Poetry
Stereotypes
Single Story
Cell One
Mr. Merritt
100

This is the name of the poem we watched that detailed a certain city community.

Chicago Has My Heart

100

What famous cartoon/movie company is notorious for depicting stereotypes in their older films?

Disney

100

According to young Adichie, what did books have to have in them? (Type of people)

Foreigners/European people

100

This is the brother's name in "Cell One."

Nnamabia

100

What is multicultural literature?

Literature that includes works and authors from multiple cultures, backgrounds, ethnicities, beliefs, and cultures.

200

This is the name of the poet who wrote the poem we watched him perform via video.

Kevin Coval

200

The black birds in Dumbo were derived from these pre-Civil Rights laws that were effective in the South.

Jim Crow Laws

200

What person in Adichie's college experience made her realize how people viewed Africa?

Adichie's college roommate.

200

What did the brother do when he was eleven (hint: the mother gave him money to replace it without telling the father).

Broke the school window with a stone.

200

This is my ______ year teaching at SHS.

Third.

300

This is the state that the poet's home city is in.

Illinois

300

What type of stereotype is portrayed in Disney's Mulan?

Gender Stereotype (Will also accept, sexist)

300

What country is Adichie from?

Nigeria

300

Everyday, two police carried what out of Cell One?

A dead body.

300

This is my favorite singer/songwriter ever! (Only musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature).

Bob Dylan

400

The poet, Kevin, was a mentor to this rapper/hip-hop artist.

Chance the Rapper

400

The ethnicity stereotype in Disney's Aladdin is that most people are seen riding this animal (1) and seen wearing this piece of clothing worn on the head (2).

1. Camel


2. Turban

400

What single story in America did Adichie say she was guilty of believing?

The single story of Mexicans and immigration.

400

Who or what caused Nnamabia to change his perspective about the Nigerian prison system?

The treatment of the old man.

400

This is Mr. Merritt's MIDDLE name.

Jordan

500

This is an annual youth poetry slam, held in Kevin's home city, every spring.

Louder Than a Bomb

500

Socioeconomic stereotypes deal with this aspect of people.

Poor, lower-class.

500

This African word means "power" or "to be greater than another."

Nkali

500

What is the theme of Adichie's "Cell One?"

Seeing injustice inflicted on another has the ability to change someone.

(Will also accept: privilege, social injustice, or corruption).

500

This is Mr. Merritt's FIRST name.

Daniel

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