C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Identity
A kindergarten learning module on individual differences. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and image resources as well as a summative performance task. Students explore their own uniqueness and...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Como Puedo Mejorar Mi Autoestima?
How do you feel about yourself? Read this article to find out what is Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem problems and steps to improve Self-Esteem.
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source on Line: Supporting Girls in Early Adolescence
The time period of adolescence for girls is covered in this paper with topics such as self concept, self-image, and body image.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Who Am I? A Philosophical Inquiry
Throughout the history of mankind, the subject of identity has sent poets to the blank page, philosophers to the agora and seekers to the oracles. These murky waters of abstract thinking are tricky to navigate, so it's probably fitting...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Alter Egos
Can a person have two selves? Beyonce is also known as Sasha Fierce; Clark Kent, the newspaper reporter, transforms into Superman. The idea that a person can have "another self" is a relatively new concept. As you read about the concept...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: A New Identity
Students have written one-paragraph self-descriptions to send to other citizens of the new state they are creating. Read one of the paragraphs and work backwards through a series of prompts to determine the paragraph's audience, purpose,...
McGraw Hill
Circles of My Multicultural Self a Classroom Activity
Activity helps students identify what they consider to be the most important parts of their own identity and develop a better understanding of stereotypes.
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association: Social Media's Growing Impact on Our Lives
Media psychology researchers are beginning to tease apart the ways in which time spent on social media is, and is not, impacting our day-to-day lives and our psychological well-being. They are looking at whether time spent on social...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Community & Self Help, Making of African American Identity:v. 3
An interview illustrating some of the ways community functioned in the lives of African Americans. It explores how external pressures of racism brought African Americans together to form fraternal organizations and entire towns.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Louisa May Alcott: Transcendentalism
Explore the impact of transcendentalism on the life of Louisa May Alcott and American society in this video [4:00] from the American Masters film Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women.' Emphasizing self-reliance, civil...
Other
Ryerson University: Digital Footprint: A Positive Digital Image [Pdf]
Leaving a positive digital footprint can help you stand out even in the most competitive circumstances. It may take some time and effort to build, maintain or repair a positive image; however, making informed choices and presenting a...
Other
Bringing History Home: History of Me
This Kindergarten unit introduces children to the concept of history as story, and establishes student familiarity with documents and concepts of change and continuity between now and the past. By telling their own stories through...
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: I Like Myself! [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Karen Beaumont's children's book, I Like Myself!, is provided on these pages. Eighteen character roles are needed in this activity.
Other
Embrace the Future: Resilient Kids
Advice about strengthening your ability to bounce back from adversity. Learn key skills, such as problem solving, making friends, and positive thinking, that will help you stay happy, healthy, and productive.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Alma's Way: Classroom Murals
Alma contributes to her neighborhood in big ways! In creating a unique community mural, she reflects on her interests and her neighborhood. In this activity, students add to their school community by creating murals with bulletin board...
Columbia University
Columbia University Libraries: Notable New Yorkers: Mamie Clark
On this website you can read about Dr. Mamie Clark, distinguished African-American educator, and hear an interview with her about her studies of race and child development. This interview is part of Columbia University's Oral History...
Other
Gov Loop: The 7 Barriers to Digital Communication
For all its conveniences, significant barriers to effective digital communication exist. These digital communication barriers can interfere with the ability to get a point across via email, chats, texts, messaging, discussion boards,...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Curated Lives
Social media gives us a chance to choose how we present ourselves to the world. We can snap and share a pic in the moment or carefully stage photos and select only the ones we think are best. When students reflect on these choices, they...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Delve Deeper Into Art With This Activity
In this activity, you will explore the relationship between art and identity by comparing and contrasting two works of art.
FableVision
Fable Vision: Peter Reynolds: The North Star
A story about the importance of following your own path through life, not the path others have taken. Told with great simplicity and beautifully illustrated, The North Star celebrates independence, spirited inquiry, and a life full of...
Other
Psychology Today: Adolescence
Explore the journey from childhood towards adulthood from how to talk to teens to a look at mental health in high school. Learn about the many issues that accompany this coming of age.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Asian American Portraits of Encounter
Exhibition of the work of seven contemporary Asian American artists considers the genre from a distinctly Asian American point of view.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton
Selected (9) reading passages (grades 7-11) to pair with the coming-of-age novel "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton. Ponyboy Curtis, a member of the Greaser gang, learns the value of family and friendship through his conflict with a rival...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou recounts her coming of age story as a mature but apprehensive girl in the American South and California during the Jim Crow era. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 7-10) to pair with "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by...