Everything you need to plan, teach and assess a full three-year MYP Individuals & Societies course for Years 1–3 (Grades 6–8).

Built directly from the official IB MYP Individuals and Societies guide, this complete package provides a coherent, integrated humanities curriculum that feeds directly into the existing Years 4–5 pathway.

What’s included:

Complete Years 1–3 Course Syllabus (DOCX)

Full aims, key concepts (Change, Global interactions, Systems, Time, place and space) and 12 related concepts

All six MYP global contexts

Complete published assessment criteria A–D for Years 1 and 3

Year 5 criteria included for progression reference

Integrated Humanities model — History, Geography and Economics unified under the guide’s related-concept list

Three-year pacing calendars

24 Fully Detailed Unit Planners (DOCX)
8 units per year, each tagged to a key concept and related concept:

Year 1: What Is a Community? Foundations of Inquiry • Early Civilizations • Physical Geography: Landscapes & Landforms • Needs, Wants & Resources • Ancient Trade & Exchange • Population & Settlement • Rules, Rights & Responsibilities • Culture & Identity Around the World

Year 2: Medieval Societies & Empires • Climate & Ecosystems • Markets & Trade • Migration & Movement of Peoples • Government & Political Systems • Urbanization & Development • Revolutions & Social Change • Globalization: Connecting the World

Year 3: Industrialization & Its Impacts • Economic Systems & Development • Human-Environment Interaction & Sustainability • Conflict & Cooperation in the 20th Century • Globalization & Inequality • Power, Governance & Human Rights • Geographic Information & Spatial Analysis • Independent Research Investigation (DP-Preparation)

Each Unit Planner Includes:

Statement of Inquiry with key/related concepts and global context

Inquiry questions (factual, conceptual, debatable)

Summative assessment tasks with criteria mapping

Formative assessment checkpoints

ATL skills integration

Differentiation: support, extension, language support

Research planning templates and source-evaluation scaffolds

Teacher reflection prompts

Features:

Guide-verified criteria – Full criteria A–D for Years 1 and 3, transcribed directly from the source guide

24 units mapped – 8 per year, each tagged to key and related concepts

50-hour minimum met – Pacing calendars for a standard 36-week year

Spiralled progression – Feeds directly into the Years 4–5 course

Editable format – Adaptable to your school context and timetable

Built from the official IB MYP Individuals and Societies guide.

Updated: September 2026. Independently produced. Not endorsed by or affiliated with the IBO.

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