UNESCO Concept Name

1.2 Friendship, Love, and Romantic Relationships

UNESCO Age

5-8 years

Learning Objective Key Idea

Key idea: There are different kinds of friendships

Learners will be able to:

▶ ▶ define a friend (knowledge);

▶ ▶ value friendships (attitudinal);

▶ ▶ Recognize that gender, disability or someone’s health does not get in the way of becoming friends (attitudinal);

▶ ▶ develop a diversity of friendships (skill).

Key idea: Friendships are based on trust, sharing, respect, empathy and solidarity

Learners will be able to:

▶ ▶ describe key components of friendships (e.g. trust, sharing, respect, support, empathy and solidarity) (knowledge);

▶ ▶propose to build friendships based on key components of friendships (attitudinal);

▶ ▶demonstrate ways to show trust, respect, understanding, and to share with a friend (skill).

Key idea: Relationships involve different kinds of love (e.g. love between friends, love between parents, love between romantic partners) and love can be expressed in many different ways

Learners will be able to:

▶ ▶ identify different kinds of love and ways that love can be expressed (knowledge);

▶ ▶ acknowledge that love can be expressed in different ways (attitudinal);

▶ ▶ express love within a friendship (skill).

Key idea: There are healthy and unhealthy relationships

Learners will be able to:

▶ ▶list characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships (knowledge);

▶ ▶ good touch and bad touch (knowledge);

▶ ▶perceive that there are healthy and unhealthy friendships (attitudinal);

▶ ▶develop and maintain healthy friendships (skill).

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