একাদশ শ্রেণির ইতিহাস সিলেবাস - ২০২৪

History Syllabus for Class XI - 2024

একাদশ শ্রেণির ইতিহাস সিলেবাস ২০২৪

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education 

SUBJECT : HISTORY (HIST)

Semester -I

COURSE CODE : THEORY

Full marks - 40                                                            Contact Hours : 90 Hours

Unit 1 Learning History : (Contact Hours : 24     Marks : 10)

Understanding History: 

Pre-History, Proto-History. Early Sources and their nature. Forms of Recorded History. Facts and interpretation. Indo- Persian tradition of History writing in Medieval India.
Concept of time in History.
Linear and cyclical periodisation of History and chronology.

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Unit 2 Empires : (Contact Hours : 33     Marks : 15)

Empires Across the three Continents 1300BCE TO 100BCE

Introducing the age of Empires. Dynamics of the Roman Empire.
Implications of the Contact of the Romans with the sub- continental empires - the importance of slavery in the economy- Cultural transformation and impact on the slave economy

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Unit 3 Comparative Studies : (Contact Hours : 33     Marks : 15)

Concept of Governance

3.1. Citystates: Classical Governments
3.2. Monarchies from janapadas to Mahajanapadas (Chiefdoms to kingdoms)
3.3. Empires. Definition, Difference with Monarchy- Comparative history of Empires
    a) The Mauryan empire and the Macedonian empire
    b) Chola administration
    c) Roman Empire and the Gupta Empire
    d) The Mughal Empire and the Ottoman Empire

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Semester  II

COURSE CODE : THEORY 

FULL MARKS : 40                                                                CONTACT HOURS : 70 HOURS

Unit 4 : Nature of a State (Contact Hours : 25     Marks : 15)

State and its apparatus:

4.1 Nature of a State, The ideal prototype 

    a) the Indian context : Kautilya, arthshastra and the state craft;

Jiyauddin barani : Fatwa-i-Jahandari and the nature of the state under the Delhi sultans.

    b) The European context : Greek and the Roman world. Thomas Cromwell and The New Monarchy : intellectual basis of the early modern state.

4.2 Apparatus of Governance :

    a) Persian Satraps

    b) Chinese Mandarins

    c) Delhi sultans : iqtadars

    d) Mughal Mansabdars

Unit 5 : Changing Traditions (Contact Hours : 20     Marks : 10)

The crusades - changing cultural traditions - to appreciate the history of cultural transformations with reference to paintings art and architecture of the period. Renaissance periods.

Debate on Renaissance - positive and negative impact. 

Roman catholic Church and protestant movements.

Bhakti, Sufi, Confucious, Tao, Shinto etc.

Unit 6 : Expanding Horizons (Contact Hours : 25     Marks : 15)

Origins of modern science - from Witchcraft to social emancipation - astrology to astronomy, towards a solar centric universe. Geographical explorations and new geographical knowledge -

technological advancement. 

Agricultural, military and ship buildings technology - printing revolution in western Europe (with reference to the contributions of China Japan and the Arab world to the art of printing) 

COURSE CODE : PROJECT 

FULL MARKS : 20 

1. Prepare a time chart of evolution 

2.

    a) Map Work : on a world map point out the place where under the Roman empire. 

    b) Slavery and its impact on the contemporary world.

3. Map work 

    a) on an outline map of Europe locate 

        i) Athens 

        ii) Sparta 

    b) on an outline map of India locate and name the 16 mahajanapadas 

    c) Trade relation in the ancient time between Europe and India during 500 BCE - 500CE

4. Contributions of 

    a. Kautilya 

    b. Zia-ud-din Barani

    c. Thomas Cromwell 

5. Renaissance and its impact on the Human life.

6. Printing revolution and its impact on the spread of education. 

[NOTE : 40 hours reserved for project, remedial classes, tutorials and home assignments.]

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