How do we decide who we are? Hetain Patel's surprising performance plays with identity, language and accent -- and challenges you to think deeper than surface appearances. A delightful meditation on self, with performer Yuyu Rau, and inspired by Bruce Lee.

Spoken Word Essay: On Code-switching

Jamila Lyiscott is a "tri-tongued orator," and this powerful spoken-word essay celebrates — and challenges — the three distinct flavors of English she speaks with her friends, in the classroom and with her parents. As she explores the complicated history and present-day identity that each language represents, she unpacks what it means to be "articulate."

Animated Shorts

#Whoweare

"We use the term identity texts to describe the products of students’ creative work or performances carried out within the pedagogical space orchestrated by the classroom teacher. Students invest their identities in the creation of these texts which can be written, spoken, visual, musical, dramatic, or combinations in multimodal form. The identity text then holds a mirror up to students in which their identities are reflected back in a positive light."

"The Sensory Alphabet can be thought of as another very basic symbol system we want our children to acquire, just as basic as the traditional alphabet and numbers parents teach their children today. It will enlarge their early reper- toire of ways to symbolize and communicate their ideas."

Teaching Standard English: Whose Standard?

Linda M. Christensen