CBSE Class 11 History Syllabus 2020-21| Check Latest Exam Pattern
CBSE has released Class 11 History Syllabus 2020-21 which is revised as the board has decided to reduce the syllabus for this academic session due to coronavirus pandemic. The annual board examination will be of 80 marks while project work will be of 20 Marks.
Part
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Units
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Marks
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| Introduction to World History | - | |
| Section A Early Societies | 8 | |
| Introduction | ||
| 1. | -Deleted for the session-2020-2021 | - |
| 2. | Writing and City Life | - |
| Section B: Empires | 20 | |
| . | Introduction | - |
| 3. | An empire across three continents | - |
| 4. | Central Islamic lands | - |
| 5. | Deleted for the session-2020-2021 | - |
| Section C: Changing Traditions | 20 | |
| Introduction | - | |
| 6. | Three orders | - |
| 7. | Changing cultural traditions | - |
| 8. | Deleted for the session-2020-2021 | - |
| Section D: Paths to Modernization | 28 | |
| . | Introduction | - |
| 9. | The Industrial Revolution | - |
| 10. | Displacing indigenous People | - |
| 11. | Paths to modernization | - |
| Map work (units 1-11 ) | 4 | |
| Project Work | 20 | |
| Total | 100 Marks | |
2.Writing and city Life
Focus: Iraq, 3rd millennium BCE
a) Growth of towns
b) Nature of early urban societies
c) Historians’ Debate on uses of writing
3. An empire across Three continents
Focus: Roman Empire, 27 BCE to 600 CE
a) Political evolution
b) Economic Expansion
c) Religion-culture foundation
d) Late Antiquity
e) Historians’ view on the Institution of Slavery
4. Central Islamic Lands
Focus: 7th to 12th centuries
a) Polity
b) Economy
c) Culture
d) Historians’ viewpoints on the nature of the crusades
6. The three orders.
Focus: Western Europe 13th -16th century
a) Feudal society and economy
b) Formation of state
c) Church and society
d) Historians’ views on decline of feudalism
7. Changing Cultural Traditions
Focus: Europe 14th-17th century
a) New ideas and new trends in literature and arts
b) Relationship with earlier ideas
c) The contribution of West Asia
d) Historians’ viewpoint on the validity of the notion' European Renaissance
9.The industrial Revolution
Focus: England 18th to 19th century
a) Innovations and technological change
b) Patterns of growth
c) Emergence of working class
d) Historians’ viewpoint, Debate on ‘Was there an Industrial Revolution?’
10.Displacing Indigenous People
Focus: North America and Australia, 18th to 20th century
a) European colonists in North America and Australia
b) Formation of White Settler societies
c) Displacement and repression of local people
d) Historians’ viewpoint on the impact of European settlement on indigenous population
11.Paths to Modernization
Focus: East Asia, late 19th to 20th century
a) Militarization and economic growth in Japan
b) China and the communist alternative
c) Historians’ Debate on the meaning of modernization
Deleted Chapter from Class 11 History Syllabus 2020-21
• Theme 1 - Early Societies - Complete Chapter
• Theme 5 - Nomadic Empires - Complete Chapter
• Theme 8 - Confrontation of Cultures - Complete Chapter
Prescribed Books:
1. Themes in World History, Class XI, Published by NCERT
Download Class 11 History Syllabus 2020-21