Poetry
This is the name of the poem we watched that detailed a certain city community.
Chicago Has My Heart
What famous cartoon/movie company is notorious for depicting stereotypes in their older films?
Disney
According to young Adichie, what did books have to have in them? (Type of people)
Foreigners/European people
This is the brother's name in "Cell One."
Nnamabia
What is multicultural literature?
Literature that includes works and authors from multiple cultures, backgrounds, ethnicities, beliefs, and cultures.
This is the name of the poet who wrote the poem we watched him perform via video.
Kevin Coval
The black birds in Dumbo were derived from these pre-Civil Rights laws that were effective in the South.
Jim Crow Laws
What person in Adichie's college experience made her realize how people viewed Africa?
Adichie's college roommate.
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.
This is my ______ year teaching at SHS.
Third.
This is the state that the poet's home city is in.
Illinois
What type of stereotype is portrayed in Disney's Mulan?
Gender Stereotype (Will also accept, sexist)
What country is Adichie from?
Nigeria
Everyday, two police carried what out of Cell One?
A dead body.
This is my favorite singer/songwriter ever! (Only musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature).
Bob Dylan
The poet, Kevin, was a mentor to this rapper/hip-hop artist.
Chance the Rapper
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).
2. Turban
What single story in America did Adichie say she was guilty of believing?
The single story of Mexicans and immigration.
Who or what caused Nnamabia to change his perspective about the Nigerian prison system?
The treatment of the old man.
This is Mr. Merritt's MIDDLE name.
Jordan
This is an annual youth poetry slam, held in Kevin's home city, every spring.
Louder Than a Bomb
Socioeconomic stereotypes deal with this aspect of people.
Poor, lower-class.
This African word means "power" or "to be greater than another."
Nkali
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).
This is Mr. Merritt's FIRST name.
Daniel