A class divided - documentary comprehension

Whose death inspired Jane Elliott to conduct the blue eyes/brown eyes exercise with her students?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Rosa Parks

• Mother Theresa

In the video "A Class Divided", what was Jane Elliot trying to test?

• The current socioeconomic status of the kids in her class

• Whether racism could be conditioned

• Whether Martin Luther King was unjustly killed

• How children behave under pressure

What was the independent variable in Elliot's study?

• Student behavior

• Student performance on reading

• Eye colour

• Student interaction with the teacher

What did Elliot use to characterize "superior" and "inferior" within the student population?

• Parent employment

• Skin colour

• Hair colour

• Eye colour

What is the teacher’s name?

• Helen Keller

• Jane Elliot

• Edna Krabappel

• Maria Montessori

What week is it in the USA, when the experiment takes place?

• National Brotherhood Week

• Spring break

• Human Rights Week

• Inclusive Schools Week

Which group is “better” on Tuesday?

• Blue eyes

• Brown eyes

Which are the priveleges that the “better” group gets?

• 5 extra minutes of recess and can use the equipment

• can spend more time at the library and go home earlier

• 5 extra minutes of recess, can use the equipment, can drink out of the fountain, can have seconds at lunch

• can drink out of the fountain, can use the equipment

What does the “inferior” group do to make them easier to identify?

• Wear caps

• Wear bracelets

• Wear collars

• Wear tags

How does the “inferior” group feel by Tuesday afternoon?

• Hurt, down-hearted, like their best friends were taken away

• Joyful, glad to be part of that group

• Indifferent to the whole experiment