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Beauty & Hair



   Big Questions 
  1. ​Is physical appearance a predictor for success?
  2. What are our beauty standards?
  3. How can we better respond to lookism?
  4. The Next Step: What steps will I take to make changes in our world ​after I complete this unit?
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Click on the photo to read the article from
​Psychology Today on Body Positivity.


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  A Bill to Ban Hair Discrimination
Hair Love 6:48
2019 Sen. Bill
Bullied
Ngozi Adichie
Lookism: Shadeism/Colorism
Stop Bullying

QUOTE CHALLENGE
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We don't go Natural,
​we return. Natural,
is where it began.


-Tenoiya Carter
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Unit Lessons
Poetry
 Sirens in Her Belly 
It's a Head Thang - p.19
​Myth and Mask - p. 20

​Gargoyles & Goddesses:
Purgatory Has an Address

​​​Even if it makes others uncomfortable, ​I will love who I am. -  Janelle Monáe
Go to Look Lessons

 On the Beach photo by Ned Benjamin
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Content in Sirens Lessons is free and for educational purposes. Lessons may be used to compliment poetry books by Romaine Washington or as stand alone lessons or with other writing.
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