How does where you live influence your educational endeavors and opportunities?

What groups do I belong to?
What are my identities?
How do I know I’m part of a group?
How do I see myself? Is it the same way others see me?
What identities do I share with my family? What identities do I have that are different from my family?

From a teachers perspective:
How can I describe ways people are different from me?
Can words about identity hurt people?
How can I describe and compare my group identities with those of other people?
How can I ask people about their lives and experiences in a respectful, kind and understanding way?

How can we be more aware and better prepared to practice social awareness and encourage social justice?

What have you learned about the systematic way that the Japanese and Japanese Americans were dehumanized following the Executive Order 9066 was put into action after the bombing of Pearl Harbor ushering the U.S. into World War II?

What have you learned about the systematic way that the Nazis began to dehumanize Jewish people during World War II?

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Why might people not feel safe to express all their identities?

What does it feel like to be belittled or criticized because of your identity?
Why might people not feel safe to express all their identities?

What is identity? What makes each of us unique? How are we the same? How are we different?

How do different parts of our identities combine to make us who we are?
What makes us who we are?
How are our identities today shaped by society?
Do the ways we identify ourselves change over time?
Do the ways we present our identities change depending on where we are or the people we are with?

Are both sides always equal in a debate?
How do we respectfully discuss our differences?