Core Values
In this activity, students will explore their personal values by examining a list of values and ranking each of them from “always valued” to “least valued.”
STEM Activity Lesson Plan
Personal Identity Wheel
The Personal Identity Wheel is an activity that encourages students to reflect and describe their identity through skills they have, favorite books, hobbies, etc.
Social Identity Wheel
In this activity, students will identity social identities (race, gender, sex, socio-economic status, etc.) and reflect on the various ways those identities impact their lives and perceptions.
The Spectrum Activity, Questions of Identity
In this activity, students will be prompted to critically consider their identities and the relationship between identity and context.
The Five Minute Poem
In this activity, students spend five minutes writing a brief four-stanza poem about where they are from.
Web of Connectedness
In this activity, the class sits in a circle while the facilitator poses a discussion question or questions, passing a ball of yarn or string to each person who speaks.
Icebreaker Grab Bag
This collection of icebreakers provides a variety of activities to choose from and implement throughout the semester.
Name Story
In this icebreaker activity, students will have the option to share their first name, middle name, last name, nickname or any name that has a history or story of significance for them.
Mapping Social Identity Timeline Activity
In this activity, students will create a visual map of their socialization in some aspect of identity (race, gender, sexual orientation) throughout the course of their life.
Dominant Narratives
Students will discuss dominant narratives – explanations or stories told in service of the dominant social group’s interests and ideologies.
