My Self-Image
Books & Guiding Questions
What do you love about your hair? What are your favorite hairstyles?
How is your hair like a garden? How do you give your hair love?
Mack wants to get better at taking care of her hair. What is one thing you would like to get better at?
How does life in this village seem different from ours?
What would you like most/least about living in a village like this?
Is it important to be kind even if no one knows it was you?
What are some acts of kindness that could be done without letting others know you did them? Why would you want to keep it a secret?
No one can see the selfish and selfless acts of the daughters in the woods. Why does each one act the way she does?
What words can describe what Madam C.J. Walker became once she created her own working product?
How do you think Madam C.J. Walker wants all people to feel about their hair?
What challenges did Walker face on her road to success?
How did Walker’s experiences as a child impact her career decisions?
How was Walker innovative?
What legacy did Walker leave for For women? For African Americans?
Why do you think other people called the girl names?
How does the girl feel when she’s being called those words/names? How do you know?
What kind of “advice” (an opinion or suggestion) do different people offer to the girl? How does that advice make her feel?
In the book, it says “One day she finally let it all out...” How does the girl “let it out?”
Have you ever wanted to let it out? What happened and how did you feel? How did you let it out?
What does the girl do to see her way out? How do you think that makes her feel?
What does the girl say when others continue to put her down or say they want to help her “change?”
How did you feel as you were reading the book? What are some words to describe your feelings?
Why do you think the author/illustrator wrote this book? What do you think the author is trying to say to
her readers?
How did you feel when the book ended?
Why do you think the author called the book Big?
How does Sulwe feel about her skin color? Why do you think she feels that way?
What does Sulwe do about it?
Have you ever felt that way about your skin color, or another aspect of how you look?
What does Sulwe’s mother do when Sulwe tells her how she feels?
What is Sulwe’s dream about? What did you learn from the dream about sisters Night and Day?
How does Sulwe feel in the morning after the dream? How do you know?
What do you think it means to feel “beautiful inside and out?
How did you feel when the book ended? What do you think will happen next?
What do you think is the message of the book?
Reflection Projects
Reflection Project:
Love MySelf
Document found in Google Classroom
Companion Media
I Love My Hair
Sesame Street
Hair Love Short Film
by Matthew Cherry
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o
EDPUZZLE
Brown Skin Girl Music Video
Beyonce, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN & WizKid