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Suggested Teaching Methods/Activities
(1)
Motivation
(a) Ask students to conduct informal surveys among friends and relatives in order to find out what they know about the Sino-British Joint Declaration and its impact on Hong Kong after 1997.
(b)
Ask students to prepare a folio on the meetings of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group and the Land
Commission.
(2)
Presentation of Contents
(a)
(b)
Explain the background of the Sino-British Joint Declaration with the aid of EITHER (i) Transparencies 1.1 to 1.7 OR (ii) the set of slides entitled "The Historical Background of the Sino-British Joint Declaration".
Introduce the significance of the Sino-British Joint Declaration with Transparency 1.8.
(c)
Briefly
British
explain the major contents of the Sino- Joint Declaration with the aid of
Transparencies 1.9 to 1.24.
(3)
Develop Critical Thinking Skills
Understand the Facts
(A)
(1)
Filling in Blanks
(a) The concept of "One
refers to the
country, two systems"
system practised
in
the mainland of the People's Republic China and the
system practised
of
in
Hong Kong.
(b)
Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree
of
and become a
the
of People's Republic of China after the resumption of the exercise of sovereignty by China.
(c)
China is going to resume
over Hong Kong on
7
exercise of
1997.