Identity

1. What is identity? Define this word. Use a dictionary or your phone to look up the definition.

2. Summarize that definition in your own words. What do you think that fancy definition means?

3. Now let’s think about the connotative meaning. What feelings or ideas do you get when you hear the word identity?

6. How does this collage represent the definition of identity?

6. How does this picture represent the definition of identity?

7. How does this painting represent the definition of identity?

House on Mango StreetEssential Questions

Directions: Reflect on the following questions. Write a half page journal for each question. Where does our sense of identity come from?

How does environment shape our identity? 

What identities, if any, are permanent and which do we have the power to change?

What roles do neighborhood and community play in shaping who we become?