CBSE Board – Sociology Syllabus class 12
A. INDIAN SOCIETY
Unit 1: Introducing Indian Society
- Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community
Unit 2: Demographic Structure and Indian Society
- Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions
Unit 3: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change
- Family and Kinship
- The Caste System
Unit 4: Market as a Social Institution
- Market as a Social Institution
Unit 5: Pattern of Social Inquality and Exclusion
- Caste Prejudice, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes
- Marginalization of Tribal Communities
- The Struggle for Women‟s Equality
- The Protection of Religious Minorities
- Caring for the Differently Abled
Unit 6: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity
- Problems of Communalism, Regionalism, Casteism and Patriarchy
- Role of the State in a Plural and Unequal Society
- What We Share
Unit 7: Suggestions for Project Work
B. CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Unit 8: Structural Change
- Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization
Unit 9: Cultural Change
- Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization
- Social Reform Movements and Laws
Unit 10: The Story of Democracy
- The Constitution as an instrument of Social Change
- Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics
- Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of Social Transformation
Unit 11: Change and Development in Rural Society
- Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Agrarian Society
Unit 12: Change and Development in Industrial Society
- From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
- Changes in the Class Structure
Unit 13: Globalisation and Social Change
Unit 14: Mass Media and Communication Process
Unit 15: Social Movements
Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants
Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Castes, Trends in Upper Caste
Responses
Women‟s Movements in Independent India
Tribal Movements
Environmental Movements