Activity

What's In a Name?

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Rumpelstiltskin understood the power of names. The second lesson in the First Days of School series focuses on building community by recognizing the importance of the relationships among names, identities, and cultures. Learners engage in a "What's in a Name?" gallery walk, watch a PowerPoint presentation, then commit to a step they will take to ensure that "names are always empowering and never limiting in this class."

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Instructional Ideas
  • Set aside extra prep time to create the posters with the quotations used for the gallery walk
Classroom Considerations
  • A link to an overview of the entire series is located in the Included Materials
  • Second of 10 lessons in the First Days of School series
  • Requires projection equipment for the nine-slide PowerPoint
  • Copies of the "Power of Names Group Work" handout
Pros
  • The lesson encourages participants to celebrate all aspects of their identity
Cons
  • None