Tried, tested, and highly successful in the classroom—year after year, with a wide range of students from middle school through high school.
Introduce students to Dr. Carl Gustav Jung and some of his most influential ideas through a creative and engaging mini-unit that also gives students an opportunity to learn more about themselves and one another, which ends up buildsing classroom community.
Students explore Jung’s ideas about persona, symbols, and the mandala and consider how these concepts connect to identity and the ways we present ourselves to the world. Accessible explanations and activities make Jung’s ideas approachable while introducing students to the work of one of the most influential thinkers in modern psychology.
Students then apply what they have learned through a creative, personal activity that encourages reflection on identity and self-expression.
The mini-unit culminates in a short class presentation, giving students an opportunity to share about themselves while practicing organization and speaking skills.
Designed for flexibility, this mini-unit can be used at the beginning of the school year, at the start of a new semester, at the end of the year, or anytime during the year when you want to build classroom community while introducing students to Jung, psychology, symbolism, and identity or specifically persona.
The resource includes a step-by-step presentation outline, graphic organizer, a completed student example, and a detailed rubric to guide students (and teachers) through the process. Depending on class size and presentation time, the mini-unit can be completed in approximately 3–5 class days. Presentations thoroughly engage students.
Included:
Strong introduction to Dr. Carl Gustav Jung and his momentous contribution
Student-friendly exploration of identity, persona, symbols, and mandalas
Creative identity activity
Step-by-step presentation outline
Student example
2–4 minute class presentation
Presentation rubric
Min-Unit or Project: Flexible 3–5 day format
A creative way to bring together psychology, identity, symbolism, self-reflection, and public speaking while helping students get to know the people with whom they share a classroom. Students love seeing the mandalas on the wall, too!
Tried, tested, and highly successful in the classroom—year after year, with a wide range of students from middle school through high school.
Introduce students to Dr. Carl Gustav Jung and some of his most influential ideas through a creative and engaging mini-unit that also gives students an opportunity to learn more about themselves and one another, which ends up buildsing classroom community.
Students explore Jung’s ideas about persona, symbols, and the mandala and consider how these concepts connect to identity and the ways we present ourselves to the world. Accessible explanations and activities make Jung’s ideas approachable while introducing students to the work of one of the most influential thinkers in modern psychology.
Students then apply what they have learned through a creative, personal activity that encourages reflection on identity and self-expression.
The mini-unit culminates in a short class presentation, giving students an opportunity to share about themselves while practicing organization and speaking skills.
Designed for flexibility, this mini-unit can be used at the beginning of the school year, at the start of a new semester, at the end of the year, or anytime during the year when you want to build classroom community while introducing students to Jung, psychology, symbolism, and identity or specifically persona.
The resource includes a step-by-step presentation outline, graphic organizer, a completed student example, and a detailed rubric to guide students (and teachers) through the process. Depending on class size and presentation time, the mini-unit can be completed in approximately 3–5 class days. Presentations thoroughly engage students.
Included:
Strong introduction to Dr. Carl Gustav Jung and his momentous contribution
Student-friendly exploration of identity, persona, symbols, and mandalas
Creative identity activity
Step-by-step presentation outline
Student example
2–4 minute class presentation
Presentation rubric
Min-Unit or Project: Flexible 3–5 day format
A creative way to bring together psychology, identity, symbolism, self-reflection, and public speaking while helping students get to know the people with whom they share a classroom. Students love seeing the mandalas on the wall, too!
