India · CBSE Learning Outcomes
Class 6 Social Science
Class 6 Social Science: a first encounter with formal history, geography, and civics. Students explore the earliest human societies, the Harappan civilisation, Earth's landforms and environment, and ideas of diversity and local governance.
Our Pasts: The Earliest Societies
Exploring the transition of humans from nomadic hunter-gatherers to settled agriculturists and the discovery of vital resources.
The life of early people who hunted animals, gathered fruits, and moved from place to place in search of food and water.
The great change when people learned to grow crops and domesticate animals, settling down near rivers and fertile land.
Stone tools, bone needles, and the discovery of fire: how technology changed the lives of early humans.
Studying prehistoric art in caves like Bhimbetka to understand the expressive side of early human life.
How historians use artifacts, bones, and plant remains to reconstruct the story of the distant past.
The First Cities and Early Civilisations
The Harappan (Indus Valley) civilisation and the emergence of organized urban living.
The remarkable city planning of the Harappans: grid streets, drainage systems, the Great Bath, and granaries.
What people ate, wore, and did for a living: farming, crafts, bead-making, and long-distance trade.
The Harappans had a writing system on their seals, but no one has been able to decode it. One of history's great puzzles.
Exploring the maritime trade of the Indus people through the study of the port city of Lothal.
Investigating theories about why a massive and advanced civilisation eventually disappeared.
Vedic Age, New Ideas, and Empires
The evolution of social structures, the birth of Buddhism and Jainism, and the first great Indian empire.
The Rig Veda, pastoral and agricultural life, the varna system, and how society was organised in early India.
The teachings of Gautama Buddha and Mahavira: non-violence, truth, and the middle path.
Emperor Ashoka's transformation from a warrior king to a champion of dhamma.
The rise of sixteen powerful kingdoms and the growth of Magadha as a dominant power.
Introduction to early Tamil society through the Sangam poems and the Chola, Chera, and Pandya kingdoms.
How traders and religious travelers connected India to the Silk Route and Southeast Asia.
The Earth: Our Habitat
Understanding our planet's position in space, its movements, and its diverse physical features.
Our planet among the planets: day and night, seasons, and the uniqueness of Earth.
Understanding the imaginary lines that help us locate any place on the Earth.
Rotation and Revolution: how the Earth moves and how it affects our daily lives.
Learning to read maps using symbols, scales, and the four cardinal directions.
The Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and Biosphere: the four realms of our planet.
Mountains, plateaus, and plains: how the surface of the Earth is shaped.
The Himalayas, Northern Plains, Deccan Plateau, Thar Desert, and coastal regions.
India: Climate, Vegetation and Wildlife
The natural environment of India and the importance of conservation.
Understanding the cycle of seasons: Winter, Summer, Monsoon, and Retreating Monsoon.
From tropical rainforests to thorny bushes: the variety of plants found in India.
India's rich animal life and the efforts to protect endangered species.
How humans adapt to and modify their environment in different parts of India.
Social and Political Life: Diversity
Exploring the richness of Indian diversity and the challenges of inequality.
The many languages, religions, and cultures that make India unique.
Understanding unfair treatment and stereotypes in society.
The life of the father of the Indian Constitution and his struggle against the caste system.
Challenging traditional ideas about what boys and girls can or should do.
An introduction to the role of government, its levels, and various forms of rule.
Participation, conflict resolution, and the pillars of equality and justice.
Local Government and Livelihoods
How local areas are managed and how people earn their living in rural and urban India.
The three-tier system of local self-government in rural India.
The role of the Patwari and the Tehsildar in maintaining land records and law.
How Municipal Corporations manage cities: water, electricity, and sanitation.
The different ways people earn money in villages: farming, fishing, and crafts.
Working in the city: from street vendors to office workers and factory owners.
Understanding how goods move from producers to consumers through various markets.
Balancing economic growth with the protection of the environment for the future.