Identify Yourself!

Related Issue 1, Chapter 1, Minor Assignment

Areas that are Assessed:
S.1 - Skills of critical and creative thinking
S.8 - Skills of oral / written / visual literacy
Related Issue 1​ - 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

As we have talked about, the first section of the course will be focusing on what aspects of life create your
identity. Before we start looking at how ​Globalization​ ​has affected your identity, we are going to see what
makes us us.

To complete this, we will create a visual and written representation of ourselves, describing ourselves,
and linking self concept to globalization. These will be displayed in the classroom, so ​Please put your
best work into this!

PART I:

1) Think about yourself and write down a minimum of fifteen things (factors) that come to mind that shape who
you are. Are you athletic? Does your faith play a large role? Do you like movies? Do you play sports? Do
you play guitar? Write down anything that contributes to your identity.

2) Think about the context that shapes your identity such as your family, history, language, traditions, role
models etc.

3) Also look at how you express yourself (individual and collective identity). Now look at what you have written
down and rank the 10 most important things that make you.

PART II:

1) Using the provided construction paper and anything else that is available (magazines, crayons, felts, etc.),
cut out pictures / draw to create a poster that visually represents you and identifies who you are.

2) Once you have completed your poster, write a rationale about your creative piece which includes why you
chose your ​representations​, and ​which aspect of Globalization it most relates to​.

PART III:

In one solid paragraph – ¾ to one page long, answer to the chapter question:
To what extent does globalization shape your identity?’

Make sure that your position is supported by information that we have learned in the chapter!

Example ​–Look at the forces ​(trade, transportation, media, communication technology) ​and dimensions
(social, political, economic, environmental)​ of ​Globalization​. Also, remember to comment if positively or
negatively shapes your identity.
 Evaluation Standard and Rubric

Creative Piece /6
● Your work shows obvious care and concern for the appearance of the final product
● Representation - There are no more than 12, no less than 8, items that represent your identity.

Rationale /6
● The final product contains a rationale for each of the chosen representations of personal identity
● Each rationale contains the following
○ What the representation is
○ How the representation connects to globalization

Understanding of Globalization /6
● In at least one paragraph the following paragraph is answered. ​To What extent does
globalization shape my identity?
● Remember to add information showing your understanding, specifically ​Terms and Examples
learned through the Chapter.
Excellent (6) Satisfactory (4) Poor (2) INSUFFICIENT

Creative Piece A high level of An appropriate level of Limited effort and

creativity and effort creativity and effort are creativity is shown by
are evident in the evident in the finished the
finished product, as product. There may be some lack of editing done
seen in the quality of unclear graphics or before the final product
language, graphics grammatical mistakes but is submitted, leading to
and overall they do not detract from the serious errors and an
presentation final product. unpolished document

Rationale All key connections Most key connections to Few or no connections

to identity / globalization have to
identity / been explained identity / globalization
globalization​ have have been explained
been explained

Paragraph Explanations are Explanations are straight- Explanations are

clear forward, although there may confusing or contain
Showing
and accurate be some minor confusion serious errors
Understanding

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