Theme: Beliefs and values
Central Idea: Changes and beliefs influence people, society and culture.
Key Concepts: Function: Identity
Causation: Impact of religion and beliefs on the lives of people
Change: Impact of social status on the way of life
Skills: Research: Planning and Communication skills: Verbal, writing
Learner profile: Thinker, Reflective
Where we are in time and place: Explorations
Theme: The discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind
Central Idea: Growing understanding of the world around us affects human behavior.
Key Concepts: Form: Natural conditions around the world
Connection: The effect of environment on humans
Causation: The effect of the explorations on the world around us
Skills: Communication skills: Digital and Research: Organising data
Learner profile: Open-minded, Knowledgeable
Theme: The ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity
Central Idea: Mood and perspective are shared through creative expression.
Key Concepts: Perspective: Critical literacy
Causation: Art forms in the media
Responsibility: Influencing through creativity
Skills: Research: Asking questions and Communication: Verbal, reading
Learner profile: Courageous, Caring
Theme: The natural world and its laws
Central Idea: Energy is everywhere around us, it can be converted from one form to another and stored in various ways.
Key Concepts: Form: Forms of energy
Change: Energy transformation
Perspective: Sources of energy
Skills: Self-management: Organization, time management and Research: Recording data
Learner profile: Principled, Inquirer
Theme: Economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment
Central Idea: Citizens have responsibilities and possibilities to influence.
Key Concepts: Responsibility: Money usage
Connection: Individual’s possibilities to influence in the society
Function: Working life (Business village)
Skills: Thinking: Transfer and Self-management: Reflection
Learner profile: Communicator, Balanced
Theme: Communities and the relationship within and between them
Central Idea: Understanding and observing nature affects person’s relationship with nature.
Key Concepts: Function: Observing local nature
Connection: Plants around us
Perspective: My relationship with nature
Skills: Research: Observing and Thinking: Creative thinking
Learner profile: Inquirer, Balanced