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In 1970, Jane Elliott, a public school teacher in Iowa, divided her all-white third-graders into blue and brown-eyed groups for a lesson in discrimination. On successive days, each group was treated as inferior and subjected to discrimination. This documentary reunites the teacher and class after 15...

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Corporate Authors: Yale University. Films, Consortium of Public Television Stations, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Video
Other Authors: Peters, William, 1921-2007, Woodruff, Judy
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, [1999]
Subjects:
Discrimination > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Iowa > Evaluation.
Discrimination in education > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Iowa > Evaluation.
Prejudices > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Iowa > Evaluation.
Racism > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Iowa > Riceville.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:In 1970, Jane Elliott, a public school teacher in Iowa, divided her all-white third-graders into blue and brown-eyed groups for a lesson in discrimination. On successive days, each group was treated as inferior and subjected to discrimination. This documentary reunites the teacher and class after 15 years to relate the enduring effects of their experiment.
Item Description:Originally broacast in 1985 on the PBS series: Frontline.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 study guide.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Lloyd Freidus ; camera, Frank Lane and Greg MacDonald ; editor, David Hanser.