Overview
Activity: Complete Identity Wheel
Instructions:
As explained in the online course, please consider your identities in relation to the
numbered reflective questions listed in the legend below. Each question asks you to
consider how you think about your identities. Each box on the wheel represents a
different facet of identity. Type in the number that corresponds with each reflective
question as it relates to a particular identity facet. The legend for each number
association is as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Identities you think about most often
Identities you think about least often
Your own identities you would like to learn about
Identities that have the strongest effect on how you perceive yourself
Identities that have the greatest effect on how others perceive you
For example, if you think about your ethnicity most often, and it’s also an identity you’d
like to learn about, you would enter 1 and 3 into the “ethnicity” text box, as shown
below:
Ethnicity
1, 3
Adapted from Michigan State University, Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement. “Social
Identity Wheel.” n.d. Accessed June 12, 2019. http://servicelearning.msu.edu/upload/toolkits/SocialIdentity-Wheel.pdf and from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, College of Literature, Science, and
the Arts. “Social Identity Wheel.” 2017. Accessed June 12, 2019. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusiveteaching/2017/08/16/social-identity-wheel/
Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom
Overview
Activity: Complete the Identity Wheel
Sexual Identity
Family Status
Gender
Identity
First Language
Race
Legend
National
Origin
Educational
Background
1. Identities you think about most
often
2. Identities you think about least
often
3. Your own identities you would
like to learn about
4. Identities that have the strongest
effect on how you perceive
yourself
5. Identities that have the greatest
effect on how others perceive
you
Ability
Socioeconomic
Status
Socioeconomic
Background
Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom
Ethnicity
Religious
Affliations