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This is a single activity session plan from our book, The Life Skills Handbook, a book avialable in d
There are 61 activity sessions in this book. Click here for more information on the book.
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Purpose of activity: To understand the factors that makes up a person’s identity

Lifeskills: Self-awareness and creative thinking

Important points

The point of this activity is to separate identity and behaviour. Children who regard themse
people’ may feel that nothing can be done about this. It is important to show them that the
though their behaviour may sometimes be bad. They can control and change behaviour.

These ideas are important but may seem a bit abstract. You can try the activity rst with a
colleagues or older children and ask their feedback. Adapt this activity carefully if you are t
another language.

Materials 

Poster with the following sets of identity factor symbols.

Sets of ve cards, each card showing one identity factor symbol. You need enough sets
example ve sets for 10 children.

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Steps

1. In the whole group, repeat the sentence, I can do it here. For each word hold up the co
symbol.
2. Divide the children into groups of four and give each group a complete set of cards w
identity factor symbols.
3. Each child repeats the sentence but putting di erent stresses on the words. The grou
this changes the meaning of the sentence. (If the children cannot read ask them to re
after you.)
4. Do this again, this time one child holds up the relevant identity factor symbols in turn
repeats the sentence. The others in the group say which was the identity factor stress
5. When all the children in the group have done this, one child holds up the symbols in tu
the group repeats the sentence. The person with the symbols stands up when they wa
emphasise one of the symbols.Divide the group into pairs. In pairs they then lay one s
the oor in the following order:

Identity
Beliefs
Skills
Behaviour
Environment

7. The children step on each identity factor and say something about themselves in relation
factor. The educator practices this with the whole group rst by asking the children to repe
sentences. Then, in pairs, the children take it in turns to nish the sentence so that their pa
their answers.

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8. Ask children to volunteer to repeat their identity factors to the whole group

Final discussion: 

Were their aspects of your identity which you liked, did not like? Why? 

Follow up

Children can design their own identity factor symbols.

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apply for access to our free library.

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