Humanities · Grade 6
Society 6
Maps and landforms, oceans, sources of history, the Harappan civilisation and India's cultural roots, unity in diversity, family and community, local democracy, and work and economic activity.
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Units
Unit 1 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task
Locating places on EarthWhy every flat map of a round Earth bends the truth, and how to read scale, projection and distortion so you can trust a map for the job it was made for.
Unit 2 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task
Landforms and lifeSee how mountains, plateaus and plains open some doors for farming, settlement and culture and close others, and why people in the same landscape still choose differently.
Unit 3 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task
Oceans and continentsFollow the great ocean currents, see how they warm and cool coasts, and find out why oceans have been the world's highways far longer than its barriers.
Unit 4 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task
Timelines and sources of historyLearn how historians turn broken pots, carved pillars and travellers' diaries into a story, and how they work out how old things are.
Unit 5 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task
The beginnings of civilisationWalk the planned streets of the Harappan cities, follow their traders and a script nobody can read yet, and compare them with Mesopotamia.
Unit 6 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task
Cultural rootsMeet the great questioners of the ancient world, from the Upanishads, the Buddha and Mahavira to Socrates and Confucius, and see which of their ideas still shape daily life.
Unit 7 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task
Unity in diversityFollow a festival, a meal and a family of languages across India to see how very different regions share common threads.
Unit 8 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task
Family and communitySee how families and communities look after their members, what unwritten rules hold them together, and how they settle quarrels.
Unit 9 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, task
Grassroots democracyFind out who runs your village or town, how they are chosen, and how ordinary people can shape local decisions.
Unit 10 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task
The value of workCompare paid and unpaid work, and ask why society rewards some jobs far more than others even when all of them matter.
Unit 11 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task
Economic activitiesSort the ways people earn a living into primary, secondary and tertiary, and follow one product from field to shop to see how value is added.