Who am I? Understand yourself and what matters to you

“Who am I?” is a self-contained classroom topic that helps students to think about their identity and how they define themselves. Understanding yourself is the basis of building self-esteem and making good career choices. This topic will help students to think about how their own identity matters if they want to make good career choices and stay true to themselves when faced with peer pressure or other uncertainties.
This topic supports the learning outcomes in the Association for Careers Education and Guidance (ACEG) framework for career and work-related learning at Key Stage 3 and provides good evidence of lesson planning. Two files are included with this topic. The first file is a lesson plan, worksheets and suggested running order for the activities. The lesson plan also includes differentiated learning goals, reflective questions and a “before and after” review of learning relating to this topic. The second file is a slide show presentation which can be used with a whiteboard or pc/laptop and projector, to add structure to the lesson for students. The slideshow has the same running order as the lesson plan, and includes engaging and high quality images to add visual appeal.