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Absence of a Single Story Discussion

Dive into discussions on interpreting historical events from different viewpoints, examining truth in narratives, perception vs. fact, through engaging activities promoting empathy and understanding. Reflect on the dangers of a single story and its impact on shaping identities.

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Absence of a Single Story Discussion

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  1. Absence of a Single Story Discussion

  2. With your partner discuss the following questions and we will share as a class • Why do these individuals have such different accounts of this event? • Which article do you feel was the most “truthful” account of the situation? Why do you believe this? • How should a historian look at the events? Why?

  3. “We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.” ― Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing “One can lie outright about the past. Or one can omit facts which might lead to unacceptable conclusions… It is not that the historian can avoid emphasis of some facts and not others. This is as natural to him as to the mapmaker, who, in order to produce a usable drawing for practical purposes, must first flatten and distort the shape of the earth, then choose out of the bewildering mass of geographic information those things needed for the purpose of this or that particular map.” • Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States What are both of these authors trying to say in these quotes? Do you agree? Disagree? Or are you somewhere in the middle?

  4. In your notes: Write: History is a combination of historical facts, individual perception of events, and the narratives that emerge. Define: • Historical Fact • Individual Perception • Narrative

  5. Photo Telephone • Get out your phone (yes, you heard that correctly) • Pick 1 APPROPRIATE photo from your summer break that you can tell a 30 second story about to your partner • Trade phones with your partner and move one desk over so you are telling someone new the story you just heard • Lets act like responsible adults here please, you have someone else’s property in your hands • Once more, trade phones and move desks, telling the story you just heard to a 3rd person

  6. Activity Debrief in 2020 • Who can tell the story of the final picture accurately? 2-3 people • What parts of the story changed? What stayed the same? • Consider the difference 20 mins made versus centuries, what do you think would change in history over time?

  7. Danger of a Single Story - TedTalk What do you think it means when she said “our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories?” How do you project single stories on others?

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