VIDEO GUIDE FOR "MARGARET MEAD AND SAMOA"

  1. What was Margaret Mead trying to demonstrate in her Samoan research?

  2. What was Derek Freeman trying to demonstrate in his Samoan research?

  3. What evidence is there to support either one of their theories?

  4. What problems do you see with each of their approaches?

  5. What did other scholars think of their studies?

  6. What did the Samoans think about Mead's work?

  7. How did the American Anthropological Association react to Freeman's attack on Margaret Mead?