REVISED CLASS-VII SYLLABUS 2017-2018

SOCIAL STUDIES
FIRST TERM

Month Chapter Name of the Chapter

No.
April 2 GEOGRAPHY: The Atmosphere
1 CIVICS: Democracy & Equality
May 1 HISTORY: The medieval period

To be judged
1 GEOGRAPHY: The Earths Structure and Land Forms under SEA or
3 GEOGRAPHY: Water Summer Holidays
Homework
July 4 GEOGRAPHY: How surface landforms change (4.1, 4.4,4.5, 4.9, 4.10,
4.11).
3 HISTORY: The Delhi Sultanate
2 HISTORY: Kings and Kingdoms of the early medieval period (discussion
only)
2 CIVICS: State government: The Legislature
August 4 HISTORY: The Mughal empire (Fig 4.8)
5 HISTORY: Architecture is power (discussion only)
3 CIVICS: State Government: The Executive
Sept. Revision and Half Yearly Exam
4 CIVICS: Role of the state government (Power Point Presentation)

Chapters to be assessed in Periodic Assessment only:-

Civics : Chapter-1 : Democracy & Equality
History : Chapter-1 : The Medieval Period
Geography : Chapter-1 : The Earth Structures and Land Forms

BLUE PRINT - Half Yearly Exam (September)

S. No. Chapters Mark One Very short Short Long Map/fig.
word ans/qus ans/qus ans/qus
1. History
Chapter-3-The Delhi Sultanate 15 1x3=3 1x3=3 2x3=6 3x1=3
Chapter-4-The Mughal Empire 15 1x2=2 1x2=2 2x2=4 3x1=3 1x4=4
2. Geography
Chapter-2- The atmosphere 15 1x2=2 1x2=2 2x2=4 3x1=3 4
Chapter-4- How surface land 15 1x2=2 1x2=2 2x2=4 3x1=3 4
forms change
3. Civics
Chapter-2-The state 10 1x2=2 1x3=3 2x1=2 3x1=3 -
Government : The legislature
Chapter-3- The state 10 1x2=2 1x3=3 2x1=2 3x1=3 -
government : The executive
TOTAL 80 11 15 24 18 12

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SECOND TERM

Month Chapter Name of the Chapter

No.
Oct 6 HISTORY : Towns, traders and craftsmen
6 GEOGRAPHY: Settlement, Transport, Communication
5 CIVICS: Gender and Inequalities
Nov 7 HISTORY: Mobile and settled communities
7 GEOGRAPHY: Life in Deserts
6 CIVICS: Media and Democracy
Dec 8 GEOGRAPHY: Life in tropical and subtropical regions (Map 8.1, 8.5)
5 GEOGRAPHY: Diversity of life on Earth (to be given under winter holidays
homework)
7 CIVICS: Advertising
10 HISTORY: India in the 18th century.
Jan 9 GEOGRAPHY: Life in Temperate Regions (9.1, 9.2, 9.7)
8 CIVICS: Markets around us.
Feb. Revision
8 HISTORY: Religious development
9 HISTORY: The Flowering of regional cultures (Assignment based chapters
for discussion)
Mar. Annual Examination

*Chapters to be assessed only in Periodic Test:

History Ch-6 Towns, Traders and Craftsmen
Geography Ch-7 Life in Deserts
Geography Ch-6 Settlement, transport and communication
Civics Ch-6 Media and Democracy
Civics Ch-5 Gender and Inequalities

BLUE PRINT - ANNUAL EXAM (MARCH)

S. No. Chapters Mark MCQ Very short Short Long Map/fig.
ans/qus ans/qus ans/qus
1. History
L-7 Mobile and settled 12 1x2=2 1x3=3 2x2=4 3x1=3 -
communities
L-10 India in the 18th century. 13 1x2=2 1x2=2 2x1=2 3x1=3 1x4=4
L-4 The Mughal Empire 5 1x1=1 1x2=2 2x1=2 - -
2. Civics
L-7 Advertising 8 1x2=2 1x1=1 2x1=2 3x1=3 -
L-8 Markets around us. 9 1x2=2 1x2=2 2x1=2 3x1=3 -
L-3 State Government The 3 1x1=1 1x2=2 - - -
executive
3. Geography
L-8 Life in tropical and 13 1x2=2 1x4=4 2x1=2 3x1=3 1x2=2
subtropical regions
L-9 Life in Temperate Regions 13 1x2=2 1x4=4 2x1=2 3x1=3 1x2=2
L-4 How Surface Landform 4 1x2=2 1x2=2 - - -
Change.
TOTAL 80 16 22 16 18 08