CLASS IX
Social Science Projects
Instructions:
A. PROJECT WORK REQUIREMENTS
The project work in Social Science entails the following requirements
1. The project work will be of 5 marks in class IX.
2. The topics for project work have been specified below.
3. In class IX, s tudents will do two projects one from GROUP - I and another from GROUP - II .
B. PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF PROJECT REPORT
At the month of the JULY each student will submit her/his project report.
Following essentials are required to be fulfilled for its preparation and submission-
1. The total length of the project report will not be more than 15 - 20 written pages of foolscap size (A-4
size).
2. The project report will be handwritten and credit will be awarded to original drawings, illustrations
and creative use of materials.
3. The students should continuously discuss with the teacher and prepare a draft before finalizing the
report.
4. The project report will be presented in a neatly bound simple folder.
The project report will be developed and presented in this order
. Cover page showing project title, student information, school and year
. List of contents with page numbers.
. Acknowledgements (acknowledging the institution, offices and libraries visited and persons who have
helped).
. Project Overview: Purpose, Aim, Methodology and experiences while doing the project.
. Chapters with relevant headings.
. Summary and conclusions based on findings.
. Planning and activities to be done during the project, if any giving a calendar of activities.
. Bibliography: should have the Title, pages referred, author, publisher, year of publication and if a
website the name of the website with the specific website link which has been used.
. All the photographs and sketches should be labelled and acknowledged.
. Teacher's evaluation report
GROUP I Social Science related Projects:
Do any one only.
Project 1 - Imperialism and its impact
1. Agriculture and Forestry - Deforestation impact as reflected in environment in
the 18th -20th century.
2. Colonialism and its impact on Environment both positive and negative.
Project 2 - Pastoral Economy Communities in Asia or Africa
1. Choose at least 2 communities from Asia or Africa
2. Prepare a photo essay on the life of the community using pictures and drawings
3. Describe the impact of colonialization through policies of the colonizers - steps
taken for the development of these communities and impact of colonization on their
development in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Project 3 -Clothing - A Social History of Development
1. Interview different classes of people on the clothes they wore when they were
young.
2. Trace the trend in clothes worn at work, leisure, sports in the early 19th C and
today in the World and India
3. Trace the impact of colonization on the handloom workers and industry and
compare it with changes in Handloom and Khadi industry since Independence.
Project 4 -Women's Role in History
Choose 2 women from each field and document their lives, writings and their
contribution. The women are to be chosen from women philosophers, political
workers, revolutionaries, lawyers, doctors, soldiers, and social workers of the 19th
and 20th century.
Project 5 -Project on changing trends in Cinema in the 20th Century
1. View at least 15 feature films of different time periods in the 20th century in
Hindi or regional languages.
2. Evaluate the changing values that the film reflects about society.
3. Describe the change in the depiction of heroes and heroines over the years in the
films.
4. Write a film review of at least 2 of the films for the newspapers.
Project 6 - World Peace and Security
Choose either of the Armed Forces or Civil Defence Forces in India and study
1. The role that they play in India today.
2. Collect information about areas where the Force has been called upon to
maintain peace.
3. List the International Humanitarian Law and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
4. Interview at least one officer and soldier to find out what their duties involve and
how they preserve Human Rights and Peace.
Project 7 - Population characteristics and change in India
1. Collect data and interpret trends, in growth by using maps and graphics of data
related to 1990-2001 census of population based on male, female, total population
and growth rate.
2. Rank the states based on (i) Total population (ii) Male population (iii) Female
population (iv) Growth rate
Represent it using maps. Interpret the maps and draw conclusions.
Project 8 - Gender Status ( Sex Ratio pattern and its implications)
1. Find out the sex ratio of your school/locality. Represent this data through graphs.
2. Analyze the sex ratio pattern for your school classwise and stagewise. If you
have collected the data for your locality analyse it according to income level and
family size.
3. Interview at least 5 children from each stage ( Primary, Upper Primary ,
Secondary, Higher Secondary ) or from the families in your locality surveyed, on
how they feel about having equal number of boys and girls in the class and how
those lesser in number feel.
Project 9 - Adolescent - Myths and issues
1. Prepare a questionnaire for an 18 year old boy/girl
2. Questionnaires should cover aspects like
(i) Status and freedom at home and school
(ii) Ways in which drug abuse, smoking, consuming alcohol, rash driving are viewed
and prevented.
(iii) Freedom to earn and spend
(iv) Views on freedom and independence
(v) Preferences and eating habits and concern for nutritional values
(vi) Views on sex and reproductive health
(vii) Attitude towards external compulsions such as economic and social disparities,
gender discrimination, peer pressure etc.
Analyse each question and draw conclusions about how adolescents view
themselves.
Project 10 - Population characteristics of my school
Do a survey from sources like attendance registers/admission forms of children on
(i) Age
(ii) Religion
(iii) Parental education level
(iv) Occupation of parents
(v) Family size and their sex and age
Based on this write a report analysing of the Population Composition of your school
with suitable diagrams and tables.
Project 11 - Changing area under forest and its impact on environment
(i) Collect data of area under forest in different states of India since 1980 and
interpret the trends.
(ii) Collect case studies on shifting agriculture and its impact in India/world.
(iii) Collect information on Forest Rights and Environmental Policy of the
Government in the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Five Year Plans. Give your views on how
these policies would help/hinder conservation.
Project 12 : Conservation of Natural Resources
Collect information on Bioreserves, National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries focusing
on the policy of conservation of endangered species.
Collect pictures, travel writings, photographs and brochures to describe the special
characteristics of these natural reserves.
Project 13 : Water Resources
Choose any one river/water body in India and prepare a project.
Some Guidelines are given:
1. For Rivers make Maps on the source, course, catchment area, the tributaries,
States benefited,
2. Collect Data on the length of the river, the frequency of flooding, and Dams and
reservoirs on them.
3. Geographic features formed by the river along its upper , middle and lower
course - pictures, drawings etc
4. For the water body identify the special characteristics of the water body, its
location and extent, the geographical and geological history of the formation of the
water body.
Pictures and data on depth and area.
5. Legends associated with the river, songs related to water and river,
6. How the river/water body benefits the people - system of water distribution in an
urban or rural area.
7. Problems associated with the river/water body.
8. Conservation of the river/water body - Traditional or modern method of water
conservation - some methods used.
9. Issues related to water such as Big Dam development, contamination and
purification of water, sharing of water resources.
Project 14 : Analysing the composition of the Lok Sabha
Study the current composition of the Lok Sabha -
1. What is the number of representatives who have studied upto class 10,
completed class 12, graduates, post-graduates, and have a professional degree.
2. Identify the number of representatives on the basis of religion, caste, sex and
age group.
3. In the light of a truly representative Lok Sabha, evaluate the composition of the
current Lok Sabha and draw your conclusions.
Project 15 : Elections in India
• Analyze the general election results or elections held in a State for Vidhan sabha.
• What were the emerging trends in the voting patterns?
• What in your view would have been the reasons for this? Collect the opinion from
various resources e.g. newspaper, editorials, interviews and current affairs
programmes and interviews of ordinary citizens.
• Read a few manifestos of political parties - draft a manifesto of your own and
design an election symbol.
Project 16 - Rights.
• Write the Bill of Rights of any two countries.
• Collect 10 news articles of each country where you find these rights have been
violated
• Write your own Bill of Rights.
GROUP II : Disaster Management related Projects :
Do any one of the following :
PROJECT 17 - Managing Disasters - The Role of Students
Choose any man made or natural disaster which your area may be vulnerable to e.g
gas leaks, building collapse, rail or road accidents, laboratory accidents, health
hazards due to toxic waste disposal , earthquakes, Floods, volcanic eruptions etc.
1. Prepare a survey schedule detailing the different areas that are posing threats
due to the various natural and manmade disasters in and around your school for
example factory/slum/dump yard located nearby.
2. Collect the data and prepare a report.
3. Develop posters and skits for awareness generation in your school.
4. Make a plan to deal with any one of the disasters likely to affect your school.
Project 18 : Preparedness for Disasters
1. Create activities to make people particularly primary children and school workers
aware of disaster mitigation.
2. Write a manual of instructions and make kit lists for use by teachers to manage
- Laboratory, classroom, corridors and school building security, buses etc.
3. Prepare instructions to deal with any accidents in school or in the bus.
There are several possible projects for Class 9 CBSE. This may include: Exploring Fibonacci numbers, making 3D snowflakes, exploring the Pascal Triangle, and simply exploring the math that is seen in the world.
what are the FA3 activity for class 9 in social science
The topics which the students can relate to their lives and which make them curious to know more about the topic
Project-exploring pascal triangle
Its-exploringgeography.wikispaces.com/.../CLASS+IX+Social+Science+Projects.pdf
you have to find social science project based on history
The social science guide for class 9 is not available for free download. To download the social science guide for class 9, you need to pay for it.
Guide for sst class ix cbse are:1.JPH Consult Me Five-in-One Social Science For Class 92.Rachna Together with Social Science For Class IX3.Jiwan Consult Me Five In One Social Science for Class IX4.Evergreen CBSE Self Study In Social Science For Class IX5.Golden Social Science IX
We can find the CBSE projects for class IX and X along with guidelines on the page address given below- http://projects.icbse.com/social-science-projects-guide
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