African Stories & Culture

1. Entry Task:
Explain the “danger of a
single story.”

2. Objective:
•The students will be able to
determine the difference between
surface culture and deep culture.

3. Interactive Notebook:
•Date =
•Title = The Danger of a Single Story
•Page # =

4. Quiz:
• https://study.com/academy/practice/quiz-worksheet-the-danger-of-a-single-
story-by-adichie.html

5. Writing Task:
• Students will respond to the prompt:
• Our lives, our culture, are composed of many
overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie
tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural
voice and warns that if we hear only a single story
about another person or country, we risk a critical
misunderstanding. Explain what you think this
means. Use evidence from the video. How you can
apply these ideas to your own life?

6. The Danger of a Single Story:
•Read the 4 stories posted on the
Google Classroom:
1. A String of Dreams
2. A Hopeful Song
3. Shaimaa’s Neighborhood
4. Milly’s Story

7. Learning Task:
•Read the 4 stories posted on Google Classroom.
•Take notes about each story.
•Listen to Milly’s story!
•https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4uO4Q-6Kax-
X0dGOE40OHFXZzA/view

8. Writing Task:
•Select one of the stories to focus on.
•Write a well- developed paragraph
explaining this particular story. Make
connections to your own personal story
and culture.