Lesson 1: Identity & Self Expression
Links to all videos and stories can be found in the Lesson 1 PowerPoint.
Materials to Download
Discuss and Read Aloud Activities
Discuss: What is Identity?
Read Aloud: A Kids Book about Identity, written by Taboo (Shoshone & Hopi) (9:50)
Discuss: What Makes You Unique?
Read Aloud: Thunderboy Jr. by Sherman Alexie (Spokane) (6:10)
Discuss: What Makes You Powerful?
Read Aloud: My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe) (5:10)
Let's Move!
Free Expression Dance
Students will move however they want to express themselves while playing the music video DragonFly Medicine by Supaman (Apsáalooke Nation) ft. Ashley Hall (2:56).
Create
Music, Identity, and Self Expression go hand-in-hand.
- Guide students in creating their own identity web.
- If you have already completed an identity web this year, revisit students’ identity webs and how you are connected as a community.
Lesson Closure
√ Show closing video
You Are Perfect (1:21) by Supaman (Apsáalooke Nation)
√ Share Exit Ticket #1.
Have students circle their favorite story from this lesson.