Class 6 Social Science – Exploring Society: India and Beyond

Exploring Society: India and Beyond is the integrated NCERT Social Science textbook for Class 6. It brings together themes related to geography, history, culture, governance and economics.

The book encourages students to understand the relationship between people, places, communities, institutions and the natural world rather than studying each subject completely separately.

Class 6 Social Science Chapters

• Locating Places on the Earth
• Oceans and Continents
• Landforms and Life
• Timeline and Sources of History
• India, That Is Bharat
• The Beginnings of Indian Civilization
• India’s Cultural Roots
• Unity in Diversity, or ‘Many in the One’
• Family and Community
• Grassroots Democracy – Part 1: Governance
• Grassroots Democracy – Part 2: Local Government in Rural Areas
• Grassroots Democracy – Part 3: Local Government in Urban Areas
• The Value of Work
• Economic Activities Around Us

What will students learn?

• Maps, locations and geography
• Oceans, continents and landforms
• Historical sources and timelines
• India’s ancient civilizations
• Indian culture and diversity
• Family and community life
• Democracy and governance
• Rural and urban local government
• Work and economic activities

Class 6 Social Science PDF – Chapter-wise

NCERTPDF follows the structure: Class 6 → Social Science → Exploring Society: India and Beyond → Chapter Each chapter has its own dedicated URL. This creates a clear website hierarchy and makes individual lessons easier to discover.

One book, multiple areas of learning

Unlike the older structure where students commonly used separate History, Geography and Civics textbooks, the new Class 6 Social Science book integrates multiple areas of social science into one textbook. Current school syllabi also identify the 14 chapters across Geography, History, Culture, Civics and Economics themes. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}