Identity Plan

Essential Question

How are our identities today shaped by society?
Do the ways we identify ourselves change over time?
How do different parts of our identities combine to make us who we are?
What does it feel like to be belittled or criticized because of your identity?
What are the benefits and challenges of belonging to multiple identity groups?
Why might people not feel safe to express all their identities?
What is the difference between feeling proud and feeling superior?

Texts

Literature

Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question

In this poem, the speaker--who is Native American--responds to a series of unspoken discriminatory questions. The reader can deduce the missing questions based on the speaker's responses.

Diane Burns

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

July 3, 2014

Informational

Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina

Rosie Molinary describes how she felt as a Latina teenager in the United States, caught between disparate and unrealistic beauty standards.

Rosie Molinary

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Race & Ethnicity

December 30, 2015

Literature

Joseph’s Castle in the Sky

A trip to Haiti gives Joseph a new perspective on his identity and his adoption.

Margaret Auguste & Frantz Zephirin (illustrator)

Grade Level

6-8

Subject

History

Geography

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Immigration

January 23, 2017

Student Tasks

Do Something

Be the Change...

Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Do Something

Community Arts Showcase

Students produce original art that conveys an anti-bias or social justice message then work with school staff to plan a public showcase of their work.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Do Something

Inventing a Better World

Students invent a product or process that solves a social problem discussed in the central text.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Do Something

Journalism for Justice

Students plan, write, edit and distribute a piece of print or digital journalism about a relevant social problem or issue.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

Kmay3

Identity Plan

Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question

Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina

Joseph’s Castle in the Sky

Be the Change...

Community Arts Showcase

Inventing a Better World

Journalism for Justice

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