Term Wise CBSE Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24

Units

No. of periods

Marks

A

Indian Society

1. Introducing Indian Society

0

Non- evaluative

2. The Demographic Structure of Indian Society

10

6

3. Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

12

6

4. The Market as a Social Institution

10

6

5.  Pattern of Social Inequality and Exclusion

18

6

6. The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

22

8

7. Suggestions for Project Work

10

Non- evaluative

Total

32

B

Change and Development in Indian Society

8. Structural Change

8

6

9. Cultural Change

12

6

10. The Story of Indian Democracy

16

6

11. Change and Development in Rural Society

10

6

12. Change and Development in Industrial

Society

12

6

13. Globalization and Social Change

10

6

14. Mass Media and Communications

12

6

15. Social Movements

18

6

Total

48

Total

180

80

Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 A. Indian Society

Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 1: Introducing Indian Society 

• Colonialism, Nationalism, Class, and Community

Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 2: Demographic Structure and Indian Society

• Theories and Concepts in Demography
• Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions

Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 3: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

• Family and Kinship
• The Caste System

Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 4: Market as a Social Institution

•  Sociological perspectives on markets and the economy.
• Globalization – Interlinking of Local, Regional, National, and International Markets.

Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 5: Pattern of Social Inequality and Exclusion

• Caste Prejudice, Scheduled Castes, and Other Backward Classes
• The Marginalization of Tribal Communities
• The Struggle for Women’s Equality
• The Struggles of the Differently Abled

Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 6: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

• Cultural communities and the nation-state
• Problems of Communalism, Regionalism and Casteism
• The Nation-state, religion-related issues, and identities
• Communalism, secularism, and the nation-state
• State and Civil Society

Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 7: Suggestions for Project Work

Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 B. Change And Development In India

Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 8: Structural Change 

• Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization

Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 9: Cultural Change 

• Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization
• Social Reform Movements and Laws

Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 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

Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 11: Change and Development in Rural Society 

• Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Emerging Agrarian Society
• Agrarian Structure: Caste & Class in Rural India
• Land Reforms
• Green Revolution and its social consequences
• Transformation in Rural Society
• Globalization, Liberalization, and Rural Society

Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 12: Change and Development in Industrial Society 

• From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
• Getting a Job
• Work Processes

Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 13: Globalisation and Social Change

• Dimensions of Globalization

Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 14: Mass Media and Communication

• Types of Mass Media: Radio, Television, and Print Media
• Changing Nature of Mass Media

Sociology Class 12 Syllabus 2023-24 Unit 15: Social Movements 

• Theories and Classification of 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

PROJECT WORK

Periods: 40

CBSE Class 12 Sociology Textbooks in English

CBSE Class 12 Sociology Textbooks in Hindi

Indian Society

Bharat mein Samajik Parivartan Aur Vikas

 Social Change and Development in India

Bharatiya Samaj