Jane Elliott created prejudice among the students in her elementary school classroom in one week. Watch the footage of her classic 1968 demonstration: A Class Divided (Links to an external site.).
Write a brief essay in which you explain what what happened in what has come to be known as the Blue-eyed, Brown-eyed demonstration using the theories and terminology you have learned. Make at least five connections with the social psychological research on stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Please bold or underline the concepts so you can be sure you cover the required amount. These concepts are often bolded or italicized terms in the chapter. Be specific. For each concept, you will need to define the social psychological concept in your own words and explain how it is seen in the brown-eyed, blue-eyed demonstration. In addition, you may include any other thoughts you have on her study.
Write your essay in a word processing program and save the essay to your computer as a .docx file.