What Makes Me... Me?

Essential Question

How do different parts of our identities combine to make us who we are?

Texts

Informational

Connected to Everything: A story from the Bitterroot Salish

“Connected to Everything” is a story written by Jennifer Greene and published in the Fall 2009 issue of Teaching Tolerance. This story is adapted from a traditional tale of the Bitterroot Salish, a Native American tribe in Montana.

Jennifer Greene

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

History

July 2, 2014

Multimedia

StoryCorps: Growing Up Poor

“I wasn't like other kids.”

Noe Rueda and Alex Fernandez

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Subject

Economics

Topic

Class

July 8, 2014

Multimedia

StoryCorps: My Father Worked in a Chocolate Factory

“My father went to work in a chocolate factory. When he'd come home, his hair was all full of chocolate; his pillows were all brown.”

Carmela Pollio, Laurence Hewitt and Yoshiharu Hewitt

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

Economics

Geography

Topic

Class Immigration

July 8, 2014

Visual

I’m proud . . .

This poster, from 1944, was created by artist John Newton Howitt during World War II for the United States War Manpower Commission and the United States Office of War Information.

John Newton Howitt

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Subject

History

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

February 23, 2017

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Affirmation Interview

During Affirmation Interview, students practice verbal and non-verbal communication in the roles of “interviewer” and “interviewee.”

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, SL.3-5.1

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Identity Portraits

Students interview one another, then draw or paint portraits containing symbols that represent the subject’s identity, beliefs, values or areas of interest.

Grade Level

3-5

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

obrie2er

What Makes Me... Me?

Connected to Everything: A story from the Bitterroot Salish

StoryCorps: Growing Up Poor

StoryCorps: My Father Worked in a Chocolate Factory

I’m proud . . .

Affirmation Interview

Identity Portraits

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