Personal and Public Identities

Level Topics/Resources Essential Questions

Novice Low/Mid Demographics: age, where Who am I?
I live, where I am from How does what I do define who I am?
Greetings/Leave-Taking How do I interact with others from the target
Behaviors: eye contact, culture?
personal space, gestures,
etiquette
Novice High Nationalities Who am I, and how do I relate to my
Image community?
Stereotypes How does what I do and where I am from define
who I am?
How do others see me?
How am I unique?
Intermediate Low Ethnic Groups How do I relate or connect to people from other
Nationalities cultures?
Stereotypes/Image How can I use my language or other skills to
Etiquette relate to cultural groups in my community in an
Cultural Practices appropriate manner?

Volunteerism
Intermediate Mid Character Analysis in How are aspects of a persons identity
Literature expressed in various situations?
Gender Issues How do language and culture influence
Image and Stereotypes individual actions?
Taboos How are roles of men and women in my culture
similar to/different from those in other cultures?
How do I interact in a culturally appropriate
manner with others?
Intermediate High Alienation and Assimilation How are aspects of identity expressed in various
/Advanced Low Identity situations?
Gender How does learning another language and culture
Language influence who I am and my view of the world?
Self-Image Why do some people not adapt well to another
Generational Issues culture?

Multiculturalism
Nationalism/Patriotism
Image and Stereotypes

Ohio Department of Education, June 2014

Personal and Public Identities - Content Elaborations

Ohio Department of Education, June 2014

Personal and Public Identities - Content Elaborations