The Making of a Global World — Part 2: 1815 to the 1950s (interdisciplinary project only): visual lesson, CBSE Class 10 Social Science

Lesson

From 1815 to Bretton Woods (project topic)

This part is assessed only through the interdisciplinary project, not in the board paper. Use it to plan and research your project.

In this lesson you will

Trace global flows of trade, labour and capital from 1815 to the Bretton Woods era
Describe indentured migration from India and the role of Indian traders and bankers abroad
Explain the Great Depression and its effects on India
Plan a project display on one of these themes

Project topic, not in the board exam

Diagram

Table of three flows: trade in goods such as wheat, meat and cloth; labour, with about 50 million Europeans emigrating to America and Australia in the nineteenth century; and capital, such as British investment in railways and plantations abroad
Flow	What moved	Example
Trade	Goods: food, raw materials, manufactures	Wheat and meat to Britain; cloth to Asia
Labour	People in search of work	About 50 million Europeans to America and Australia in the 1800s
Capital	Money invested over long distances	British investment in railways and plantations abroad

Diagram