in the United States. Class Divided is a documentary about a third grade teacher‚ Jane Elliott‚ who created psychological experiment to teach her students demoralizing experience of being discriminated against by their own classmates. Jane Elliott divided her class by eye colors‚ brown and blue eyes‚ giving priority to one group and making the other inferior. Once a nice group of kids were now outright monsters discriminating their own friends. In the next day‚ Jane Elliott switches the inferior
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have ever personally watched. A third grade teacher‚ Jane Elliott divides her class by blue and brown eyes to teach about discrimination and how it affects people in our society. People in society are taught many things in their lifetime‚ but when it is experienced first handedly they have a different perspective about it. When speaking with the class about Brotherhood week and what it meant I was shocked when Jane Elliott asked the class “If there was anyone that we did not treat like a brother”
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the title a Class Divided; the first thought that came to my mind was another story about Blacks and Whites being separated. I really had no idea that what I was about to see and read would be a learning lesson like one I had never had before. But to my surprise once I started reading the article One Friday in April 1968 I knew that this was going to be different then any thing I had read. So I allowed myself to fill what the writer was writing to try and fill what Jane Elliott had felt that
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A Class Divided This is a video that tells a story on racial issues and stereotyping. In 1968 Martin Luther King was assassinated. A third grade teacher by the name of Jane Elliott noticed immediately that her children in the classroom‚ started to outwardly show their frustration. Ms. Elliott performed and recorded an exercise related to racial profiling. Approximately 13 years later‚ the third grade children were brought back together to watch the video again. This was to
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At the beginning of the video‚ I perceived Jane Elliott to be very rude toward the students. But once she explained her goal to the groups‚ I thought it was an excellent opportunity for the students to experience a portion of racism that’s received by people of color. I feel that many white students should be able to experience the receiving end of racism‚ and Jane Elliott’s goal of allowing them to become aware of these negative treatments that they inflict on people of color was excellent. The
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LaDonna Mackover Sociology Class Frontline Essay June 22‚ 2013 WC: 1067 “A class divided” In 1968 the words DISCRIMINATION‚ RACISM and STEREOTYPING were used every day and no one thought twice about it. It came from fear and ignorance from people who were afraid to see people different from them. When Dr. Martin Luther King was shot‚ it changed the world‚ whether it was for the better or not remains to be seen. Mrs. Jane Elliot from Riceville
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I chose a class divided because I wanted to see how kids handled being segregated from each other. This documentary relates to unit three by demonstrating the civil liberties we all should have as Americans no matter what color your eyes or skin are. In August of 1984‚ a teacher‚ Mrs. Elliot‚ gave a two-day lesson about discrimination and segregation to her third grade class after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. The same class came back almost fourteen years later for a class reunion. During which
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A Class Divided: Frontline The 3rd grade teacher’s use of the discrimination experiment really taught me a lot about racism and discrimination and opened my eyes to many things. First‚ I couldn’t believe that the 3rd graders were so aware of racism and discrimination. Those children knew that people of different color were looked down upon‚ called stupid‚ etc. I never imagined that a young‚ innocent child could be so hatful. Once the students began the experiment‚ it was crazy to see how their
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After watching the video A Class Divided‚ there are a few things that jumped out at m. The questionable ethics of the experiment and the blatant discrimination that occurred was used as a learning tool. the use of these questionable methods were an attempt to illuminate a dark area of social learning an understanding while trying to break the bonds of racism and prejudice. The results call to light human nature and the effects of racial inequity. The videos were broken into parts and the parts
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Nowadays‚ we live in such a multicultural society‚ that one would hardly believe that words such as discrimination and racism still exist. They are so deeply-rooted in our community that they often go unnoticed in our everyday lives. The movie “A Class Divided” shows us how discrimination can hinder the further development of our society. Each one of us should learn how to be more tolerant toward diversity and this process should be two-sided. Why do stereotypes exist and more importantly why do we let
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