Societies organise power, resources, belief systems, and development through systems of governance that reflect ideas of fairness, responsibility, and control.
HOW WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES
Fairness & Development • Equity • Power • Governance
Age Group: MYP 3 (13–14 years)
Duration: 3 Days / 2 Nights
Venue: Hassan & Sakleshpur – Heritage Sites, Infrastructure Systems, and Biodiversity Landscapes
Learning Style: Inquiry-driven • Observational • Experiential • Reflective • Collaborative
Includes: Pre-Tour Learning • On-Tour Inquiry • Post-Tour Reflection and Action
This experiential programme enables students to critically explore how societies organise themselves through governance structures, belief systems, architecture, resource management, and development models.
By visiting religious centres, heritage temples, forts, dams, plantations, and natural ecosystems, students analyse how power and equity were structured historically and how these systems continue to influence communities today. Learning is grounded in evidence-based observation, discussion, and ethical reflection, aligned with the IB transdisciplinary theme How We Organize Ourselves.
Students develop:
Thinking Skills
Analysing systems, identifying power structures, evaluating fairness
Communication Skills
Structured discussion, explanation, reflection, justification
Social Skills
Collaboration, shared decision-making, respectful engagement
Self-Management Skills
Responsibility, reflection discipline, respectful conduct
Students will:
• Analyse how societies organise governance, belief systems, and development
• Examine equity and power using historical and present-day examples
• Investigate how resources are managed and distributed
• Evaluate fairness within social, cultural, and environmental systems
• Propose ethical and responsible approaches to development
Students will be able to:
• Explain how belief systems influence social rules and behaviour
• Identify how architecture and infrastructure represent governance and authority
• Describe how natural and human-made resources are managed
• Use evidence to discuss fairness and development challenges
• Propose reasoned and ethical solutions for balanced development
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