2025 IDU: My identity in a suitcase 4

• Frans
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

IDU: My identity in a suitcase

"A creative composition can express messages related to personal and cultural identity"

Imagine...

 You are traveling to a country where nobody knows you and where they only speak the language you are learning at school. 

One way you could show them who you are could be to open a suitcase and pull out A WORK OF ART (an identity sculpture) that represent you, your most significant character traits and your personal preferences, while you explain each in either French, Spanish or German.

End products

• Video: create a 2-3 minutes long video in which you express your personal and cultural identity by using elements of the two subjects involved in this IDU.  Spanish/French or German AND Visual Arts.

• Report: write a report that is structured following certain criteria below. For each criteria you will get some guiding questions.

BOTH ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT

Inquiry questions

Factual:
What forms of communication can be used to express different aspects of identity?

Conceptual:
How can I define identity?
How can I express my identity through visual arts?
How is art an expression of identity?

Debatable:

Do I need a cultural identity?

Interdisciplinary criteria

CRITERION A: EVALUATING

In short: Knowledge and skills from both disciplines

CRITERION B: SYNTHESIZING

In short: The product itself

CRITERION C: REFLECTING 

Explaining your new interdisciplinary understanding

 

When and where

The due date to submit your video is the 13th February

Both formative and summative will be completed at the same time on  28th of February. 

 

All teachers involved in the IDU will be off meetings and lessons to assist and give feedback to students as they complete the report. 

Students upload their reports on that day to a google classroom.

Remember the content of the video?

• Name, age, birthday, origin, nationality, culture and gender. (DONE)
• Things you like that your consider as being part of who you are, such as art, sport or any other activities or hobbies. (DONE)
• Show and talk about how your SCULPTURE represents you all saide before and also achievements you are proud of, like something you have made, maybe an schoolwork achievement. 

Things you create at school
(in English)

INGLÉS

Presentation

Written text

Poster

Drawing

Video

Blog

Slide

Piece of art/ artwork

Assessment

Report

Good grades (in Math, Spanish, etc.)

What else can you think of?

FRENCH

Presentation

Texte écrit

Poster / affiche

Dessin

Vídéo

Blogue

Diapositive

Oeuvre d'art

Devoir

Bulletin

Bonnes notes (en mathématiques, français, etc.) 

Quelques phrases utiles

• Je suis fier de (cette œuvre d'art/cet article/mes notes sur...)
• Je pense que cette œuvre d'art/présentation est géniale/fantastique parce que.... 
• Ce poster/dessin/blogue / cette vidéo est important(e) pour moi parce que...

Wait!

You need a good closing phrase!

For example: 

C'est tout, merci beaucoup d'avoir regardé et écouté ma vidéo. 

C'est tout, au revoir.

Voilà, c'est moi. A bientôt. 

Any other ideas?

Update your script!

Make sure you update your script with the phrases you are creating.

Use wordreference.com to look up words you do not know.

Your teacher will help you with complex phrases. 

DONE?

Practice your speaking skills by saying the phrases again and again.

Practice makes the master.