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 * WU: Single Story **

The author of the podcast we watch/listened to discussed her experiences with hearing and creating “single stories” about others, and how this is dangerous because it keeps us from connecting and understanding others on an individual level and in complex ways, and how it only reinforces stereotypes/prejudice.

When have you experienced someone having a “single story” about you? OR, when have you had a single story about someone else?

How did this experience affect you?

EX: Have you ever been given a "single story" for being a teenager?

Discuss: "The Danger of a Single Story" and WU

Read around: "Halfbreed Girl in the City School" by Jo Whitehorse Cochran

Mark up for: 1) Examples of prejudice/stereotypes 2) Areas where she's asked to assimilate to a dominant culture 3) Internal and external conflicts she's facing (ex: focus on cultural history vs. modern day culture, bullying, etc.) 4) Any literary devices you see (metaphor, repetition, symbol, etc.)

HW: Finish marking up poem and be ready to discuss next class