All My Identities
Aim
Reflection about individual’s current identity/identities and explaining theoretical background about different factors that influence individual’s identity (environment, heredity, and personal activity).
Description
TARGET GROUP
Young people (15 – 29 years)
TIME NEEDED
60 minutes
IMPLEMENTATION
Guided individual work: Biography Exercise – Which Groups do I belong to? (30 min)
Each participant individually explores through guided biographical exercise to which groups he/she belongs and how important they are for him/her.
Each participant writes on their own blank paper.
Questions and tasks for guided individual work:
Which groups do I belong to? Make a list of all activities I attend, all circles that I belong to, all my group of friends, hobbies, places of residence, which religion I belong, what my nationality is.
On the other sheet of paper, the participants then make a collage of identities that are most important to them:
Which are essential for me? Which are in my personal centre? Which are less important?
For a collage, they should have a different range of old magazines, newspapers and other source material available.
Reflection in pairs (10 min)
In pairs, the participants exchange reflections on what was happening to them and what they have learned about themselves.
Group sharing (10 min)
Group discussion and sharing of key findings.
Theoretical background Explanation: Three key factors that influence our personality (10 min)
The trainers explain that the three key factors that shape an individual are heredity, the environment and the individual’s own activity. After that, they briefly explain each of those factors.
LIST OF MATERIALS
- Background music,
- white paper (A4),
- pencils or/and pens,
- scissors,
- glues or adhesive tapes,
- old magazines, journals, advertisements, catalogues,
- optional: crayons, colour pencils, markers etc.
