2.1: Who are you?
In this activity students explore the way in which the different factors that contribute to an individual's identity may become less or more significant in different situations.
Tasks
- Explain the concept of identity to students
explaining that it refers to the way we identify ourselves - by gender,
culture, name, family background, job, language, religion, nationality,
age group, the sports we play etc.
- Ask students to complete Handout 5: Who are you?
listing the factors that form part of their identity in three different
situations - home, school and in another situation of their choice.
- In pairs, ask students to compare the different aspects of their identities in each of the situations. Ask students to consider:
- how the factors vary from situation to situation for each individual.
- how they vary between individuals.
- Lead
a class discussion on the different factors that may contribute to an
individual's identity and how these factors may change (become less or
more significant) in different situations.
- Record the various factors offered by the class on the board or on butcher's paper.
- Conclude by explaining that everyone has their own identity or identities that make them unique.
- Depending on knowledge and experience of students, more time may need to be devoted to defining identity.
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