10 : THE STORY OF DEMOCRACY(05 MARKS)
- The Constitution as an instrument of Social Change
- Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics
- Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of Social Transformation
UNIT 11 : CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL SOCIETY(05 MARKS)
- Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Agrarian Society
UNIT 12 : CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY(10 MARKS)
- From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
- Changes in the Class Structure
UNIT 13 : GLOBALISATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE(05 MARKS)
UNIT 14 : MASS MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION PROCESS(05 MARKS)
UNIT 15 : SOCIAL MOVEMENTS(10 MARKS)
- Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants
- Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Castes, Trends in Upper Caste
- Responses
- Women‟s Movements in Independent India
- Tribal Movements
- Environmental Movements