Identities in your community

Essential Question

What is an identity?
What are your identities?
How do you see yourself? Is it the same way you see others in your community?
What identities do you share with your family? What identities do you have that are different from others in your community?
How are you the same as other people? How are you different from other people?

Texts

Visual

Two Friends

This photograph depicts two children playing. One child has multiple disabilities and the other child does not.

Realistic Reflections

Grade Level

K-2

Topic

Ability

July 2, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Buddy Share

Students choose a mode of expression—e.g., writing, art or storytelling—to share theme-related ideas and feelings with a “buddy” from outside the classroom.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

Do Something

Identity Self-Portraits

Students create visual self-portraits that contain symbols representing the student’s identity, beliefs, values or areas of interest related to diversity, anti-bias or social justice.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

PhyllisP

Identities in your community

Two Friends

Buddy Share

Identity Self-Portraits

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