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Challenging Images

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners demonstrate the meaning of self-esteem and individuality. In this character education lesson, students discuss the meaning of self-esteem and self-image. Learners are divided into small groups and are shown photographs of...
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Labeling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify ways they label people and the affect those labels have on individuals. They identify their individual differences and share with the class their individuality. They explain how self-concept is built and...
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Personal Identity Bust

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a ceramic bust of themselves.
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International Network on Personal Meaning

Journey of Personal Development (Part 1) – Know Yourself

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Who are you? What are you? The two guiding questions found at the heart of any journey of self-discovery provide the framework for this outline of personal development seminar.
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Technology - Identity - Watercolor

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a grayscale digital photo of self and draw the texture of their hair in a linear fashion. They create a background which relates to the PTA Reflections contest using the internet as a resource.
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All About Me

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore how everyone is different and have a certain way in which they learn best.
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Right There in Black and White? Identity, Assimilation and the Résumé

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine prejudice in today's world.  For this current events lesson, 9th graders describe their top three personality identifiers.  Students read articles on racism. 
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Nervous System: Our Sense of Self

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze the effects of damage to the nervous system by examining four fictitious patient cases. They discuss one case together and then individually write essays about the remaining cases
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The Real Me!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine and explain who they are and communicate that person to the viewer through the use of the visual arts. They think about themselves and try to find five things that represent who they are and what they feel is...
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Ed Change

Exchanging Stories: Names

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students write short stories about their names and share them in small groups to help build community in the classroom.
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Advocates for Youth

Creating Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth: A Toolkit

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify human psychology by examining role-playing situations. For this homosexuality lesson, students identify what it means to be a gay or lesbian person and discuss the appropriate behavior to interacting with gay and...
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Missouri Department of Elementary

Keep Finding the Positive

For Teachers 5th Standards
Group members take on roles to create a positive classroom community. Learners perform their role—leader, recorder, presenter, timekeeper, encourager, and collector—in preparation for a formal presentation of their positive thinking...
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Common Sense Media

Which Me Should I Be?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Impress upon learners the importance of considering how we identify ourselves online, and how this relates to overall considerations of safety and digital wellness.
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US Institute of Peace

Identifying Conflict Styles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Are you a peace-keeper or a problem-solver? Explore conflict management styles through a lesson, fourth in a 15-part series, that combines individual assessment and collaborative work. Groups learn the basic tendencies of each style,...
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Civil War Diaries

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine excerpts from a diary of a Confederate soldier and his experiences in a Union prison camp. After receiving character cards, they write diary entries from the perspectives of their Civil War identity. As an...
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Take a Look in the Mirror: What Do You See?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine their perceptions of themselves. In this personal health lesson, students participate in a classroom activity that requires them to describe themselves and share those descriptions with their classmates. Learners also...
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Pop Art: Multiples of Me!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss major events in the 60's era including conflicts, culture, and history. Students also take a look at artists from this time and discover Pop Art. They then create their own portrait in the Pop Art style using Clarisworks...
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"Body Decorating and the Risks"

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read and outline a piece of expository writing to study the risks associated with tattoos and body piercing. They brainstorm low risk, healthful ways of expressing their identity as teens.
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Silhouettes and Interiors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a multimedia piece that integrates drawing and collage. Students learn about metacognition and the discovering of self through genres of art and literature by using these steps: inspiration, brainstorm, application,...
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Parenting Readiness

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify parenting styles, including positive guidance techniques that help children develop positive self-concepts, self-management, and responsibility. They emphasize the differences between and the importance of motherhood...
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Character & Integrity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm a list as a class the characteristics of someone having character and integrity. Individually, they write about how self-concept is built and preserved. To end the lesson, they discuss how self-concept is related to...
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Facing History and Ourselves

Interpreting the Works of Samuel Bak: Self Portrait

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the life of Samuel Bak.  In this World History lesson, 10th graders develop a methodology for examining and analyzing works of art. Students examine art from the Holocaust and describe the experiences that the work...
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Orange County Department of Education

Katie's Trunk

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read the story of "Katie's Trunk". They identify the traits of integrity and fairness in the characters John Warren and Katie. Students explore how people can experience the same event but interpret it differently. They...
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Curated OER

Archaeological Self-Study: What Do Our Belongings and Trash Tell About Us?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how their belongings and their trash represents who they are. In this archaeology skills lesson, students watch a video titled "Discovering the Past" and then give archaeological techniques a try. Students examine and...

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