The Eye of the Storm

Duration: 26

Year Published: 1970

Creator: American Broadcasting Company

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 10Apr70 · MP22390 (Jan-Jun 1972) Copyright holder: American Broadcasting Companies, Inc

Description: Presents an experiment in prejudice and discrimination conducted by a Riceville, Iowa, teacher with her third-grade class. Shows Jane Elliott dividing the group according to eye color, and the discrimination resulting when one group is deemed superior. Points out the lesser degree of discrimination produced when the superiority changes groups. Indicates that prejudice and discrimination are learned attitudes, a key to their elimination in society., Presents an experiment in prejudice and discrimination conducted by a Riceville, Iowa, teacher with her third-grade class. Shows the teacher dividing the group according to eye color, and the discrimination resulting when one group is deemed superior. Points out the lesser degree of discrimination produced when the superiority changes groups. Indicates that prejudice and discrmination are learned attitudes, a key to their elimination in society.

Complete Record: Presents an experiment in prejudice and discrimination conducted by a Riceville, Iowa, teacher with her third-grade class. Shows Jane Elliott dividing the group according to eye color, and the discrimination resulting when one group is deemed superior. Points out the lesser degree of discrimination produced when the superiority changes groups. Indicates that prejudice and discrimination are learned attitudes, a key to their elimination in society., Shows how a teacher in Riceville, Iowa, introduced her children to the realities of prejudice by using eye color as the criterion for superiority. Explains that the results of the experiment were indicative of the situation throughout the United States. , Presents an experiment in prejudice and discrimination conducted by a Riceville, Iowa, teacher with her third-grade class. Shows the teacher dividing the group according to eye color, and the discrimination resulting when one group is deemed superior. Points out the lesser degree of discrimination produced when the superiority changes groups. Indicates that prejudice and discrmination are learned attitudes, a key to their elimination in society.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.