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Lesson 1 (from Part 1)

Objective

The Bluest Eye is a novel by American Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison. Published in 1970 as Morrison’s first novel, The Bluest Eye tells the story of young black girls growing up in Lorain, Ohio, in the 1940s and struggling with perceptions of beauty, race, and womanhood. Students in this class are introduced to the book, will read its Foreword, and will research and discuss Toni Morrison and the American Civil Rights Movement.

Lesson

Class Activity: As a class, read the Foreword to The Bluest Eye. Discuss the author of the work and the overview of Morrison’s career as detailed in the text. What inspired Morrison to write the novel? What was Morrison’s objective in writing the book?

Research Activity: Take time in class to conduct research on the time period in which the novel was written and the influence and...

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