Create an “Identity” profile for a chosen character.
“Imagine
you are the child psychiatrist assigned to meet with the teens involved
in the Greaser/ Soc street wars. You need to develop a
multi-dimensional evaluation on one of the characters and develop a
means to present your analysis. Your analysis must include a description
of their identity as well as provide specific examples of influential
events and relationships. Your description needs to reflect your
understanding of the multiple factors that contribute to a person’s
identity, and they ways in which people are unique and similar to
others.”
Option 1: Power Point
You need to create a presentation that shows how your character was impacted by their environment during their development.
Minimum requirements:
- 1 slide for each of the 6 areas: friends, enemies, pop-culture, religion/ tradition, school, family. Each slide will include specific examples and at least 1 DQ.
- 1 slide to explain their psychologica/ psychosocial development.
- 1 slide that make comparisons between the character and the experiences of kids around the world.
- ALL slides need to include an image and at least 3 points. ALL slides need perfect editing/ spelling/ punctuation/ grammar.
- BE SURE TO INCLUDE A SLIDE THAT SHARES THE IDENTITY OF YOUR CHARACTER OVERALL... DESCRIBE WHAT KINDS OF THINGS YOUR CHARACTER IS INTERESTED IN, HOW THEY ACT, THEIR STYLE OF DRESS, ETC...
- Do this on google.doc’s and SHARE WITH MS. ZUMBERGE
Option two: 5 Paragraph Essay
5 paragraph essay
- Thesis around choosing which identity the three factors that most impacted the character: enemies, friends, family, culture/tradition, school, pop-culture.
- Each body paragraph will need a minimum of 4 embedded quotes.
- Students will need to include reference to a childhood experience from another country/ culture and how it compares to their character in the introduction. In the conclusion they will need to make reference to the stage or status of the characters development based on a psychological/ psychosocial model.
- Do this on google.doc’s and SHARE WITH MS. ZUMBERGE
Helpful website: http://www.rocklin.k12.ca.us/staff/svictor/Important%20Quotes%20in%20the%20Outsiders.pdf