Identities
and relationships
Who am I? Who are we?
Possible explorations to develop
Competition and
cooperation; teams,
affiliation and leadership
Personal efficacy and agency; attitudes,
motivations, independence; happiness
and the good life
Physical, psychological and social
development; transitions; health
and wellbeing; lifestyle choices
Identity formation, selfesteem, status, roles and
role models
Human nature and human dignity;
moral reasoning and ethical
judgment; consciousness and mind
Scientific and
technical innovation
How do we understand the world in which we live?
Possible explorations to develop
Systems, models,
Digital life, virtual
Opportunity, risk,
Modernization,
methods; products,
environments and
consequences and
industrialization and
processes and solutions
the Information age
responsibility
engineering
Adaptation, ingenuity
The biological
Mathematical puzzles,
and progress
revolution
principles and discoveries
Orientation in
time and space
What is the meaning of “where” and “when”?
Possible explorations to develop
Epochs, eras, turning
Civilizations and social histories,
Scale, duration, frequency
points and “big history”
heritage; pilgrimage, migration,
and variability
displacement and exchange
People, boundaries,
Natural and human landscapes
Evolution, constraints and
exchange and interaction
and resources
adaptation
Personal and
cultural expression
What is the nature and purpose of
creative expression?
Possible explorations to develop
Artistry, craft,
creation, beauty
Critical literacy, languages and linguistic
systems; histories of ideas, fields and
disciplines; analysis and argument
Social constructions of reality;
philosophies and ways of life;
belief systems; ritual and play
Metacognition and
abstract thinking
Products, systems and institutions
Entrepreneurship, practice
and competence
Globalization and sustainability
How is everything connected?
Possible explorations to develop
Population and
demography
Consumption, conservation, natural
resources and public goods
Entrepreneurship,
practice and competence
Human impact on
the environment
Markets, commodities and
commercialization
Commonality, diversity
and interconnection
Fairness and
development
What are the consequences of our
common humanity?
Possible explorations to develop
Democracy, politics,
government and
civil society
Inequality,
difference
and inclusion
Human capability
and development;
social entrepreneurs
Rights, law, civic
responsibility and
the public sphere
Justice, peace and
conflict management
Power and
privilege
Authority, security and
freedom
Imagining a
hopeful future