Identity
Time
3.5 hrs
Difficulty
Intermediate
Prerequisites
What Is Human Technologies?
Departments
Human Technologies
Authors
Ross Parker
Groupings
Individual
Pairs
Pairs
Minimum Year Group
None
Blurb
Who am I? Every young human being asks themselves this question at some point. In many ways, who you believe you are, is one of the most central questions of teenage life. This unit asks you to take some time to consider your own identity, who you are, and who you might become.
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This work is shared under the following license: Creative Commons BY-SA-NC
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5 mins
Who Am I?
The Pitch
- Who am I?
- Every young human being asks themselves this question at some point.
- In many ways, who you believe you are, is one of the most central questions of teenage life.
- This unit asks you to take some time to consider your own identity, who you are, and who you might become.
30 mins
How Do We Develop?
Theory
- There are many ways to view, model and understand human development.
- The model we often use in school is Erik Erickson's Stages of Psycho-Social Development, which is outlined in the table below (click to see a larger version):
- Take some time now to watch the following student-produced video, which goes into more detail about the various stages. It is not perfect, but gives lots of useful detail.
- For much of your student life at ICHK, you will most likely be working to resolve the Identity vs Role Confusion conflict of Stage 5.
30 mins
What Is Identity
Stage 5
- Identity involves having a clear sense of who you are, what you like and what you believe in.
- Identity is tricky, as it often involves trying to do two opposing things:
- Blending in and
- Standing out
- Forming your own identity also often means questioning the values and views of your parents, and adopting your own ideas, which might bring you into conflict with them
- This is part of getting ready to be an independent adult.
- The video below is fast, and covers stages 5-8, but it gives some interesting insights into stage 5 and what identity is. Watch as much as you feel you need, to get a handle on identity.
5 mins
Your Identity
Rapid Fire
- Spend some time now quickly jotting down a list of words that describe your identity.
- You don't need to share these with anyone, and they don't need to be neat: just get your thoughts down before moving onto the next step.
140 mins
Identity Montage
Graphic Design
- Giving yourself some time to go into depth, and produce a work that does you justice, work now to create an identity montage: that is, a single image, made up of lots of other images, that showcases who you believe you are, and what is important to you.
- The example below is not perfect, but it provides a good deal of information about the author:
- Don't worry about using Creative Commons, or giving credit: this is not a piece of work for publication, but rather a way for you to think about your own identity.
- Once your work is ready, submit it to this unit as evidence of your learning in this unit.
- Hopefully, through this unit, you have come to understand:
- How humans develop over time
- What identity is
- Some aspects of your own, developing identity.
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