Teaching Identity Performance through Tim O'Brien'sThe Things They Carried

Courses: A single class exercise, for use in Group Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Communication and Culture, Basic Course, Relational and Organizational Communication, and any course that addresses individual and group identity.Objectives: After completing this activity, students should be able to (a) critically assess their own presentation of identity; and (b) explain how some parts of their identity contribute to their membership in social groups while other parts remain separate from their membership in those groups. Students will work with metaphors to understand and explain their identity.