Sanatan Gyan ज्ञान
Unit: Dharma
Topics
- What dharma means in different contexts
- Dharma in the Mahabharata's dilemmas
- Selected Bhagavad Gita passages on duty
- Dharma distinguished from ritual
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Define dharma in more than one context
- Distinguish dharma from simple religious ritual
- Analyse selected passages in translation
- Compare two interpretations of the same passage
- Apply ethical reasoning to a contemporary situation
Activities · Assessment
Guided reading circle · Dilemma debate · Short written reflection
Assessed by: Source-based questions + one reflective essay
Sources
PSMahabharata and Bhagavad Gita, selected passages in translation; selected Dharmashastra material
ASAcademic historical scholarship on the epics and dharma literature
GONCF 2023 Middle-stage guidance; IKS curricular direction
SSEBUnit design, selection and age-grading — SSEB curriculum interpretation
Further units this grade
The Upanishadic questions (age-graded selections) · How a text is carried: shruti, smriti, commentary
Sanskrit & Bharatiya Bhasha भाषा
Unit: Sanskrit: reading real sentences
Topics
- Devanagari fluency check
- Core vocabulary sets
- Present-tense sentence patterns
- Reading graded shloka lines with meaning
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Read Devanagari at sentence length
- Hold a core vocabulary of common Sanskrit words
- Parse simple subject–verb sentences
- Recite two studied verses with correct pronunciation and give their meaning
Activities · Assessment
Listening-and-repeat drills · Word-building games · Paired reading
Assessed by: Oral reading + short written test
Sources
PSGraded selections from classical verse
ASStandard Sanskrit pedagogy and grammars
GOCBSE Sanskrit curriculum (as offered in schools); NCF language guidance
SSEBGrading, sequence and drill design
Further units this grade
Sandhi first steps · The story retold in simple Sanskrit
Darshana & Viveka दर्शन
Unit: How do we know? — pramana
Topics
- Perception, inference, testimony as Nyaya frames them
- Spotting an inference in daily life
- What counts as a good reason
- A first look at a structured debate
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Name the main pramanas with an example of each
- Construct a simple inference and test it
- Distinguish a claim from a reason
- Take part in a structured classroom debate with rules
Activities · Assessment
Reasoning puzzles · Formal mini-debate · Fallacy hunt in advertisements
Assessed by: Reasoning exercise + debate participation
Sources
PSNyaya tradition's pramana framework (introduced, not read in original at this grade)
ASAcademic introductions to Indian logic
GOKTPI precedent — Indian philosophical systems in the school framework
SSEBAge-graded framing of pramana as 'how do we know'
Further units this grade
Questions the darshanas ask · Ahimsa argued, not asserted
Dharma & Ethics धर्म
Unit: Duty, family, community
Topics
- Responsibility at home and in class
- Seva: service as practice, not speech
- Rajadharma introduced through stories
- Rules versus duties — where they differ
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Describe duties they actually hold, at home and in school
- Plan and complete a small seva project
- Retell one rajadharma story and say what it turns on
- Explain one case where duty and rule pull apart
Activities · Assessment
Class seva project · Story analysis · Duty-mapping worksheet
Assessed by: Project record + oral explanation
Sources
PSItihasa story selections bearing on duty and kingship
ASScholarship on dharma and governance traditions
GONCF values-education guidance
SSEBProject design and the duty/rule framing
Further units this grade
The environment as responsibility · Speech: truth and restraint
Sanskriti & Civilisation संस्कृति
Unit: The temple as civilisation
Topics
- What a temple does for a town
- Reading one temple's architecture
- Festivals as a living calendar
- Regional difference honoured, not smoothed over
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Describe the parts of a temple and their purpose
- Document one local temple or festival first-hand
- Place two regional traditions side by side without ranking them
- Connect a festival to its calendar logic
Activities · Assessment
Field visit and report · Photo essay · Festival calendar project
Assessed by: Field report + presentation
Sources
PSThe built temples and living festivals themselves; agama tradition named at introduction level
ASArt-history and architecture scholarship
GOKTPI architecture module precedent
SSEBField-work design and regional-parity rule
Further units this grade
Music and dance as worship · The kitchen as culture
Bharatiya Knowledge Systems IKS
Unit: Indian mathematics: the place-value story
Topics
- Place value and zero as Indian contributions
- Aryabhata: what he actually computed
- How astronomy needed the mathematics
- Evidence: how we know who wrote what
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Explain place value and why zero matters
- State, with dates, one documented contribution of Aryabhata
- Connect a calendar need to a mathematical tool
- Distinguish a documented claim from an exaggerated one
Activities · Assessment
Numeral-systems comparison · Panchang arithmetic · Claim-checking exercise
Assessed by: Written test + claim-check worksheet
Sources
PSAryabhatiya, named and dated (studied about, not read in original)
ASHistory-of-mathematics scholarship
GOKTPI mathematics-in-India module precedent; IKS Division direction
SSEBThe claim-checking method — evidence-based throughout
Further units this grade
Ayurveda as a historical knowledge tradition · Water systems and ecology
Yoga & Swasthya स्वास्थ्य
Unit: Practice: asana, breath, attention
Topics
- A settled 20-minute practice sequence
- Pranayama basics, taught safely
- Attention as a trainable skill
- Sleep, food and screens — habits examined
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Hold a learned asana sequence with correct form
- Practise two breathing exercises safely
- Keep and read a one-week habit log
- Describe what regular practice changed, in their own words
Activities · Assessment
Daily practice slot · Habit log · Peer teaching of one asana
Assessed by: Practical assessment + log review — no medical claims made or graded
Sources
PSPatanjali's Yoga Sutra named as the tradition's frame (introduced)
ASContemporary practice pedagogy
GOCBSE PE & Well-being area; Yoga as a school subject precedent
SSEBSequence design and the habits module
Further units this grade
Food and the kitchen · Play and measured strength
Kala & Kaushal कला
Unit: Make one thing well
Topics
- A term-long craft or art commitment
- The discipline of finishing
- Documentation: photograph, describe, present
- Where the craft lives in tradition
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Carry one chosen craft or art through a full term
- Show measurable improvement against their own first attempt
- Present the finished work and its tradition to the class
- Name the regional tradition their craft belongs to
Activities · Assessment
Term project · Exhibition day · Artisan interview where possible
Assessed by: Portfolio + presentation
Sources
PSThe living craft traditions themselves; Natyashastra named where performance arts are chosen
ASCraft and performance scholarship
GONCF Art & Vocational education areas
SSEBThe one-thing-well project structure
Further units this grade
Digital literacy in service of the craft · Entrepreneurship: sell one batch honestly