In this unit, students explore how identity shapes voice and how voice shapes the world. Through diverse texts spanning cultures, continents, and centuries, students examine the ways writers claim, defend, and celebrate who they are. From the power held in a name to the courage of speaking across two worlds, every lesson connects the personal to the universal.
How does who we are shape what we say — and how we say it?
How names carry culture, history, and identity
Voice as resistance, resilience, and liberation
Navigating dual identities and the spaces in between
Claiming your story through the written word