This resource pack is designed to enrich the IBDP Language and Literature curriculum by focusing on the exploration of identity through various engaging activities. By examining identity in both literary and non-literary texts, these resources help students deepen their understanding of how individual and collective identities are formed, expressed, and perceived. This pack provides students with the tools to analyze and reflect on identity from multiple perspectives, enhancing their analytical skills and empathy.

Here are one-line summaries of each resource:

               1.           Author-Character Identity Mapping: Explores the connection between an author’s personal identity and the characters they create.

               2.           Character Monologue Rewrite: Encourages rewriting a classic monologue to reflect personal identity, highlighting the intersection of author, character, and reader identities.

               3.           DP L&L Concept Identity PowerPoint and Activity Set: Offers a comprehensive overview of the concept of identity in literature and non-literary texts.

               4.           Dual Identity Journal: Analyzes characters or figures with conflicting public and private identities through journal entries.

               5.           Exploring Identity in L&L: A Guide to Analysis: Provides an in-depth exploration of how identity influences characters, texts, and interpretations.

               6.           Identity Collage: Uses visual arts to express and analyze the identity of literary characters, non-literary figures, and the students themselves.

               7.           Identity Mask Project: Involves creating masks that represent the multifaceted identities of characters or figures in texts.

               8.           Introduction to Identity - A Letter To Teachers: Discusses the flexibility and educational value of the activities focused on identity.

               9.           Multiple Perspectives: Tasks students with rewriting scenes from different viewpoints to explore how identity shapes perspectives.

               10.        Parallel Poems: Engages students in writing poems that reflect the identities of two contrasting characters or figures.

               11.        Reader-Writer Connection Debate: Debates the impact of a writer’s personal identity on their literary work.

               12.        Reader’s Identity Journal: Reflects on how the students’ own identities influence their interpretations of texts.

               13.        Textual Identity Exploration: Delves into how texts construct and convey identity through language and narrative techniques.

Overall, these resources equip teachers to facilitate a dynamic learning environment where students can engage critically with identity and its implications in both literary and broader cultural contexts.