Our Names, Our Voices Celebration

by | Sep 14, 2026

Materials: Student work, display tables, comment cards, chart paper Host a classroom celebration where students display their name stories, symbols, identity boxes and heritage projects. Arrange the room like a gallery so students can walk, view each other’s work and...

Identity Memory Box

by | Sep 14, 2026

Materials: Small boxes or paper box templates, markers, paper, collage materials Provide a paper box template to each student. Students decorate the paper box template to represent their identity. Once completed, construct the paper box. Inside the box, students place...

Symbol Hunt: Olive Trees, Stars and Memory

by | Sep 14, 2026

Materials: Symbol chart, sticky notes, pencils Explain that symbols are objects, images or details that represent bigger ideas. As students read, ask them to watch for repeated or meaningful images, including olive trees, olives, family harvest, written names, hands,...

Building Our Classroom Identity Tree

by | Sep 14, 2026

Materials: Paper leaves, markers, bulletin board or chart paper tree Create a large paper tree on a bulletin board or chart paper. Explain that the tree will represent the classroom community. Each student receives a paper leaf and writes their name; one word that...

Picture Walk: Clues About Identity

by | Sep 14, 2026

Materials: Book pages or projected images; sticky notes Conduct a careful picture walk without reading the full text. Ask students to notice setting, characters, colors, body language, plants, written names and repeated visual patterns. Encourage them to use the...