Understand different kinds of personal identities, including race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation, and class.
Talk about our own complex and multi-faceted identities.
Learn about how personal identity is conceptualized in traditional and modern Chinese culture.
Explore the reality of equality vs. discrimination in relation to different identities, comparing and contrasting the situation in the United States, Mainland China, and Taiwan.
白人至上主义 (bái rén zhì shàng zhǔ yì) - white supremacy
PROJECT:
Individually, create a T-Shirt to both review and demonstrate your mastery of the Chinese you learned last school year based on the following theme: “我的身份” (My Identity = shēn fèn) This project has three parts.
Part 1: Decorate the T-shirt with pictures or symbols that represent different aspects of your identity, including the themes you learned in Chinese last year.
Part 2: Handwrite a self-introduction essay about “My Identity” (200+ characters). Must have two drafts, a first draft and a final draft.
Part 3: Give a 5-minute presentation in class using your T-shirt and identity essay.