Understanding Identity and Pop Culture
Structured Learning Plan for Module #3 – Part 1
Self-Assessment – Prior Knowledge
What do you know about identity?
What do you know about the connections between identity
and Pop Culture?
Skill Acquisition
Skill Acquisition – Understanding Identity
The assignments in this module will require you to understand identity, the influences on its creation, and how to analyze it.
The following sources include basic information about understanding and analyzing identity:
• What is Personal Identity? (You can create a free 5-day trial if you want to listen to the end of the lesson, but it’s not necessary)
o Scarince, Christine. “What Is Personal Identity? Definition, Philosophy & Development.” Study.com. Study.com. Web. 4 Dec. 2015.
• Identity Formation
o “Identity Formation.” Identity Formation. Web. 4 Dec. 2015.
• Digital Footprints: Public Writing and Social Identities
o Branham, Cassandra, and Danielle Farrar. “Digital Footprints: Public Writing and Social Identities.” Digital Footprints: Public Writing and Social Identities. Writing Commons. Web. 4 Dec. 2015.
Add in other helpful or useful sources that you found – be sure to add in the URL and create an MLA Works Cited entry for each.
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Check here when you believe that you have the information about identity you will need for this assignment.
Assignments:
Summarize what you have learned about identity
Summarize what you have learned about the connection between identity and the internet or Pop Culture
Analyze the possible differences between an identity that a person has and that person’s social identity
This very short writing project (200 words or more) asks you to analyze possible differences between an identity that a person has and that person’s social identity.
(You can write your paper below this box – you don’t need to include your name, the date, etc. – just start with the title of your paper)
