WHAT’S IN A NAME?

M A T T , J O S H , A N D B E C K Y P R E S E N T :

TESTING THE WATERS

YOU HAVE A 5 PG ESSAY DUE NEXT

WEEK. WHEN DO YOU DO IT?

A) The Americas

B) Asia

C) Africa

D) Europe

Where do you connect to most?

A) As soon as possible

B) The night before it’s due

C) Space it out over time

D) Never

YOU’VE WON 1 MILLION DOLLARS IN

THE LOTTO!

HOW MUCH DO YOU SAVE?

A) Cubs

B) White Sox

C) Both

D) Neither

Cubs or White Sox?

A) None – spend it all

B) Up to $300,000

C) $300,000-$750,000

D) All of it

WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE

SUBJECT (OF THOSE BELOW):

A) Watch TV / play games

B) Chores, homework, other tasks

C) Eat something

D) Take a nap

What’s the first thing you do, home from class?

A) Maths

B) Science

C) English

D) History / Humanities

WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO

YOU IN LIFE?

A) Elementary and before

B) Middle School

C) High School

D) College - Now

What time of your life was most enjoyable?

A) Success or power

B) Family and friends

C) Good health

D) Wealth or material gain

CHOOSE ONE MOVIE SERIES TO

WATCH:

A) Invisibility

B) X-ray vision

C) Flight

D) Mind reading

If you could have one of these abilities, which would you choose?

A) Harry Potter

B) Lord of the Rings

C) Star Wars

D) None of the above

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WILL NOW BE SORTED INTO:

Please be patient while our underpaid staff process your

results.

NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU?

MUZAFER SHERIF’S ROBBERS CAVE EXPERIMENT

Two groups of boys of similar backgrounds

Named themselves the “Rattlers” and the “Eagles”

Rattlers displayed more consistently aggressive behavior in the beginning, planting “Keep Off” signs, and

were seen by the Eagles as “bad cussers”

Comparatively, the Eagles at first adopted a more aloof attitude than their snake-themed counterparts,

displaying confidence in their victory in such competitions as keep away, saying their flag would

“never touch the ground,” referring to their competitors as “dirty shirts” and refusing to cuss as the

Rattlers did

Insults and comparisons were almost invariably based on their own group names

Green, Christopher D. “Classics in the History of Psychology.” yorku.ca. York University. Web.

02/27/2015.

NAMES CAN AFFECT HOW A TRAIT IS EXPRESSED

…AND VICE VERSA

NAMES CAN BE USED TO REFLECT THE NATURE OR CHARACTER

OF AN INDIVIDUAL.

“With Baby Jason kickin at the seat in front, egging me

on, and Big Brood mumbling bout what fiercesome

things we goin do” (4).

“So we walk up Amsterdam Avenue to the Washington

and Gorilla, My Love playin, they say, which suit me just

fine, though the “my love” part kinda drag Big Brood

some” (4).

NAMES ARE SITUATIONAL AND CAN BE USED TO EXPRESS HOW

AN INDIVIDUAL IS FEELING DURING A CERTAIN TIME OR

CIRCUMSTANCE.

“Granddaddy Vale say “Which way, Scout,” you got sense enough to say take the next exit or take a left or whatever it is. Not that Scout’s my name. Just the name Grandaddy call whoever sittin in the navigator seat” (3).

“Like my Mama say in one of them situations when I won’t back down, Okay Badbird, you right. … Not that Badbird my name, just what she say when she tired arguing and know I’m right” (7).

“And Aunt Jo…she say, You absolutely right Miss Muffin, which also ain’t my real name but the name she gave me one time when I got some medicine shot in my behind and wouldn’t get up off her pillows for nothin” (7).

DRAWING TIME!

Together, we are going to draw two pictures:

One of Tom Riddle One of Lord Voldemort

Listen up for the instructions!

NAME AND IDENTITY ARE CLOSELY LINKED.

CHANGING ONE’S NAME OFTEN MARKS A MAJOR SHIFT IN HIS

OR HER LIFE; A FRESH START; A NEW IDENTITY.

“That was the year Hunca Bubba changed his name. Not

a change up, but a change back, since Jefferson

Winston Vale was the name in the first place. This was

news to me cause he’d been my Hunca Bubba my

whole lifetime, since I couldn’t manage Uncle to save

my life” (3).

“And we got to hear all this stuff about this women he in

love with and all” (3).

“Then Granddaddy Vale speak up. ‘Look here, Precious,

it was Hunca Bubba what told you them things. This

here, Jefferson Winston Ville.’ And Hunca Bubba say,

‘That’s right. That was somebody else. I’m a new

somebody’” (8).

NAME AND IDENTITY ARE INTRINSICALLY LINKED

YOU.

What’s in a name?