Personal & social development // Emotional Literacy
Culture and Experience Shape Emotions
Understand that emotional responses are shaped by personal experiences, culture, and context — the same situation triggers different emotions in different people because of their backgrounds and past experiences
Quick check
If one child in the learner's class gets very scared during a thunderstorm while others think it's exciting, can the learner understand that the scared child might have had a frightening experience with storms before?
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Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Explain why two people might have very different emotional reactions to the same event
- Give an example of how a past experience shaped someone's emotional response
- Describe how cultural background might influence what makes someone feel proud or embarrassed
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
1 topic- Hidden and Masked FeelingsRequired
Emotional Literacy // Ages 7 to 9
Cultural shaping of emotions builds on knowing people mask/hide feelings
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Culture and Experience Shape Emotions
Ages 9 to 11 // Concept
Leads to
2 topicsEmotional Literacy // Ages 12 to 13
Advanced emotion regulation depends on earlier coping strategies
- Emotional Patterns Over TimeHelpful
Emotional Literacy // Ages 9 to 11
Reflection on patterns benefits from understanding cultural context
Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
- IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
- PSPE-ID-CU-P3-1
Personal & social development // Emotional Literacy
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