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The Individuals and societies curriculum emphasises intellectual challenge by making strong connection between academic subjects and the real world.
The Individuals and societies curriculum emphasises intellectual challenge by making strong connection between academic subjects and the real world.
Curriculum Overview
Curriculum Overview
For MYP individuals and societies, schools develop courses in integrated humanities, history, economics, geography, philosophy, sociology/ anthropology, business management, psychology, and world religions.
The MYP promotes inquiry in these subjects by developing conceptual understanding within global contexts.
Key Concepts
ChangeGlobal interactionsSystems,Time, place and spaceKey Concepts
Related Concepts
Causality (cause and consequence), Choice, Culture, Equity, Globalisation, Identity, Innovation and revolution, Perspective, Power, Processes, Resources, SustainabilityRelated Concepts
Global contexts
Identities and relationshipsOrientation in space and timePersonal and cultural expressionScientific and technical innovationFairness and development.Globalisation and sustainabilityGlobal contexts
Aims | Command Terms
Aims | Command Terms
The aims of MYP individuals and societies are to encourage and enable students to:
appreciate human and environmental commonalities and diversity
understand the interactions and interdependence of individuals, societies and the environment
understand how both environmental and human systems operate and evolve
identify and develop concern for the well-being of human communities and the natural environment
act as responsible citizens of local and global communities
develop inquiry skills that lead towards conceptual understandings of the relationships between individuals, societies and the environments in which they live.
Command Terms
MYP command terms define a range of learning objectives and assessment criteria in MYP subject groups. These instructional verbs indicate the level of thinking and type of performance (or behaviour) that is required of students. They are closely related to general and subject-specific ATL skills, and they make explicit a shared academic vocabulary that informs teaching and learning.
I&S_Command termsCommand Terms I&S
Objectives
Objectives
A
A
Knowing and understanding
Students develop factual and conceptual knowledge about individuals and societies.B
B
Investigating
Students develop systematic research skills and processes associated with disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Students develop successful strategies for investigating independently and in collaborationwith others.C
C
Communicating
Students develop skills to organise, document and communicate their learning using a variety of media and presentation formats..D
D
Thinking critically
Students use critical thinking skills to develop and apply their understanding of individuals and societies and the process of investigation.Assessment Criteria and Strands & Assessment Levels and Descriptors for G6 & G8
Assessment Criteria and Strands & Assessment Levels and Descriptors for G6 & G8
Subject groups must address all strands of all four objectives at least twice in each year of the MYP.
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