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Ms. Jane Elliott’s “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes”

Experiment in 1970 (13:25)
1. How do the students react when Ms. Elliott suggests they see what it feels like
to be judged by the color of their eyes?

2. Give three reasons why Ms. Elliott tells students blue-eyed people are better
than brown-eyed people on day 1 (Tuesday):
a.
b.
c.
3. What do the blue-eyed children get that the brown-eyed don’t get?
a.
b.
c.
4. What must the brown-eyed students wear to identify them more easily?

5. Why is the yard stick on Ms. Elliott’s desk?

6. How do the brown-eyed students feel at recess?

7. What happened at recess?

8. What’s wrong with being called brown-eyes?

9. How does Ms. Elliott justify that NOW brown-eyed students are better than
blue-eyed people?
a.
b.
10. When working with the card packs, what happened to the score of the brown-
eyed children?

11. When working with the card packs, what happened to the score of the blue-
eyed children?

12. Ms. Elliott says when you treat someone a certain way because they are
different from the rest of people is called _____________________________________.
13. How long did it take for students to discriminate? ____________________________
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14. What was more surprising: how quickly the students discriminated other
students or how quickly discriminated students felt defeated?

15.How is prejudice taught?

16.How quickly can prejudice be learned? How do you know this? Cite examples
from the video clip.

17.In what ways is prejudice arbitrary? How do you know this? Cite examples from
the video clip.