Western Studies
Ms. Portman

Write your name in the middle of the paper.

Draw a line from your name to a word that describes one aspect of who you are (race, religion, neighborhood, socio-economic class, interests, gender, etc).

Continue to add descriptive words until your whole paper is filled up (you should have at least 10 words connected to your name).

Take a few minutes to reflect on your identity chart. Which words came easily to you? (Circle them) Which words did you have to think about longer? (Put a square around them) Why do you think this is so?

When you think that your chart is complete, answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. Your identity chart and responses will stay in your portfolio all year. You will be expected to share some aspects of your responses with the class.

1. Which words were you born into and which words did you become as you grew older? What do you think is the significance of these differences?

2. Choose one word that gives you power and one word that denies you power. Write a brief explanation of each.

3. Which word would you fight for in order to protect yourself? Why? If you didn't choose a word, why not?

4. Would this chart tell a stranger who you really are? How important is it that other people know that you have an identity?

5. What does this activity have to do with Brave New World?