I – you – ourselves – others. Similar, different, together

Key points of activity development

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  Pedagogical tip: If the class works often in groups, follow the ways you already use. Otherwise, divide into groups in a playful way. Find more on "Creative ways to split into groups!" and feel free to adapt them.

  We split students into groups. We ask them to write/draw their name and their initials in a way that expresses them. Then, we invite them to think how and why did they get that name and note it on the back of the paper. Each pupil tells the story of his/her name to other members of the team.
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  Ideas & Materials: See students' videos and students' stories.

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  Pedagogical tip: Encourage group work, cooperative and collaborative learning. See some tips for working in groups on "How we work in groups?".

  We watch videos and / or read (excerpts) of name stories created by pupils in the framework of BACKPACKID. We let the children discuss about them in their group, with the help of some questions, eg “How was the name chosen?”, “Does it fit the way you got your name?” etc.
• We discuss in plenary identifying the main sources of name origin and selection: family tradition, religion, national history, personal preferences etc.
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  Ideas & Materials: For multimodal ways to tell a story, find more on "Tell me a story!" and on "Paint & draw, cut & paste, solve quizzes!"

  We ask children to work individually: first to think how they would introduce their self (what makes them special, what are they proud of, what things are particularly important to them etc) and then design their “identity card” using words, short phrases, coherent text and drawings, in any creative way they want.
• The students form small groups, where each one presents his/her “identity card” to the others. After about 5 minutes they form new groups. This is repeated 3-4 times until everyone has an impression of the “ID card” of the others.
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  Ideas & Materials: Narratives can be found in e-Book for students and videos here.

  We hand out narratives of the Backpack e-book or we watch a video about identities / personal stories / biographies / origins. We ask pupils to find any common points (between the hero of each story and themselves) and to circle them in their own presentation of “ID card” (individual work).
• In plenary, we list the common points, create categories and mark them on the board (e.g. 13 year old teenager, athlete, philosopher, artist, sportswoman, European, citizen of the world, animal lover).
• We attach to the wall papers showing the above categories / identities and ask the students, based on the common points they have identified, to place post-it papers with their name on the wall under the categories / identities they think they belong to.
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  Pedagogical tip: Find more ideas on "Let's move!".

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  Pedagogical tip: Find more ideas on "Creative ways to split into groups!".

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  Ideas & Materials: Find more here , here and hundreds of variations & human bingo sheets in google!

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  Ideas & Materials: See here.
  Adapted on identites. Find more on Anthology (pp. 170).

  We play a movement game adjusted to the issue of identity, e.g. “Line up”, “Human Bingo”, “Who are I?” or “Musical chairs”.
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  Ideas & Materials: Tools & ideas to create works of art on "Paint & draw, cut & paste, solve quizzes!". See how artists of contemporary art "tell" stories of identities on "Passages & identities in modern and contemporary art"

  We invite children to look for a partner with whom they can find one or more similarities, and discuss things they can find in common (e.g. likes and dislikes -music, sports club, favourite food- but also common thoughts, attitudes, things that are important to both etc.). Then we urge them to make a collage together, in which they present the similarities and differences they have. Finally, the couples present their work in plenary.
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  Pedagogical tip: Find more on "Let’s evaluate & reflect!".

  Reflect in plenary on what we have learned (about themselves / the others, multiple identities, things in common etc) and evaluate collectively the activities (difficulties faced, what will we remember, feelings felt etc).