Identity includes culture, community, interests, and values; identity mapping and varied expression build self-awareness.
Classroom approach
Invite an identity or values map using students’ chosen interests, experiences, or fictional examples.
Human Shaped Learning with Front Matter.docx · Ch. 17, actual manuscript pp. 127–133; Strategies for Centering Identity. Source-grounded paraphrase and instructional adaptation.
Reviewed JAG competency connections
- A1 — Identify occupational interests, aptitudes, and abilities
- A2 — Relate interests, aptitudes, and abilities to appropriate occupations
- A3 — Identify desired lifestyle and relate to selected occupations
- B13 — Complete a job interview
- F32 — Identify a self-value system and how it affects life
- F33 — Base decisions on values and goals
- F37 — Develop a healthy self-concept for home, school, and work
- G46 — Demonstrate how to work with diverse people
- J101 — Identify, understand, and apply knowledge of social roles
- J103 — Articulate personal values
- J106 — Identify and understand personal interests, aptitudes, and abilities
- Q128 — Develop a career or educational plan which reflects personal goals, interests, and skills
- Q130 — Demonstrate understanding of social and cultural diversity
- T140 — Identify skills necessary for career choice
The guided workspace explains its recommendations and lets educators select a different chapter or combine approaches. Optional facilitation choices do not create additional official alignments.

