Learning objectives

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Strands
Sub-strands Topics
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1. Personal and Social Development

* Self esteem
* Self management
* Healthy lifestyles
* Human relationships
* Sexuality issues

(To be covered in the Ethics curriculum)

2. Time,
Continuity and Change

* Time and chronology
* Understanding the past
* Change and continuity
* Historical interpretations

- How do study history?
- Life in the Stone Age
-Hong Kong in prehistoric times

3. Culture and Heritage

* Foundations of culture
* Customs and traditions
* Challenges and repercussions in the modern world
* Cultural diversity and interaction

- Life in Rural Hong Kong
- Major religions (Buddhism, Christianity & Islam)

4. Place and Environment

* Natural and human features of a place
* Spatial association and interaction
* People-environment interrelationships
* Conservation and sustainable development

- Location of the Hong Kong and the Zhu Jiang Delta

- Map reading

- How do we use our urban land?

- Urban problems in Hong Kong- Green cities

5. Resources and Economic Activities

* People and work
* Exchange

- Population size and population density in H.K.

- Population movement

- Population structure in H.K.

- The impact of population structure on society

- Census

6. Social Systems and Citizenship

* Right, responsibilities and social virtues

* Social norms, rules and law

* Local, national and global identities

* Social system, political system and interaction

- Identity as a resident of the HKSAR
- Rights and duties of the HKSAR residents
-Good use of freedom and rights