A presentation on how identity plays into art education.

1. Identity
“Mapping Identity for Curriculum Work”
Congdon, Stewart, and White

2. In the Classroom
• Role as teachers
• “Hidden Curriculum”
• Assumptions, values, and beliefs
• Identity in Curriculum

3. Identity Categories
• Religious Identity
• Gender and Sexual Identity
• Geographical Identity
• Family Identity

4. Identity Categories
• Age Identity
• Economic Identity
• Political Identity
• Recreational Identity

5. Identity Categories
• Aesthetic Identity
• Racial/Ethnic Identity
• Occupational Identity
• Health and Body Identity

6. Lesson Idea

7. Identity as a “Big Idea”
Frida Kahlo Chuck Close

8. Activity
• Shield of Identity
• Materials:
• sketchbook
• markers
• colored pencils

9. Why a Shield?
• Represent a Coat of Arms
• Know who we are as teachers
• Help students form their identity

10. Shield of Identity
• Step 1: Draw a shield. Divide the shield into 4
separate sections.
• Step 2: Determine which 4 identity categories you
relate to the most.
• Step 3: Draw a picture in each section of the
shield that represents your most meaningful
identity categories.
• Step 4: Share and explain your Shield of Identity
with your Studio.

11. Identities
Religious Identity Aesthetic Identity
Racial/Ethnic Identity Occupational Identity
Gender and Sexual Identity Geographical Identity
Family Identity Health and Body Identity
Age Identity Economic Identity
Political Identity Recreational Identity

12. Extension Activity
• Studio Discussion:
• What similarities and differences do you notice
among your Shield of Identities?
• Why do you think these similarities and differences
exist?
• Why do some people value one identity over
another?
• How can you address identity in your classroom?

13. Extension Activity
• Studio Shield of Identity
• Collaborate with your studio and find identities which
you all value

14. Identity in the Classroom
• Diversity
• Awareness