Class 8 Social Science Notes CBSE

CBSE Social Science Class 8

The CBSE Class 8 Social Science notes deals with the three disciplines with respect to the Indian perspective and how they have affected the Indian Society at large. 

• The formation of certain ideologies over the years before and after independence and subsequent important events constitute the history part.

• The Geography discipline under the 8th std Social Science notes includes the understanding of the basic Geography of India, in the sense that students comprehend the importance and origin of resources that form the part and parcel of the society including land, water, wildlife, human, and various other resources. 

• The Civics branch provides a basic insight of what the political, executive and legal part of the country is and how these are understood as conforming to the rights and justice of individuals.

History

Indian history is very colourful and extremely significant in forming the country that we live in today. The important dates and instances that provide accounts of battles and big events provide an understanding of how things were and how they have changed in the current world. The different accounts of battles that led to the change in the governance of the territory of India by the Mughals and then the East India Company along with the various aspects of revenue formation and activities like agriculture under their governance provide an aspect of how such governance affected the country as a whole as well as on the individual level. History of Class 8 also includes the understanding of ancient division of castes such as the working of certain tribal groups inside India and how they were impacted with regards to the ruling power. This only led to the rebellion by people in regards to the confirmation of justice (education, women, caste, etc.) and accounts of making national movements towards finally gaining independence from colonial rule.

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Geography

The utilization of a substance or object and the utility that it provides makes such substance a resource. Resources may have an economic value that can construe them as valuable. Resources such as natural resources relate to substances that are naturally available and are utilized without any modification by humans whereas the resources that are man-made such as transportation, roads, technology are modified to conform to the needs of human beings. This is different from Human resources themselves which explains the quantity, quality and the utility of individuals such as labour, accountants, etc. 

The Geography discipline of the society that is explained in Class 8 concerns the understanding of what the different resources available to human beings are in a society, how much importance they hold, what is the importance of their geographical locations, and how significant is the conservation of these resources for a better future for the upcoming generations. It also provides certain accounts of negative and positive instances in various parts of the country relating to the utilization of these resources and it affects the life of beings as parts and as a whole.

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Civics

The Constitution of India provides a significant differentiation of India as a society in the world through a variety of religions, languages, and diversity that forms the part of the country. Therefore, it was quite significant at the time of formation of the Constitution of India to include all of the diversified individuals that are part of the society and their subsequent rights along with the execution of such rights. The Civics discipline of Class 8 also provides an understanding of the role of democracy and how the ideology of power conforms to the ideology of a democratic society by keeping the decision making power of electing the people who would govern the country in hands of the public. The functions of Legislative, Executive and Judiciary are briefly explained under this branch of Class 8 which also provides accounts of social injustices that form part of understanding the aforementioned three pillars of the democratic governance of a society.