Personal and Social Identity Wheels, Identity Circles, Beads, and Molecule, The Paseo (Circles of Identity), Circles of My Multicultural Self

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

1 hour and 30 minutes

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Personal Identity Wheel and Social Identity Wheel were adapted for use by the Program on Intergroup Relations and the Spectrum Center, University of Michigan.

LSA Inclusive Teaching Initiative, University of Michigan. (2017, August 16). Personal identity wheelhttps://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/sample-activities/personal-identity-wheel/

LSA Inclusive Teaching Initiative, University of Michigan. (2017, August 16). Social identity wheelhttps://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/sample-activities/social-identity-wheel/

Identity circles. (n.d.). Bonner Curriculum in partnership with Dr. Tanisha Brandonā€ Felder. http://bonnernetwork.pbworks.com/f/BonCurIdentityCircles.pdf

Paseo or circles of identity (16 November, 2017). CLEE SRI. https://www.schoolreforminitiative.org/download/the-paseo-or-circles-of-identity/

This protocol is a result of collaborative work by:  Debbi Laidley, Deb Bambino, Debbie McIntyre, Stevi Quate and Juli Quinn; created at the NSRF Winter Meeting 2001, Houston, TX.

Gorski, P. (n.d.). Circles of my multicultural self. Critical multicultural pavilion: Awareness activities. http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/activities/circlesofself.html

Fahrun, H., Skowron, E., Zimmerman, N.-E. (2014). Diversity dynamics: Activating the potential of diversity in trainings. A handbook for facilitators in active citizenship education. MitOst Association Berlin. https://www.mitost.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Diversity_dynamics_screen_2015.pdf

 

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Identify and describe personal identities. 2. Explore multiple identities. 3. Examine the stereotypes associated with different identities.