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

Ages
9 to 11
Type
Concept
Builds on
1 topic
Leads to
2 topics
Standards
1 code

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

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • 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

What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.
  • 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 topics

Topic // Standards

Curriculum standards

Codes for the curriculum statements this topic maps to. Each publisher owns its standard text.
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
PSPE-ID-CU-P3-1

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