ICSE Class 10 History and Civics Revised Syllabus for the Year 2023

HISTORY, CIVICS AND GEOGRAPHY (50)

HISTORY AND CIVICS
H.C.G. - Paper - 1
Candidates offering History, Civics and Geography (Thailand) are not eligible to offer History, Civics and
Geography.
CLASS X
There will be one written paper of two hours duration carrying 80 marks and an Internal Assessment of 20 marks.

SECTION A: CIVICS Collective and individual responsibility of the

members of the Cabinet. Distinction between
1. The Union Legislature the Council of Ministers and the Cabinet.
Definition of a federal setup.
(i) Lok Sabha - term, composition, qualifications 3. The Judiciary
for membership. Parliamentary procedures: a (a) The Supreme Court:
brief idea of sessions, quorum, question hour,
Composition, qualifications of judges,
adjournment and no-confidence motion.
appointment, independence of judiciary from
Speaker – election and any four functions.
the control of executive and legislature;
(ii) Rajya Sabha – composition, qualifications for Jurisdiction and functions: Original,
membership, election, term, Presiding Appellate, Advisory, Revisory, Judicial
Officer. Review and Court of Record. Enforcement of
Powers and functions of Union Parliament – Fundamental Rights and Writs.
(legislative, financial, amendment of the (b) The High Courts:
Constitution, control over executive). Exclusive
Composition, qualifications of judges,
powers of the two Houses.
appointment; Jurisdiction and functions:
Original and Appellate.
2. The Union Executive
(c) Subordinate Courts:
(a) The President:
Distinction between Court of the District
Qualifications for election, composition of
Judge and Sessions Court.
Electoral College, reason for indirect
election, term of office, procedure for Lok Adalats: meaning and advantages.
impeachment.
Powers: executive, legislative, discretionary SECTION B: HISTORY
and emergency (only the three types of
1. The Indian National Movement (1857 - 1917)
emergencies and circumstances leading to
proclamation of these emergencies). (a) The First War of Independence, 1857
(b) The Vice-President: Only the causes (political, socio-religious,
Qualifications for election, term of office and economic and military) and consequences
powers. (only end of the Company’s Rule and changes
introduced in administration). The events,
(c) Prime Minister and Council of Ministers: however, need to be mentioned in order to
Appointment, formation of Council of maintain continuity and for a more
Ministers, three categories of the Council of comprehensive understanding.
Ministers, tenure, functions - policy making,
(b) Factors leading to the growth of Nationalism
administrative and legislative. Position and
– repressive policies of Lord Lytton and Ilbert
powers of the Prime Minister (with reference
Bill Controversy, socio-religious reform
to the President, the Cabinet, the Parliament
movements (any two contributions of Raja
and role as the Leader of the Nation),
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 Rammohan Roy and Jyotiba Phule) and role (c) Independence and Partition of India –
of the Press. Mountbatten Plan (clauses and its
Foundation of the Indian National Congress - acceptance); and the Indian Independence
The year of formation and its founder - the Act of 1947 (clauses only).
first two sessions and their Presidents should 3. The Contemporary World
be mentioned. Immediate objectives of the
(a) The First World War
Indian National Congress.
Causes (Nationalism and Imperialism,
(c) First Phase of the Indian National Movement division of Europe and Sarajevo crisis) and
(1885-1907) - methods of struggle of the Early Results (Treaty of Versailles, objectives of the
Nationalists. Any two contributions of League of Nations).
Dadabhai Naoroji, Surendranath Banerjee (b) Rise of Dictatorships
and Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
Causes for the rise of Fascism in Italy and the
Second Phase of the Indian National rise of Nazism in Germany. Similarities
Movement (1905-1916) - Brief mention of the between Mussolini’s Fascist and Hitler’s Nazi
causes of the Partition of Bengal – Lord ideologies.
Curzon’s view and the view of the
(c) The Second World War
Nationalists. Objectives and methods of
struggle of the Assertive Nationalists. Any two Causes (Dissatisfaction with the Treaty of
contributions of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Versailles, Rise of Fascism and Nazism,
Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai. The Japanese invasion of China, failure of League
difference between the objectives and methods of Nations and Hitler’s invasion of Poland).
of the Assertive and early Nationalists. Consequences (brief mention of defeat of Axis
Powers, formation of the United Nations and
The Muslim League: Year of formation, the
Cold War between the two power blocs).
first session and the name of the President.
The objectives of the Muslim League. (d) United Nations
Brief mention of the significance of the (i) The objectives of the U.N.
Lucknow Pact - 1916. The composition and any four functions of
the General Assembly, the Security
2. Mass Phase of the National Movement (1915- Council, and the International Court of
1947) Justice.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi - Non-Cooperation (ii) Major agencies of the United Nations:
Movement : causes (Khilafat Movement, UNICEF, WHO and UNESCO - any four
Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy), functions only.
programme and suspension – Chauri Chaura
(e) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
incident and impact of the Movement; the
Civil Disobedience Movement: causes Brief meaning; objectives; Names of the
(reaction to the Simon Commission, architects of NAM (Nehru, Nasser and Tito).
Declaration of Poorna Swaraj at the Lahore
Session of 1929), Dandi March, programme INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
and impact of the Movement, Gandhi-Irwin Any one project/assignment related to the syllabus.
Pact and the Second Round Table
Conference; the Quit India Movement: Suggested Assignments
causes (failure of the Cripps Mission, • Compare the Parliamentary and Presidential forms
Japanese threat), Quit India Resolution and of Government with reference to India and the
the significance of the Movement. U.S.A.
(b) Forward Bloc (objectives) and INA (the name • Conduct a mock Court and record the proceedings.
of the founder, objectives and any two
achievements), Contributions of Subhas • Present a life sketch and contributions of any one
Chandra Bose. of the following Presidents of India –

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• Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and Award of Marks (20 Marks)
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (or any other).
Subject Teacher (Internal Examiner) 10 marks
• Present a book review of any one of the following
works: Dadabai Naoroji’s ‘Poverty and un-British External Examiner 10 marks
rule in India’, Gandhi’s ‘The Story of my The total marks obtained out of 20 are to be sent to the
Experiments with Truth’, Nehru’s ‘Discovery of Council by the Head of the School.
India’, Bhagat Singh’s ‘Why I am an Atheist’,
Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s ‘The Scope of Happiness: The Head of the school will be responsible for the
A Personal Memoir’, Abdul Kalam’s ‘Wings of online entry of marks on the Council’s CAREERS
Fire’. portal by the due date.
• Discuss the relevance of any one of the following
films to understand the history of 20th Century
Europe: The Book Thief, Schindler’s List, Escape
to Victory, The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, Life is
Beautiful, The Sound of Music, Gandhi (Richard
Attenborough), Sardar (Ketan Mehta), Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose - The Forgotten Hero
(Shyam Benegal).
• Highlight the work and achievements of any one
Nobel Laureate - Malala Yousafzai or Kailash
Satyarthi.
• Make a PowerPoint presentation on India’s
Independence and Partition.
• Make a presentation on the influence of Gandhian
principles on Martin Luther King / Nelson
Mandela.
• Prepare a report on the contributions of any one of
the following agencies of the United Nations –
UNESCO / WHO / UNICEF / ILO / UNDP / FAO.
EVALUATION
The assignments/project work is to be evaluated by the
subject teacher and by an External Examiner. (The
External Examiner may be a teacher nominated by the
Head of the School, who could be from the faculty,
but not teaching the subject in the section/class. For
example, a teacher of History of Class VIII may be
deputed to be an External Examiner for Class X,
History projects.)
The Internal Examiner and the External Examiner will
assess the assignments independently.

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 INTERNAL ASSESSMENT IN HISTORY & CIVICS - GUIDELINES FOR MARKING WITH GRADES
Grade Preparation/ Information Concepts Thinking Skills Presentation Marks
Research
I ▪ Follows instructions ▪ A good deal of relevant ▪ Good understanding of ▪ Different ▪ Matter presented is 4
with understanding. matter. historical concepts - interpretations of clear and is in coherent
▪ Masters research ▪ Uses wide range of sequence/ evidence. form (sub-headings,
techniques easily. sources. reconstruction- causes ▪ Can draw Inferences/ sections, chapters etc.)
▪ Reference work is and consequences- deductions/ ▪ Work is neat and tidy
orderly. continuity and change conclusions. and not over elaborate.
▪ Empathy.
II ▪ Follows instructions but ▪ Selects matter relevant ▪ Understanding of ▪ Limited / Single ▪ Matter is presented in 3
needs a little help in to context. concepts is adequate. interpretation of coherent form but not
research techniques. ▪ Limited use of evidence with some organized into sections
▪ Reference notes quite references/ sources. examples. etc.
orderly. ▪ Some inferences/ ▪ Presentation neat and
conclusions are drawn. tidy but not elaborate.
III ▪ Follows instructions but ▪ Relevant matter but ▪ Displays limited use of ▪ Few examples /single ▪ Work is presented in an 2
needs constant guidance. limited reference work. concepts. example to support orderly way, but not
▪ Reference notes at ▪ Matter is sketchy. reasoning. organized into sections.
times disorderly. ▪ Over use of ‘cosmetics’
to hide lack of
substance.
▪ Work is quite neatly
presented.
IV ▪ Struggles with research ▪ Hardly any reference ▪ Minimal competency in ▪ Finds it difficult to ▪ Matter presented in a 1
methods and needs material. concepts. make conclusions/ confused way at times
constant guidance. ▪ Use of irrelevant ▪ A few of the required deductions/ inferences. (no sub-headings,
▪ Reference notes copied matter. concepts. ▪ No examples to support chapters, etc.)
without reference to ▪ Matter is sketchy. reasoning. ▪ Tendency to copy from
keywords. reference books.
▪ Use of “cosmetics” to
hide lack of substance.
▪ Untidy work.
V ▪ Cannot follow ▪ No reference ▪ Unable to demonstrate ▪ Unable to make ▪ Matter presented in an 0
instructions. work/copied from other concepts. inferences/ deductions incoherent/
▪ Works ‘blindly’ textbooks/ sketchy or come to any disorganized way.
without reference to matter. conclusions. ▪ Copied from textbooks
keywords. “blindly”.
▪ Use of “cosmetics” to
hide lack of substance.
▪ Untidy work.