Course Features
- Lectures 279
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 1
- Assessments Yes
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1. History- Our Pasts III Textbook for History for Class 8
- 1. How, When and Where- Introduction
- 1. How, When and Where- How Important Are Dates?
- 1. How, When and Where- Which Dates?
- 1. How, When and Where- How Do We Periodise?
- 1. How, When and Where- Problems in Periodisation of James Mill
- 1. How, When and Where- What is Colonial?
- 1. How, When and Where- Administration Produces Records
- 1. How, When and Where- Surveys Become Important
- 1. How, When and Where- What Official Records Do Not Tell
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Introduction
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Background
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- East India Company Comes East
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- East India Company Begins Trade in Bengal
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- From Trade to Territory | How Trade Led to Battle
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- The Battle of Plassey
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Battle of Buxar
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Events After Battle of Buxar
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Company Officials Become Nabobs
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Company Rule Expands
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Subsidiary Alliance
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Tipu Sultan – The Tiger of Mysore
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Story of Maratha Empire
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- War With the Marathas
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- The Claim to Paramountcy
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Challenges During British Expansion
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- The Doctrine of Lapse
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Setting up a New Administration
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- New System of Justice
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- The Company Army
- 2. From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power- Conclusion
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- Introduction
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- The Company Becomes the Diwan
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- Revenue for the Company
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- The Need to Improve Agriculture/Permanent Settlement
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- The Problems in Permanent Settlement
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- A New System is Devised/Mahalwari System
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- The Munro System
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- All was Not Well
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- Crops for Europe
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- Does Colour have a History?
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- Why the Demand for Indian Indigo?
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- Britain Turns to India
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- How was Indigo Cultivated?
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- The Problem with Nij Cultivation
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- Indigo on the Land of Ryots
- 3. Ruling the Countryside- The “Blue Rebellion” and After
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- Introduction
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- Some were Jhum Cultivators
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- Some were Hunters and Gatherers
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- Some Herded Animals
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- Some took to Settled Cultivation
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- What happened to Tribal Chiefs?
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- What Happened to the Shifting Cultivators?
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- The Problem with Trade
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- The Search for work
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- Forest Laws and their Impact
- 4. Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age- A Closer Look : Birsa Munda
- 5. When People Rebel 1857 and After- Introduction
- 5. When People Rebel 1857 and After- Nawabs Lose their Power
- 5. When People Rebel 1857 and After- The Peasants and the Sepoys
- 5. When People Rebel 1857 and After- Responses to Reforms
- 5. When People Rebel 1857 and After- Through the Eyes of the People
- 5. When People Rebel 1857 and After- A Mutiny becomes a Popular Rebellion
- 5. When People Rebel 1857 and After- From Meerut to Delhi
- 5. When People Rebel 1857 and After- The Rebellion Spreads
- 5. When People Rebel 1857 and After- The Company Fights Back
- 5. When People Rebel 1857 and After- Aftermath
- 6. Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners- Introduction
- 6. Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners- Indian Textile and the World Market
- 6. Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners- Words Tell Us Histories
- 6. Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners- Indian Textile in European Market
- 6. Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners- Who were the Weavers
- 6. Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners- The Decline of Indian Textiles
- 6. Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners- Cotton Mills Come Up
- 6. Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners- The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Wootz Steel
- 6. Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners- Abandoned Furnaces in Villages
- 6. Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners- Iron and Steel Factories Come Up in India
- 7. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation- Introduction
- 7. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation- The Tradition of Orientalism
- 7. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation- Grave Errors of the East
- 7. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation- Education for Commerce
- 7. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation- The Demand for Moral Education
- 7. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation- What happened to Local Schools
- 7. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation- New Routines, New Rules
- 7. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation- The Agenda for a National Education
- 7. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation- “English Education has Enslaved Us”
- 7. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation- Tagore’s “Abode of Peace”
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Introduction
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Working Towards Change
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Changing the Lives of Widows
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Girls Begin Going to School
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Women Write about Women
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Law Against Child Marriage
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Caste and Social Reform
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Who Could Produce Shoes
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Demand for Equality and Justice
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Gulamgiri
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Who Could Enter Temple
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Non – Brahman Movement
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Brahmo Samaj
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Derozio and Young Bengal
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- The Ramakrishna Mission and Vivekananda
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- The Prarthana Samaj
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- The Veda Samaj
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- Aligarh Movement
- 8. Women, Caste and Reform- The Singh Sabha Movement
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- Introduction
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- The Emergence of Nationalism
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- A Nation in the Making
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- Freedom is Our Bright Right
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- Further Development : Moderate and Extremist Split, Muslim League
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- The Growth of Mass Nationalism
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- The Advent of Mahatma Gandhi
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- The Rowlatt Satyagraha
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- Khilafat Agitation and the Non Cooperation Movement
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- People’s Initiative
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- The People’s Mahatma
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- The Happenings of 1922 – 29
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- Revolutionary Nationalist
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- The March to Dandi
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- Women in Freedom Struggle : Ambabai From Karnataka
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- Quit India and Later
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- Bose and the INA
- 9. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s–1947- Towards Independence and Partition
- 10. India After Independence- Introduction
- 10. India After Independence- A New and Divided Nation
- 10. India After Independence- A Constitution is Written
- 10. India After Independence- How were States to be Formed?
- 10. India After Independence- Planning for Development
- 10. India After Independence- The Search for an Independent Foreign Policy
- 10. India After Independence- The Nation, Seventy Years On
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2. Social and Political Life- A. Unit One: The Indian Constitution and Secularism
- Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution- Why Does a Country Need a Constitution (P-1)
- Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution- Why Does a Country Need a Constitution (P-2)
- Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution- Why Does a Country Need a Constitution (P-3)
- Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution- Key Features of the Indian Constitution
- Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution- Federalism
- Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution- Parliamentary Form of Government
- Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution- Separation of Powers
- Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution- Fundamental Rights
- Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution- Secularism
- Chapter 2: Understanding Secularism- Introduction
- Chapter 2: Understanding Secularism- What is Secularism?
- Chapter 2: Understanding Secularism- Why is it Important to Separate Religion From the State?
- Chapter 2: Understanding Secularism- What is Indian Secularism?
- Chapter 2: Understanding Secularism- Indian Secularism (Strategy of Distancing itself from Religion)
- Chapter 2: Understanding Secularism- Indian Secularism (Strategy of Non – Interference)
- Chapter 2: Understanding Secularism- Indian Secularism (Strategy of Intervention)
- Chapter 2: Understanding Secularism- Difference Between Indian Secularism and Secularism of Other Countries
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2. Social and Political Life - B. Unit Two: Parliament and The Making of Laws
- Chapter 3: Why do we need a Parliament?- Introduction
- Chapter 3: Why do we need a Parliament?- Why Should People Decide
- Chapter 3: Why do we need a Parliament?- People and Their Representatives
- Chapter 3: Why do we need a Parliament?- The Role of The Parliament
- Chapter 3: Why do we need a Parliament?- Selecting the National Government
- Chapter 3: Why do we need a Parliament?- Rajya Sabha in Parliament
- Chapter 3: Why do we need a Parliament?-To Control,Guide and Inform the Government
- Chapter 3: Why do we need a Parliament?- Who Are the People in Parliament
- Chapter 4: Understanding Laws- Introduction
- Chapter 4: Understanding Laws- Do Laws Apply to All
- Chapter 4: Understanding Laws- How Do New Laws Come About
- Chapter 4: Understanding Laws- Unpopular and Controversial Laws
- Chapter 4: Understanding Laws- Story of Rosa Parks
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2. Social and Political Life - C. Unit Three: The Judiciary
- Chapter 5: Judiciary- Introduction
- Chapter 5: Judiciary- What is the Role of the Judiciary
- Chapter 5: Judiciary- What is an Independent Judiciary
- Chapter 5: Judiciary- What is the Structure of Courts in India
- Chapter 5: Judiciary- What are the Different Branches of Legal System
- Chapter 5: Judiciary- Does Everyone has Access to the Court
- Chapter 5: Judiciary- Olga Tellis v/s Bombay Municipal Corporation
- Chapter 6: Understanding Our Criminal Justice System- Introduction
- Chapter 6: Understanding Our Criminal Justice System- Frictional Case to Understand Our Criminal Justice System
- Chapter 6: Understanding Our Criminal Justice System- What is the Role of the Police in Investigating a Crime
- Chapter 6: Understanding Our Criminal Justice System- D.K. Basu Guidelines
- Chapter 6: Understanding Our Criminal Justice System- First Information Report [FIR]
- Chapter 6: Understanding Our Criminal Justice System- What is the Role of Public Prosecutor
- Chapter 6: Understanding Our Criminal Justice System- What is the Role of the Judge?
- Chapter 6: Understanding Our Criminal Justice System- What is a Fair Trial?
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2. Social and Political Life - D. Unit Four: Social Justice and The Marginalised
- Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalisation- Introduction
- Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalisation- Fictional Case to Understand Marginalisation
- Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalisation- Who are Adivasis?
- Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalisation- Adivasis and Stereotyping
- Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalisation- Adivasis and Development
- Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalisation- Development and Problems Faced by Tribals
- Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalisation- Minorities and Marginalisation
- Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalisation- Muslims and Marginalisation
- Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalisation- Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalisation- Introduction
- Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalisation- Invoking Fundamental Rights
- Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalisation- Laws for the Marginalised
- Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalisation- Protecting the Rights of Dalits and Adivasis
- Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalisation- Story of Kabir
- Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalisation- The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989
- Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalisation- The Scourge of Manual Scavenging – Confronting Marginalisation
- Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalisation- Adivasi Demands and the 1989 Act
- Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalisation- Conclusion
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2. Social and Political Life - E. Unit Five: Economic Presence of the Government
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- Introduction
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- Water and the People of Chennai
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- Water as a Part of Fundamental Right to life
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- Public Facilities
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- The Government’s Role
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- Where does the Government get Money for Public Facilities
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- Water Supply to Chennai: Is it Available to All
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- In Search of Alternatives
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- Public Water Supply in Porto Alegre
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- Extending Sanitation Facilities
- Chapter 9: Public Facilities- Conclusion
- Chapter 10: Law and Social Justice- Introduction
- Chapter 10: Law and Social Justice- Issues Related to it
- Chapter 10: Law and Social Justice- Bhopal Gas Tragedy
- Chapter 10: Law and Social Justice- What is a Worker’s Worth
- Chapter 10: Law and Social Justice- Enforcement of Safety Laws
- Chapter 10: Law and Social Justice- New Laws to Protect the Environment
- Chapter 10: Law and Social Justice- Environment as a Public Facility
- Chapter 10: Law and Social Justice- Conclusion
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3. Geography
- Chapter 1: Resources- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Resources- Types of Resources
- Chapter 1: Resources- Classification of Natural Resources
- Chapter 1: Resources- Human Made Resources
- Chapter 1: Resources- Human Resources
- Chapter 1: Resources- Conserving Resources & Sustainable Development
- Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources- Introduction
- Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources- Conservation of Land Resource | Afforestation
- Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources- Soil Resources | Factors of Soil Formation
- Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources- Degradation of Soil | Conservation Measures
- Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources- Water Resources – Availability | Land Nature Vegetation & Wildlife Resources
- Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources- Conservation of Water Resources
- Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources- Natural Vegetation and Wildlife | Ecosystem
- Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources- Distribution of Natural Vegetation
- Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources- Conservation of Natural Vegetation and Wildlife (Part 1)
- Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources- Conservation of Natural Vegetation and Wildlife (Part 2)
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Introduction
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Types of Minerals and Extraction of Minerals
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Distribution of Minerals (Part 1)
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Distribution of Minerals (Part 2)
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Distribution of Minerals (Part 3)
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Distribution of Minerals in India (Part 1)
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Distribution of Minerals in India (Part 2)
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Conservation of Minerals and its Uses
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Power Resources and Its Type
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Hydel Power
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Non-Conventional Sources of Energy (Part 1)
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Non-Conventional Sources of Energy (Part 2)
- Chapter 3: Mineral and Power Resources- Map Work (Proper Explanation)
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- Introduction
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- Agriculture: Primary Activity
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- Different Types Of Culture
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- Farm System
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- Types Of Farming : Subsistence Farming
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- Commercial Farming
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- Major Crops
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- Major Crops : Fibre Crops
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- Major Crops : Beverage Crops
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- Agricultural Development
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- A Farm in India
- Chapter 4: Agriculture- A Farm in USA
- Chapter 5: Industries- Introduction
- Chapter 5: Industries- Secondary Activities
- Chapter 5: Industries- Classification of Industries: Raw Materials
- Chapter 5: Industries- Classification of Industries: Size
- Chapter 5: Industries- Classification of Industries: Ownership
- Chapter 5: Industries- Factor Affecting Location of Industries
- Chapter 5: Industries- Industrial System
- Chapter 5: Industries- Industrial Regions
- Chapter 5: Industries-Industrial Disaster
- Chapter 5: Industries- Distribution of Major Industries
- Chapter 5: Industries- Iron and Steel Industry
- Chapter 5: Industries- Jamshedpur
- Chapter 5: Industries- Pittsburgh
- Chapter 5: Industries- Cotton Textile Industry
- Chapter 5: Industries- Cotton Textile Industry: Ahmedabad
- Chapter 5: Industries-Cotton Textile Industry: Osaka
- Chapter 5: Industries- Information Technology
- Chapter 6: Human Resources- Introduction
- Chapter 6: Human Resources- Distribution of Population
- Chapter 6: Human Resources- Density of Population
- Chapter 6: Human Resources- Factor Affecting Distribution of Population
- Chapter 6: Human Resources- Population Change
- Chapter 6: Human Resources- Patterns of Population Change
- Chapter 6: Human Resources- Population Composition
