Lesson 1.1

Section 1 Lesson 2

Lesson 2—My Values, My Community, and My Identity

What do my values and beliefs say about my community and me?

As individuals and collectives you can express identity through language; your identity may also reflect the values and ideas you hold as important. You may have ideas about religion, spirituality, beliefs, and the connection to the land that you share with your family and community. Your role models may have an impact on whom you are or want to be. Explore the role of these ideas in how collectives and individuals express their identities. Afterwards, examine the impact that increased global contact between these diverse values and ideas may or may not have on your identity.

Read

What values and beliefs shape the Hmong identity? Re-read pages 33-34 in Perspectives on Globalization.

Multimedia

. What values, beliefs, and traditions are woven into the scenes?

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Assignment

Your assignment is Does Globalization Create Change? Assignment in the assignments section on the home page.

Lesson Summary

Identities can express many things. As in the lesson on the relationship between language and identity, your choice of words can reflect where you are from. Your beliefs can reflect who you are. You can observe values, beliefs, and connection to the land in the identities of those around you. Some of these ideas and beliefs are passed down by your family over generations. You may choose more values and beliefs from other peoples and communities as communication and transportation technologies allow you to observe and exchange diverse values, beliefs, traditions, and ideas. This can result in both unique and shared expressions of identity for both individuals and collectives. This may also challenge which values and ideas will shape identities in the future.