1:The lessons taken from The Danger of a Single Story that can be applied to our community and classrooms are that we need to take the time to build relationships and not paint our students and community members with broad strokes. Everyone has a different story With varied experiences. I found it eye-opening years ago when multiple Arabic students in the same room had a challenging time communicating with one another in Arabic. I learned quickly as they explained that there are many dialects in Arabic. I hadn’t really thought about this before and I had to change my thinking about what it means to be Arabic speaking. This video reminds me of that experience and ever since then, I have tried to hold on to that experience. I think it has helped me as an educator to seek out a better understanding of my students and not fall into the trap of grouping those who look, speak, or come from a similar place as the same.
2:I think that these videos were paired together because the messages, when combined, can be a major agent of change if you listen. Thinking about the concept of learning through the stories that history tells us is important but, if you do not offer a “balanced” approach to these stories and offer multiple perspectives you can easily fall into the traps of creating a single story. History is written by the winning side, so it falls on us as educators to try and seek out multiple perspectives so that we can teach our students to do the same.
2:I think that these videos were paired together because the messages, when combined, can be a major agent of change if you listen. Thinking about the concept of learning through the stories that history tells us is important but, if you do not offer a “balanced” approach to these stories and offer multiple perspectives you can easily fall into the traps of creating a single story. History is written by the winning side, so it falls on us as educators to try and seek out multiple perspectives so that we can teach our students to do the same.