Sula Lesson Plan

Colorism

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

To explore and discuss the idea of “colorism” and apply it to the novel so far

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1

Structure:

Play the following four videos for the class (about 11 minutes total).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rnCRh9zM6U (dark girls trailer, 2’)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y-a87ClNW0 (skin bleaching, 4’)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp_tn659Sbw (light girls, not black enough, 3’)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_6vWvmayos (skin darkening, 2.5’)

Ask the class to write down their immediate responses to the videos, either while the videos are playing or afterwards for about 5...