| Themes | Unit | Topic | Section | Culture Evidence |
| A. Social identity and social group | Unit 1 | Festivals and celebrations | Reading for Writing | Mongolian |
| Unit 2 | Morals and virtues | Reading and Thinking | doctor | |
| Unit 5 | The value of money | Reading and Thinking | servant | |
| Reading for Writing | tailor | |||
| B. Social interaction | Unit 2 | Morals and virtues | Reading for Writing | the test of the king |
| C. Socialization and the life cycle | Unit 1 | Festivals and celebrations | Reading and Thinking | the celebrations to the festival |
| Unit 5 | The value of money | Reading and Thinking | The million pound bank note (ACT 1, SCENE 3) | |
| Reading for Writing | The million pound bank note (ACT 2, SCENE 1) | |||
| D. Stereotype and national identity | Unit 3 | Diverse cultures | Reading for Writing | Chinatown |
| Unit 4 | Space exploration | Reading and Thinking | the progress in space exploration made by China | |
| E. Belief and behaviour | Unit 1 | Festivals and celebrations | Reading and Thinking | the significance of celebrating the festival |
| F. Social and political institutions | / | / | / | / |
| G. National geography | Unit 3 | Diverse cultures | Reading and Thinking | the map of America |
| H. National history | Unit 2 | Morals and virtues | Reading and Thinking | the introduction to Lin Qiaozhi |