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Eye of the Storm, The & A Class Divided

The Eye of the Storm and A Class Divided are documentaries on Jane Elliott's groundbreaking discrimination lesson, in which participants are divided into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and one group is privileged over the other. Elliott first performed the lesson in 1968 with her entirely white third grade class in Riceville, Iowa. The lesson was a response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Eye of the Storm shows Elliott leading the lesson with her 1970 third grade class, and A Class Divided is a follow-up 15 years later. 

The PBS, Facing History and Ourselves, and Concord Media links in the tool are three options to consider for debriefing after watching the video(s).

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These tools use films to facilitate intercultural learning. 

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