22 Aug 2. Discuss your reactions to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED

2. Discuss your reactions to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk. What points from her talk stood out to you? Why do you think we’re beginning our American Indian Studies course with this video? In other words, how do you think this talk might relate to our course subject matter or serve as a lens through which we can approach the subject matter?3. This week we learned about the importance of historical thinking and analyzing texts and history based on context. Practice analyzing the Bering Strait Theory (BST) texts through your own personal context: what were your thoughts/reactions? Had you heard of the BST before? Was anything surprising/shocking/interesting to you?4. According to the author, what are the controversies surrounding the Bering Strait Theory? In contrast, what are the current scientific perspectives on the Bering Strait theory, according to this week’s PowerPoint lecture?5. Now let’s practice analyzing the context of the BST articles. For example, what do we know about the author, time of publication, place of publication, intended audience, etc.? 6. What connections do you see between the BST articles and the TED Talk? How might the BST articles connect to one of our key terms from our PowerPoint lecture? 7. Lastly, what did you learn or what stood out to you in our reading about the Kumeyaay of Southern California? Why might it be important to begin our course learning about who is indigenous to the land in which our own campus sits?I will provide the readings.