Ethnic Studies · Week 1 · Identity and Belonging
The Stories I Carry
Students create an identity map of the names, languages, places, and traditions they choose to share and name the historian identity they bring to the course.
- Students will
- Students explain that identity is shaped by names, languages, places, and traditions, build an identity map of what they choose to share, and describe the perspective they bring as a historian of their own community.
- SEL skill
- Name a personal strength and explain how it shapes the way you read history
- What it looks like
- Students recognize the strengths, values, and interests they bring to the course and name how they shape the way they read history.
- Content focus
- The stories I carry
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means recognizing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and how they influence what you do. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- ESMC.Identity: California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum theme, Identity
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HREP4 Construct and test hypotheses using multiple primary and secondary sources and present findings orally and in writing. (Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.His.4.9-12 Analyze the complex and interacting factors that influenced people's perspectives during different historical eras.
- Literacy in history: WHST.9-10.2 Write informative and explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events.
More self-awareness activities for Ethnic Studies
- Stereotypes and the Single Story Self-awarenessAnalyzing how stereotypes form in media and older textbooks and noticing the quick judgments our own minds make about people we do not know.
- Black Californians Building Community Self-awarenessExploring the life of Biddy Mason, who won her freedom in a Los Angeles court in 1856 and became a landowner and philanthropist, and naming the goals that motivate students.
RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.