Class 6 Social Science Notes

Maps and their components, the globe, latitudes and longitudes, the Prime Meridian and time zones.

The five oceans and seven continents, their features, ocean movements and why oceans matter to life.

Mountains, plateaus and plains, other landforms, and how people live and adapt in different landscapes.

Measuring time with BCE and CE, timelines, and how archaeology, texts and oral traditions tell us about the past.

Old names of our land — Bharata, Jambudvipa, Hindu, India — and what ancient texts and foreign travellers called it.

The Harappan (Sindhu-Sarasvati) civilisation: cities, planning, crafts, trade, decline and its legacy.

The Vedas, schools of thought, Buddhism, Jainism and folk and tribal traditions as roots of Indian culture.

Diversity of food, clothing, festivals and languages, and the common threads that unite India.

Families and their types, roles and values, communities and how they support one another.

What governance and democracy mean, levels and organs of government and separation of powers.

Panchayati Raj: Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad and their work.

Municipal corporations, councils and nagar panchayats, wards and councillors, and urban services.

Economic and non-economic activities, paid and unpaid work, and the dignity and value of all work.

Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, and how they depend on one another.