AHSEC Class 11 History Syllabus 2024-25: Download in PDF

Unit

Topics

Marks

Periods

Unit-1:

Introduction to World History

08

Section A.:

Early Societies

10

32

Unit-2:

Introduction

06

Unit-3:

From the beginning of time

14

Unit-4:

Early Cities

12

Section B :

Empires

20

40

Unit-5:

Introduction

06

Unit-6:

An empire across three continents

12

Unit-7:

Central Islamic lands

12

Unit-8:

Nomadic Empires

10

Section C :

Changing Traditions

30

44

Unit-9:

Introduction

06

Unit-10:

Three orders

12

Unit-11:

Changing, cultural traditions

14

Unit-12:

Confrontation of cultures

12

Section D :

Paths to Modernization

30

46

Unit-13:

Introduction

08

Unit-14:

The Industrial Revolution

12

Unit-15:

Displacing indigenous People

12

Unit-16:

Paths of Modernization

14

Map work

(Units 1-16)

10

10

Total :

100

180

Themes

Objectives

2. Introduction

3. From the beginning of time

Focus : Africa, Europe till 15000 BC

(a) Views on the origin of human beings

(b) Early societies

Debate on present-day hunter-gatherer societies

Familiarise the learner with ways of reconstructing human evolution.

Discuss whether the experience of present-day hunting-gathering peoples

can be used to understand early societies,

4. Early Cities

Focus: Iraq, 3rd millennium BC

(a) Growth of towns

(b) Nature of early urban societies.

Debate on uses of writing

Familiarise the learner with the nature of early urban centres.

Discuss whether writing is significant as a marker of civilization.

Themes

Objectives

5. Introduction

6. An Empire across Three Continents

Focus: Roman Empire. 27 BC, to . AD 600

(a) Political evolution

(b) Economic expansion

(c) Religion

(d) Late Antiquity

Debate on the institution of slavery

Familiarise the learner with the history of a major world empire.

Discuss whether slavery was a significant element in the economy.

7. Central Islamic Lands

Focus: 7th to 12th centuries.

(a) Polity

(b) Economy

(c) Culture

Debate on the nature of the crusades.

Familiarise the learner with the rise of Islamic empires in the Afro-Asian territories and its implications for economy and society.

Understand what the crusades meant in these regions and how they were

experienced

8. Nomadic Empires

Focus: the Mongol, 13th to 14th century.

(a) The nature of nomadism

(b) Formation of empires

(c) Conquests and relations with other states

Debate on nomadic societies and state

Familiarise the learner with the varieties of nomadic society and their institutions.

Discuss whether state formation is possible in nomadic societies.

Themes

Objectives

9. Introduction

10.Focus: Western Europe, 9th-16th century

(a) Feudal society and economy.

(b) Formation of states.

(c) Church and society.

Debate on decline of feudalism processes of

transition

Familiarise the learner with the nature of the economy and society of this period and the changes within them.

Show how the debate on the decline of feudalism help in understanding

11. Changing Cultural Traditions

Focus: on Europe, 14th to 17th century

(a) New ideas and new trends in literature and arts.

(b) Relationship with earlier ideas

(c) The contribution of West Asia.

Debate: Is the nation 'European Renaissance valid?

Explore the intellectual trends in the period.

Familiarize students with the paintings and buildings of the period.

Introduces the debate around the idea of ‘Renaissance’.

12. Confrontation of Cultures

Focus: on the Americas, 15th to 18th century

(a) European voyages of exploration.

(b) Search for gold; enslavement, raids, extermination

(c) Indigenous peoples and cultures- the Arawaks, the Aztecs, the Incas.

(d) The history of displacements.

Debate on the slave trade.

Discuss changes in European' economy that led to the voyages.

Discuss the implications of the conquests for the indigenous people.

Explore the debate on the nature of the slave trade and see what this debate tells us about the meaning of these ‘discoveries’.

AHSEC Class 11 History Syllabus 2024-2025 (PDF)