Personal & social development // Responsible Decision-Making

Actions and Their Consequences

Understand that actions have consequences — that what you choose to do affects both yourself and other people — and begin to think about what might happen before they act

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

Quick check

Before the learner does something — like taking a toy from a sibling or running in the corridor — can they stop and think about what might happen as a result?

Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.

Topic // Mastery

What mastery looks like

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • Describe what happened as a consequence of a specific action they took
  • Predict what might happen if they choose a particular action before doing it
  • Explain that actions can have good or bad consequences for themselves and others

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

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Actions and Their Consequences

Ages 5 to 7 // Concept

Leads to

2 topics
  • Stop, Think, Then ChooseRequired

    Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 7 to 9

    Decision-making process builds on understanding consequences

  • Right and Wrong ChoicesHelpful

    Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 5 to 7

    Right/wrong benefits from understanding consequences

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-P2-9PSPE.INT.P1.LO.8

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