Step 1: The Individual and Society

Start the project by asking students to review their identity charts and journal entries from this scheme of work. Ask them to identify parts of their identities that everyone knows about, as well as parts that many or most people might not know about.

Then ask them to respond to the following question in their journals:

Why are some parts of our identities more visible than others? What role do our own choices play in determining what other people know about our identities and what they do not? What other factors play a role?

Explain to students that they will be creating masks that represent the aspects of themselves that they show to the outside world and the aspects that others do not often see. Have students brainstorm ideas for their masks by completing the Mask-Making Preparation Worksheet.

Show students the materials they can use for their masks. Inform students that they can decorate both the outside and the inside of the masks. They can use the outside to represent the aspects of their identities they openly show to the outside world and the inside to represent the more private aspects of their identities.

Have students share their masks in a gallery walk or presentation and then respond to the following questions on a class graffiti board: Who am I? Who are we?