Personal & social development // Emotional Literacy

Mild to Strong Emotions

Understand that emotions come in different intensities — from mild to strong — and that the same emotion can feel very different depending on how intense it is (e.g., annoyed → angry → furious, or nervous → anxious → panicked)

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

Quick check

Can the learner tell the difference between being a bit annoyed about losing a game and being truly furious — and explain that they're different levels of the same feeling?

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Topic // Mastery

What mastery looks like

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • Place three related emotion words in order from mild to strong
  • Rate their own emotion on a simple scale (e.g., 1-5) in a real situation
  • Explain why recognising intensity matters for choosing how to respond

Topic // Map

Where this fits

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  • HelpfulHelps, but not essential

Before this

1 topic
  • Naming Basic EmotionsRequired

    Emotional Literacy // Ages 5 to 7

    Emotion intensity builds on knowing basic emotion categories

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Mild to Strong Emotions

Ages 7 to 9 // Concept

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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-LO-P2-10

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