Personal & social development // Responsible Decision-Making

Community Rights and Responsibilities

Understand their rights and responsibilities as a member of a community — that everyone has a right to be treated with respect and to feel safe, and that with rights come responsibilities to treat others the same way

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

Quick check

Can the learner explain that they have a right to feel safe at school AND a responsibility to help make school safe for others — understanding that rights and responsibilities go together?

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.
  • Name at least three rights that every child has (e.g., safety, education, respect)
  • Describe the responsibilities that go along with those rights
  • Give an example of how exercising their own rights responsibly supports the community

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
  • Rules and agreements existRequired

    Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 5 to 7

    Rights and responsibilities builds on understanding why rules exist

  • Vocabulary: ethics and citizenshipRequired

    Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 7 to 11

    Rights and responsibilities as a framework requires precise vocabulary distinguishing these two related concepts

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Community Rights and Responsibilities

Ages 9 to 11 // Concept

Leads to

3 topics
  • Ethical Frameworks and Moral ReasoningRequired

    Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 13 to 14

    Advanced responsible decision-making depends on earlier civic responsibility concepts

  • Ethics in Real-World IssuesHelpful

    Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 9 to 11

    Ethical evaluation benefits from understanding rights/responsibilities

  • Difficult Ethical ChoicesHelpful

    Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 9 to 11

    Ethical grey areas benefit from understanding rights/responsibilities

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.P3.CU.5

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