Personal & social development // Friendship & Cooperation

Roles in a Group

Understand different roles people play in groups — leader, supporter, mediator, idea-generator — and recognise that effective groups need a mix of roles, not everyone trying to be the leader

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

Quick check

In a group project, can the learner recognise that they don't always have to be in charge — and that sometimes the group works better when they support someone else's idea rather than pushing their own?

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Topic // Mastery

What mastery looks like

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • Name at least three different roles people can play in a group
  • Identify their own preferred role and describe its strengths
  • Explain why groups work better when different people take different roles

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

2 topics
  • Working Well in a GroupRequired

    Friendship & Cooperation // Ages 7 to 9

    Understanding group roles builds on group work experience

  • Communication VocabularyHelpful

    Friendship & Cooperation // Ages 7 to 11

    Understanding group roles requires vocabulary including 'mediator', 'leader', and 'peer pressure'

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Roles in a Group

Ages 7 to 9 // Concept

Leads to

1 topic

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.INT.P2.LO.5PSPE.INT.P2.LO.6

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