Central Idea: Communities are shaped by systems of power, responsibility, resource management, and shared values.
Key Concepts: Causation • Connection • Responsibility • Perspective
Age Group: PYP 4 (9–10 years)
Duration: Full-Day Field Trip
Venue: Model Village @ Rangoli Gardens
Learning Style: Inquiry-driven • Analytical • Evidence-based • Reflective
Includes: Pre-Tour, On-Tour and Post-Tour Activities
Program Overview
"Governance and Equity" is an advanced cultural systems investigation designed for PYP 4 learners. Students examine how traditional village communities distributed responsibility, managed resources, structured labour, and maintained social order.
The inquiry moves beyond “how people lived” toward deeper questions:
Who held responsibility?
How were decisions made?
How did environment influence power structures?
What made the system stable or fragile?
Students gather evidence, analyse cause-and-effect relationships, evaluate sustainability, and compare traditional systems with contemporary community structures.
ATL Skills Developed
Research: Evidence collection, structured documentation, inferencing
Thinking: Systems analysis, causation reasoning, evaluation of sustainability
Communication: Justified argumentation, structured group presentations
Social: Collaborative problem-solving, perspective-taking
Self-Management: Independent task tracking, responsible field conduct
Creative Thinking: Model design, systems mapping
Learning Objectives
Students analyse how roles and responsibilities were distributed in traditional villages.
Students evaluate how environmental factors influenced housing, labour, and resource use.
Students investigate how cooperation and power structures maintained social balance.
Students construct evidence-based explanations of community sustainability.
Learning Outcomes
Students explain interdependence within traditional systems using cause-and-effect reasoning.
Students compare governance, labour distribution, and resource management between past and present communities.
Students justify conclusions using documented field evidence.
Students articulate how values are reflected in everyday community structures.
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