CBSE Syllabus for Class 12 Home Science
Course Structure for Class XII Home Science (2017-18)
| Unit | Chapter | Marks |
| I | Human Development: Life Span Approach (Part II) | 30 |
| II | Nutrition for Self, Family and Community | |
| III | Money Management and Consumer Education | 35 |
| IV | Apparel: Designing, Selection and Case | |
| V | Community Development and Extension (Part II) | 5 |
| VI | Career Option after Home Science Education | |
| Practical | 30 | |
| Total | 70 |
Unit I: Human Development: Life Span Approach (Part II)
A. Adolescence (12 – 18 years)
- Growth & Development – Domains and principles.
- Meaning, characteristics and needs.
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Influences on identity formation
- Biological and Physical changes-early and late matures. (Role of heredity and environment)
- Social, culture and media.
- Emotional changes.
- Cognitive changes.
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Specific issues and concerns
- Eating disorders-Causes, consequences and management – Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia.
- Depression
- Substance Abuse
- Related to sex
- Handling stress and peer pressure
B. Adulthood:
- Young & middle adulthood: Understanding and management of new responsibilities, carrier marriage and family.
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Late Adulthood/Old age:
- Health and Wellness: physical, social, emotional, financial, recreational needs
- Care for elderly (at home and outside – old age home)
- Anger management
Unit II: Nutrition for Self, Family and Community
(a) Meal Planning: Meaning and importance, principles and factors affecting meal planning; Nutritional needs, food preferences and modifications of diets in different age groups: infants, children, adolescence, adults, elderly and in special conditions: pregnancy and lactation (including traditional foods given in these conditions)
- Use of basic food groups (ICMR) and serving size in meal planning
- Factors influencing selection of food: culture, family food practices, media, peer group, availability of foods, purchasing power, individual preference & health.
(b) Food safety and quality:
- Safe food handling (personal, storage, kitchen, cooking and serving).
- Safety guards against food adulteration, definition and meaning of food adulteration as given by FSSAI (Food Safety and Standard Authority of India).
- Common adulterants present in cereals, pulses, milk and milk products, fats and oils, sugar, jaggery, honey, spices and condiments.
- Effects of some of the adulterants present in the foods: kesari dal, metanil yellow, argemone seeds.
- Food standards (FPO, Agmark, ISI).
(c) Therapeutic modification of normal diet with respect to consistency, frequency, foodstuffs, nutrients and methods of cooking.
(d) Modification of diet according to common ailments: diarrhoea, fever, jaundice, hypertension, diabetes and constipation. Physiological changes, clinical symptoms, requirements and dietary requirements in each condition.
Unit III: Money Management and Consumer Education
(a) Family Income:
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Various sources of family income:
- money income
- real income, (direct and indirect)
- psychic income
- Supplementing family income-need and ways; need and procedure for maintaining household accounts (daily, weekly and monthly).
(b) Savings and Investment:
- Meaning and importance of savings.
- Basis for selection of investment methods: risk, security, profit, tax saving.
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Ways/methods of investment –
- Bank schemes (saving, fixed, recurring);
- Post Office schemes (savings, recurring deposit, monthly income scheme, National saving certificate, Senior citizen scheme);
- Insurance schemes (whole life, mediclaim);
- Public Provident Fund (PPF), Provident Fund (PF).
- Consumer Protection and Education: Meaning, problems faced by consumer, Consumer Protection Amendment Act (2011); Consumer aids: labels, standardization marks, (ECO Mark, Hallmark, Wool mark, Silk mark), advertising, leaflets, and Consumer redressal forum, Internet.
Unit IV: Apparel: Designing, Selection and Care
- Application of elements of art and principles of design in designing apparel.
- Selection and purchase of fabrics- purpose, cost, season, quality, durability, ease of maintenance and comfort.
- Selection of apparel- factors influencing selection of apparel- age, size, climate, occupation, figure, occasion, fashion, drape cost and workmanship.
- Care and maintenance of clothes: Cleansing agents: soaps and detergents (basic differences and their utility); General principles of stain removal, stain removal of tea, coffee, lipstick, ball pen, Grease, Curry and Blood.
- Storage of clothes.
Unit V: Community Development and Extension (Part II)
- Water safety: Safe drinking water-importance of potable water for good health, and its qualities, simple methods of making water safe for drinking; boiling, filtering (traditional and modern technology), use of alum, chlorine.
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Salient features of income generating schemes
- DWCRA (Development of Women and Children in Rural Area)
- MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005)
Unit VI: Career Options after Home Science Education
Career options of self and wage employment of various fields of Home Science.
Practicals
Maximum Marks: 30
1) Human Development: life Span Approach (Part II)
Activities
- Identify the problems of adjustment of adolescents with the help of a tool (group activity) and make a report.
- Spend a day with an aged person and observe the needs and problems. Write a report.
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List and discuss at least 4 areas of agreement and disagreement of self with:
a) Mother
b) Father
c) Siblings
d) Friends
e) Teacher
2) Nutrition for Self, Family and Community
Activities
- Record one day diet of an individual and evaluate it against principles of balanced diet.
- Plan a meal and modify for any one physiological condition – Fever, Diarrhoea, Constipation, Jaundice, Hypertension, Diabetes, Pregnancy, Lactations, Old age and Infants. Prepare a dish.
- Identify food adulteration: using visual and chemical methods; Turmeric, Chana Dal, Bura Sugar, Milk, Tea leaves, Coriander, Black Pepper Seeds, Desi-ghee.
- Prepare ORS Solution.
3) Money Management and Consumer Education
- Collect and fill savings account opening form in Post Office and Bank.
- Fill up the following forms and paste in file: Withdrawal slip, Deposit slips, Draft slip and cheque (bearer of A/c payee).
- Collect labels of any three products and compare them with mandatory requirements.
- Prepare one label each of any three items bearing ISI, FPO, Agmark.
4) Apparel: Designing, Selection and Care
- Illustrate principles of design or elements of art on a paper or cloth and evaluate them.
- Removal of different types of stains: tea, coffee, curry, grease, blood, lipstick, ball pen.
- Examine and evaluate readymade garments for their workmanship. [at-least two]
- Make sample of Hemming, Backstitch, Interlocking, and Press buttons, hooks and eye.
5) Community Development and Extension
- Visit any two places (home/restaurant/school/business centre, etc.) and observe its measure for safe drinking water and general conditions of hygiene around it.
Scheme for practical examination (Class XII)- 30 marks
- Unit I-Human Development: life Span Approach (Part II)- Project Report-5 marks
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Unit II- Nutrition for Self, Family and Community-
- Plan a meal and modify and prepare a dish for any one physiological condition Fever, Diarrhoea, Constipation, Jaundice, Hypertension, Diabetes, Pregnancy, lactations, Old age and Infants- 5 marks
- Identify food adulteration: using visual and chemical methods; Turmeric, Chana Dal, Bura Sugar, Milk, Tea leaves, Coriander, Black Pepper Seeds, Desi-ghee- 2 marks
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Unit Ill-Money Management and Consumer Education
- Prepare one label each of any three items bearing ISI, FPO, Agmark. – 2 marks
- Filling up of paying slip either to deposit cash or cheque- 2 marks
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Unit IV- Apparel: Designing, Selection and Care
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Removal of different types of stains- Tea, coffee, grease, blood, lipstick, ballpen (Any two)
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Readymade garment- Quality check – 2marks - Make sample of hemming/backstitch/interlocking/fastener- 2marks
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Removal of different types of stains- Tea, coffee, grease, blood, lipstick, ballpen (Any two)
- Unit V-Community Development and Extension- Survey Report- 4 marks
- File- 4 marks
- Viva- 2 marks
Prescribed books
- Human Ecology and Family Sciences – Part I, Class- XII, NCERT Publication
- Human Ecology and Family Sciences – Part II, Class- XII, NCERT Publication
