CBSE Class 9 Social Science, Chapter 4: Early Humans and Beginning of Civilisation
NCERT Understanding Society: India and Beyond Part 1, pages 61–94. 19 topics, about 11 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 61–62
- The Invention of Writing: Before and Afterpage 63
- Why Should We Study Early Human History?pages 63–65
- Who Were Our Human Ancestors?pages 65–67
- Palaeolithic Hunter–Gathererspages 68–70
- Mesolithic Hunter–Gathererspage 70
- The Neolithic Revolutionpages 71–72
- Neolithic Period in Indian Subcontinentpage 73
- Sindhu–Sarasvatī Civilisationpages 74–76
- Bronze Age Civilisations Outside Indiapage 77
- Mesopotamian Civilisationpages 77–79
- a. The Sumerianspages 79–81
- b. The Akkadianspages 81–82
- c. The Assyrianspage 83
- d. The Babylonianspage 83
- Egyptian Civilisationpages 83–88
- The Chinese Civilisationpages 89–90
- How do we know what we know about China?pages 90–94
- Notespage 94
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
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