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WorksheetsA class divided - documentary comprehension
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
What name does Russell call John?
Nerd
Slow
Brown eyes
Four eyes
According to Mrs. Elliott, what did the children turn into?
Nasty, vicious, discriminating little third graders
Marvelous, cooperative, wonderful, thoughtful third graders
Why were the brown-eyed kids slower on Tuesday?
They were tired
They were nervous
They were told they were inferior and acted as such
They were told they were superior and acted as such
Why couldn't the blue-eyed kids concentrate on Wednesday?
They were excited about the National Brotherhood Week
They couldn't stop thinking about the collars they were wearing.
They wanted to go out for recess.
They were angry with their classmates.
Did the students feel that the experience had been worth it?
Yes, because it made discrimination clear, brought them closer together, taught them what it was like to be outcast.
Yes, because they had the chance to wear collars.
No, because they lost their priveleges.
No, because it was very traumatic.
How many times did Jane Elliott use this exercise in her class?
2
1
5
3
Although the term social–emotional learning didn’t exist in the 1960s, Jane Elliott’s experiment is...
not a good example,
a rich example of how to help students understand the experiences and feelings of others
a traumatic way of hurting students.
What is meant by “a microcosm of society”?
A society in a microwave
A small town
A society in miniature, the classroom representing all of society
A small amount of people
When asked about how they felt while wearing the collars, one of the students says he felt...
like a dog on a leash
like a bird
like he was drowning
like he was a king
What was the main lesson that Jane Elliot aimed to teach her students?
You shouldn't treat people, judge people or decide if people are good or bad by the colour of their eyes or skin. She taught them a lesson in discrimination and racial prejudice.
It isn't ridiculous to judge someone based on the colour of their skin. She taught them how to be less tolerant.
You can sometimes judge people based on what they say.
Racism doesn't exist.
