Identity

Essential Questions

What is identity?
How is identity developed?
- What parts of your identity do you choose for yourself?
- What parts of your identity are determined for you by others or by society?
How does identity affect our relationships?

Major Texts

Supplementary Texts

POETRY:

- Alexie, Sherman - "Facebook Sonnet"
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence - "We Wear the Mask"
- Frost, Robert - "The Road Not Taken"
- Harjo, Joy - "Remember"
- Hayes, Terrance - "American Sonnet for the New Year"
- Shakespeare - "Sonnet 29"

SHORT STORIES:

- Olsen, Tillie - "I Stand Here Ironing"
- Vonnegut, Kurt - "Harrison Bergeron"
- Walker, Alice - "Everyday Use"

NON FICTION:

Mukherjee, Bharati - "Two Ways to Belong in America"

SHORT FILM:

"The Bear That Wasn't" (1967, Dir. Chuck Jones)

Writing Assignment

Personal Narrative: See Writing page

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