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Seeing Someone Else's Point of View
PROCEDURALPractise perspective-taking by imagining how someone else might feel in a given situation — using prompts like 'How would you feel if that happened to you?' and applying this when reading stories or during real interactions
Mastery Evidence
- Describe how a character in a story feels and give reasons based on the plot
- Predict how another child would feel in a described scenario
- Use perspective-taking during a real disagreement to understand the other person's view
Assessment Prompt
“When reading a story together, can [child] pause and explain how a character might be feeling and why — putting themselves in the character's shoes?”
Curriculum Standards2 alignments
PSPE-ID-CU-P2-2IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequencecodes onlyStandard code — full text not included in this dataset.
PSPE-ID-LO-P2-8IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequencecodes onlyStandard code — full text not included in this dataset.
Prerequisites3
- Vocabulary: social awarenesssoftAges 7—11
- Emotion VocabularysoftAges 7—9
- Other People's Feelings and ThoughtshardAges 5—7
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- Vocabulary: social awareness soft
Perspective-taking practice is enriched by precise vocabulary including 'perspective', 'bias', and 'compassion'
- Vocabulary: understanding others hard
Understanding that others have perspectives and feelings requires the vocabulary of empathy and perspective
Unlocks5
- Helping Others Resolve ConflictssoftAges 9—11
- Understanding BullyingsoftAges 7—9
- Fairness, Equality and EquityhardAges 7—9
- Different Lives and ExperiencessoftAges 7—9
- Characters' Viewpoints and ResponsessoftAges 6—8