Gayathri Kumar
The ICSE Class 6 Syllabus of History and Civics has been developed to make children understand the Working of the world around them.
For attending this course, prior knowledge of Grade-5 Social Studies is required, this course assumes that students have prior experience with all the topics of Social Studies of Grade-5 . This is not an Introductory class for absolute beginners on the subject History and Civics of Grade-6 . So therefore, Participants should already be familiar with the basic concepts..
| Course | Fee per Class (In KlassCoins) | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| History and Civics-Grade 6 | 472.5 | 11 Months | Indiviual Classes |
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The ICSE Class 6 Syllabus of History and Civics has been developed to make children understand the Working of the world around them.
HISTORY
Chapter 1:The River Valley Civilizations
Chapter 2:The Vedic Civilization
Chapter 3:Mahavira & Buddha – Great Preachers
Chapter 4:Rise of Kingdoms & Republicans
Chapter 5: The Mauryan Empire
Chapter 6: The Golden Age – Gupta Empire
CIVICS
Chapter 1: The Rural Local Self Government
Chapter 2: Urban Local Self Government
Chapter 1: The River Valley Civilizations
1) ‘Civilization’- meaning
2) Reasons for settlement near rivers
3) Major Civilizations:Indus Valley , Mesopotamian , Egyptian, Chinese
4) Main Characteristics:Origin , Location (*Map)
5) Rivers
6) Society
7) Social life – Family, Community
8)Town Planning
9)Occupations
10)Trade
11) Art and (Craft), Architecture
12) Religious Beliefs
13) Decline
Chapter 2: The Vedic Civilization
1) Aryans in the Sapta Sindhu & Gangetic valley
2) ‘Vedas’ and ‘Vedic’ – meaning
3) The four Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas
4) Epics Ramayana & Mahabharata
5) Brahmavarta (Early Vedic age) Political Organization, Social life
, Economic life
6) Aryavarta (Later Vedic age)Political Org., Social Life, Four Ashramas
7) Gurukul System Economic life
Chapter 3: Mahavira & Buddha – Great Preachers
1) Social conditions for rise of Jainism and Buddhism.
2) Vardhamana Mahavira – Jainism , Early life , Teachings (Ahimsa, Caste system, Karma, Rebirth, Search for truth), Sub Sections of Jainism
3) Gautama Buddha – Buddhism , Early life , Teachings (Four Noble Truths, Eight Fold Path, Ahimsa, Karma, Nirvana, Caste System) , Sub Sections of Buddhism
4) A comparative study between Jainism and Buddhism, Spread and Decline.
Chapter 4: Rise of Kingdoms & Republicans
1) Introduction to terms – Janapadas & Mahajanapadas.
2) Powerful Kingdoms
Vatsa
Avanti
Kosala
Magadha
3) Mighty Kingdom of Magadha:
Rulers (Bimbisara, Ajatashatru
Rule of Nandas
Alexander’s Invasion
Chandragupta Maurya (Brief Mention of his life before he became the ruler)
Chapter 5: The Mauryan Empire
The Golden Age – Gupta Empire
ICSE Class 6 Civics mainly consists of 2 topics. There are subtopics covered under .
Chapter 1: The Rural Local Self Government
1) Local-Self Government meaning
2) Panchayati Raj SystemPanchayats (Features and Functions)
Chapter 2 : Urban Local Self Government
2) Names of major cities– Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai
3) Municipal Corporations
4) Composition
5) Functions (Water Supply, Public health Sanitation, Education,Lighting, Public Security, Public , Works, Maternity and Child Welfare)
The audience of this course is students of Grade-6 from ICSE Board. All the Chapters are well designed and its coverage as per latest curriculum released by the board. Still Student have complete flexibility to enhance or modify the course coverage during the course of learning process with Teacher. We are expecting that students of Grade-6 should drive their classes with Teacher as per chapters mentioned and also as per syllabus of their school and applicable School district or Board.
For attending this course, prior knowledge of Grade-5 Social Studies is required, this course assumes that students have prior experience with all the topics of Social Studies of Grade-5 . This is not an Introductory class for absolute beginners on the subject History and Civics of Grade-6 . So therefore, Participants should already be familiar with the basic concepts..