Home Science

Students who got admitted in class XI this academic year 2022-23 must prepare for the examinations properly to get good scores. Below is the compiled Home Science curriculum for the academic year 2022-23 given according to the latest CBSE notification.  

Unit 1: Introduction to Home Science 

• What is Home Science
• Home Science is important for both boys and girls
• Areas of Home Science
•  Career options for Home Science

Unit 2: Understanding oneself: Adolescence 

Chapter 1: Understanding the self 

• What is Self?
  •  Personal dimension
  •  Self- concept
  •  Social dimension
  • Self-esteem
• What is Identity?
  • Social identity
  • Personal identity
• Self during Infancy: characteristics
• Self during middle childhood: characteristics
• Self during early childhood: characteristics
• Self during adolescence: characteristics
  • Identity development
  • Real vs Ideal self
  • Identity crisis
• Influences on identity
  •  Developing a sense of self and identity
  •  Influences on the formation of identity
    •  Biological and physical changes
    •  Emotional changes
    •  Socio-cultural context
    •  Cognitive changes

Chapter 2: Food, nutrition, health, and fitness

• Introduction
• Definition of food, nutrients, nutrition 
• Balanced diet 
  • Definition 
  • RDA
•  Using Basic food Groups for planning Balanced Diets
  • Food guide pyramid
• Health and Fitness
• Vegetarian food Guide
•  Dietary patterns in Adolescence
  • Irregular meals and skipping meals
  • Fast foods
  • Snacking
  • Dieting
• Modifying diet-related behavior
  • Diet journal
  • Exercise
  • Healthy eating habits
  • Substance use and abuse
  • Snacks
  • Drinking water
• Factors influencing eating behaviour
• Key terms and their meaning
• Eating disorders in adolescence

Chapter 3: Management of resources 

• Introduction
• Classification of resources
  • Human /non-human resources
  • Individual / shared resources
  • Natural/community resources
• Human and non-human resources
  • Human resources
    • Knowledge
    • Skills/ strength/ aptitude
    • Motivation/ interest
    • Time
    • Energy
  •  Non-human resources
    • Money
    • Material resources
• Individual and shared resources
  • Shared resources
  • Individual resources
• Natural and community resources
  • Natural resources
  • Community resources
• Characteristics of resources
  •  Accessibility
  • Utility
  • Interchangeability
  • Manageable
• Managing Resources
  • Management process
  • Planning – Steps in planning
  • Organizing
  • Controlling
  • Implementing
  • Evaluation

Chapter 4: Fabric around us 

• Introduction to fiber properties
• Definition of yarns, fibers, textile products, finishing
• Classification of textile fibers
  •  Filament/staple fibres
  •  Natural/Manufactured (manmade) fibres
• Types of Natural Fibres
  •  Cellulosic fibers
  •  Mineral fibers
  • Protein fibers
  •  Natural rubber
• Types of Manufactured Fibres
  • Regenerated cellulosic fibers
  • Protein fibers
  • Modified cellulosic fibers
  • non-cellulosic fibers
  • Mineral fibers
• Some Important fibers and their properties
  •  Cotton
  •  Wool
  •  Silk
  • Linen
  •  Rayon
  •  Nylon
  •  Acrylic
  • Polyester
  •  Elastomeric fibers
• Yarns
• Yarn processing
  •  Cleaning
  •  Attenuating, drawing out, and twisting
  • Making into a sliver
• Yarn terminology
  • Yarn number
  • Yarn and thread
  • Yarn twist
• Fabric production
  • Weaving
  • Braiding
  • Knitting
  • Nets
  • Laces
•  Textile Finishing
  •  Printing
  •  Finishing with color

Chapter 5: Media communication technology 

• Communication and Communication Technology
  • What is Communication
  • How does communication take place
  • Classification of communication
• What is media
  •  Media classification and functions
•  What is communication technology
  • Classification of communication technologies
  •  Modern communication technologies

Unit 3: Understanding family, community, and society 

Chapter 1: Concerns and needs in diverse context 

• Nutrition, health, and hygiene 
  • Health and its Dimensions
    • Social health
    • Physical health
    • Mental health
  • Health care Indicators of Health
  • Importance of nutrients
  • Nutrition and Health
  • Factors affecting the nutritional well being
    • Food and nutrient security
    • Good health to all
    • Care for the vulnerable
    • Safe environment
  • Nutritional Problems and their consequences  
    • Malnutrition  
    • Overnutrition
    • Undernutrition  
  • Hygiene and Sanitation
    • Personal Hygiene
    • Food Hygiene
    • Environmental Hygiene
    • Water safety-Qualities of potable water, methods of water purification(Boiling, chlorine, storage and electric filter, RO)
• Resources availability and management 
  • Time Management
    • Definition of time plan
    • Steps in making time plan
    • How good is your time management (Activity)?
    • Tips for effective time management
    • Tools in time management—Peak load period, Work curve, Rest /break periods, Work simplification
  •  Space Management
    • Principles of space planning
    • Space and the home

Unit 4: Childhood 

Chapter 1: Survival, growth and development 

• The meaning of survival
•  Areas of development
  •  Physical development
  •  Cognitive development
  •  Sensory development
  • Motor development
  • Language development
  • Social development
  • Emotional development
• Growth and development
• Good Nutrition
• Stages in development
  • Neonate
    • Reflexes
    • Sensory capabilities
• Development across stages from infancy to adolescence
  • Physical and motor development
  •  Socioemotional development
  • Language development 
  • Cognitive development
    • Mental processes involved in thinking
    • Stages of cognitive development
      • Sensory-motor stage
      • Concrete operational stage
      • Pre-operational stage
      • Formal operational stage

Chapter 2: Nutrition, health and well-being 

• Introduction
•  Nutrition, Health and Well-being during infancy (birth – 12 months)
  •  Dietary requirements of infants
  •  Breastfeeding
    • Benefits of breastfeeding
  •   Complementary foods
  • Feeding the low birth weight infants
  •  Guidelines for complementary feeding
  •  Immunization
  •  Common health and nutrition problems in infants and young children
• Nutrition, Health and well-being of preschool children (1-6 years)
  • Nutritional needs of preschool children
  •  Planning balanced meals for preschool children
  •  Some examples of low-cost snacks
  •  Guidelines for healthy eating for preschoolers
  • Feeding children with specific needs
  •  Immunization
• Nutrition, Health and well-being of school-age children (7-12 years)
  • Nutritional requirements of school children
  • Factors that influence diet intake of preschool-age and school-age children
  • Planning diets for school-age children
  • Healthy habits
  • Health and nutrition issues of school-age children

Chapter 3: Our Apparel 

• Clothing functions and the selection of clothes
  •  Modesty
  •  Status and prestige
  • Protection
  •  Adornment
•  Factors affecting the selection of clothing in India
  •  Age
  •  Occasion
  • Climate and season
  •  Fashion
  •  Income
• Understanding children’s basic clothing needs
•  Comfort
  • Safety
  • Appearance
  • Allowance for growth
  • Self-help
  • Easy care
  • Fabrics
•  Clothing requirements at different childhood stages
  • Infancy (birth to six months)
  • Toddlerhood (1-2 years)
  • Creeping age (6 months to one year)
  • Preschool age (2-6 years)
  • Adolescents (11-19 years)
  • Elementary school years (5-11 years)
  • Clothes for children with special needs

Unit 5: Adulthood 

Chapter 1: Health and wellness

• Importance of health and fitness
• BMI
• Healthy & Unhealthy diet
• Do’s and Don’ts for health-promoting diets
• Fitness
• Wellness
• Importance of exercise and physical activities in adulthood
• Qualities of a person who is rated high on wellness
•  Dimensions of wellness
  • Social aspect
  • Intellectual aspect
  • Physical aspect
  • Occupational aspect
  • Spiritual aspect
  • Emotional aspect
  • Environmental aspect
  • Financial aspect
• Stress and coping with stress
•  Simple techniques to cope with stress
  •  Relaxation
  •  Reading
  • Talking with friends/family
  •  Spirituality
  •  Music
  •  Yoga 
  •  Hobby

Chapter 2: Financial management and planning 

• Financial management
• Management
• Financial planning
• Money and its importance
• Family Income
  • Money income
  • Psychic income
  • Real income: Direct and Indirect income
• Income management
•  Steps in making budget
•  Budget
•  Advantages of planning family budgets
•  Control in money management
  • Checking to see how well the plan is progressing
    • Mental and mechanical check
    • Records and accounts
  •  Evaluation
  • Adjusting wherever necessary
• Investment
• Savings
• Principles underlying sound investments
  • Safety to the principle amount
  • A reasonable rate of interest
  • Recognition of effect of world conditions
  • Liquidity
  • Easy accessibility and convenience
  • Investing in needed commodities
  • After investment service
  • Tax efficiency
  • Time period
  • Capacity
• Savings and investment avenues
  • Post office
  • Banks
  • Unit Trust of India
  • Mutual funds
  • NSC
  • Provident funds
  • Life insurance and medical insurance
  • Chit fund
  • Pension scheme
  • Gold, house, land
  • Others (new schemes)
• Credit
• 4C’s of credit: character, capacity, capital means, collateral
• Need of credit

Chapter 3: Care and maintenance of fabrics 

• Mending
• Laundering
  • Stain removal
  • Vegetable stains
  • Oil stains
  • Animal stains
  • Mineral stains
  • Dye bleeding
• Techniques of stain removal
  • Scraping
  • Dipping
  • Drop method
  • Sponging
• Common stains and methods of removing
• Reagent for stain removal
• Removal of dirt: the cleaning process
  • Methods of washing: friction, kneading & squeezing, suction, washing by machine
  • Soaps and detergents
• Finishing
  • Starches and stiffening agents
  • Blues and optical brighteners
• Ironing
•  Dry cleaning
• NOTE:
•  Wherever required latest data/figures to be used.
•  Latest RDA’s to be used.
•  Factors affecting fabric care
  •  Yarn structure
  •  Fabric construction
  •  Colour and finishes
•  Care label
• Storage of textile products