TKAM Intro | The Individual in Society

Homework:

• E9: Read 45, Organize binders for Freshman Writing Portfolio, 1.3 Read Two Names, Two Worlds, annotate, create an identity chart for the author and answer questions.
• EH9: Read 45, Organize binders for Freshman Writing Portfolio, 1.3 Read Two Names, Two Worlds, and 1.8 Read "The Walking Boy", annotate, create identity chart and answer the essential questions.

Objective: Jedis will be able to examine the complexities of their own identity and analyze aspects of the identity of their text's author by creating identity charts for themselves and the author.

Today's Essential Questions: 

• What is identity? To what extent do we determine our own identities? What influence does society have?
• What are stereotypes, and how do they affect how we see ourselves and how others see us?
• How does our need to belong influence our identity? How does it lead to the formation of "in" groups" and "out" groups in our society?

1. Intro | Who is Harper Lee?

2. Identity | Create your own Identity Chart 

• Highlight aspects of your identity that people may use as negative stereotypes.

3. Video | 1.2 "How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do"

4. Read | Read the handout and create an identity chart for the author

• All English classes: 1.3 Two Name, Two Worlds, by Jonathan Rodriguez

• What does Rodriguez mean when he uses the phrase "two names, two worlds"? What two worlds does his name represent?
• What assumptions does Rodriquez think others might make about his identity because of his name? Which of those assumptions are true? Which are false?
• What does YOUR name suggest about your identity? To what extent doe sit influence how others think about you? How does it affect how you think about yourself?

• English Honors only: 1.8 "The Walking Boy, by Alan Jacobs
• What is identity? To what extent do we determine our own identities? What influence does society have?
• What are stereotypes, and how do they affect how we see ourselves and how others see us?
• How does our need to belong influence our identity?
  How does it lead to the formation of "in" groups" and "out" groups in our society?