Objective: The student will discuss how attitudes towards racism and sexism changed during the sixties using the characters in The Help as examples.
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids’ point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
1) What is racism?
2) What is sexism?
3) Does Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan change her views about race and gender roles? How? Why?
4) Does Aibileen Clark change her views about race and gender roles? How? Why?
5) Does Hilly Holbrook change her views about race and gender roles? How? Why?
6) Does Minny Jackson change her views about race and gender roles? How? Why?
7) Does Celia Foote change her views about race and gender roles? How? Why?
8) The film takes place in 1963. What happened in 1963 that affected the characters in the movie?
Top 10 Political Assassinations of the 20th Century
9) What was the Counterculture of the 1960s in the US?
Beatniks, Hippies and Free Love – The Counterculture l THE COLD WAR
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