Learning About Our Unique Personal Qualities – Our Identities

This 12-slide teaching presentation covers the topic of individual identity in child-friendly language. Teaching children about how identities are formed is not only featured in the curriculum, but it’s a crucial developmental understanding for children to develop their social-emotional learning. Here are some other reasons children learning about identities helps them:

• Develop self-awareness and self-expression.
• Introduces children to diversity and that everyone has different qualities and strengths.
• Fosters empathy and compassion.
• Builds a sense of belonging and inclusivity in your classroom.

Using this set of teaching slides and incorporating lessons about personal identities into your social-emotional lessons, you can help children grow into more empathetic, open-minded, and socially responsible individuals, which is essential for building a harmonious and just classroom.

How to Use These Teaching Slides

These teaching slides discuss the following and include activities along the way:

• What is identity?
• Everyone’s identity is unique.
• Personal qualities vs. emotions
• Individual interests
• Strengths and Weaknesses
• Achievements
• Values and Beliefs
• Culture
• Self-Esteem

You may like to use these teaching slides in one go – or use each topic as a lesson and spend time with activities, etc., after each slide.

Download and Use Today!

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This resource was created by Lauren Borst, a teacher in Indiana and a Teach Starter collaborator.