God Help the Child Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

God Help the Child Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Chapters 1-3

The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Morrison, Toni. God Help the Child. Vintage, 2016. Trade paperback.

Chapter 1 — Sweetness

• Sweetness is a light-skinned black woman who gives birth to a blue-black-skinned baby whom she does not want to touch, on account of her darkness.

• Sweetness’ husband, who is also light-skinned, sees the baby as evidence of an infidelity and he leaves her.

• Sweetness determines to be very strict in raising her daughter, to protect her from a horrible world that will hurt her because of her skin color.

Chapter 2 — Bride

• Bride’s boyfriend leaves her, after saying that she is not the woman he wants.

• Recounting the days leading up to her boyfriend’s departure, Bride describes her cosmetics business, “You, Girl,” and describes how she put together a care package with cosmetics and money.

• Bride takes the care package to...

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