Mixed and Conflicting Emotions

CONCEPTUAL

Personal & Social Development›Emotional Literacy|Ages 9—11|ID: mt_dlm3NspUyy

Understand that people can experience mixed or conflicting emotions at the same time — feeling excited and nervous about starting a new school, or happy for a friend who won but disappointed for yourself

Mastery Evidence

Describe a personal situation where they felt two emotions simultaneously
Explain why mixed feelings are normal and not something to worry about
Identify mixed emotions in a character from a book or film

Assessment Prompt

“When [child]'s best friend gets picked for the team and they don't, can [child] explain that they feel happy for their friend AND disappointed for themselves at the same time?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

PSPE-ID-CU-P4-5IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequencecodes only

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Prerequisites2

Emotion Vocabulary
hardAges 7—9
Mild to Strong Emotions
hardAges 7—9

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Emotion Vocabulary hard
Mixed emotions needs wider vocabulary to describe conflicting feelings
- Naming Basic Emotions hard
  Wider emotion vocabulary builds on naming basic emotions
Mild to Strong Emotions hard
Mixed emotions builds on understanding emotion intensity/nuance
- Naming Basic Emotions hard
  Emotion intensity builds on knowing basic emotion categories

Unlocks2

Difficult Ethical Choices
softAges 9—11
Identity and Belonging in Adolescence
hardAges 12—13