Danger of a Single Story

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

1 hour

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Created by Florence A. Adibu, Purdue CILMAR, based on the following:

 

Ngozi Adichie, C. (2009, July). The danger of a single story [Video]. TED. https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story

 

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  1. User krisacheson's profile picture krisacheson 3:10 pm 07 October 2019

    This is a great short (<20 min) video to incorporate into a COIL course if you are trying to get students to complicate their understandings of the members of other groups as well as work on self-awareness of their own stereotypes and preconceptions of others. For international virtual education, I would modify this activity by assigning the video to watch individually beforehand and then providing prompts for either synchronous or asynchronous discussion among students. Small or large groups both work. I would add some debriefing questions that apply the concepts in the video to the COIL context and the particular groups represented. For example: what stories are told of the places/peoples in the COIL group? who tells those stories? what are the limitations of understanding others in the COIL experience just on those stories? what stories do students wish out-group members could hear about their cultural groups?