Class Divided

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A Class Divided training program with DVD is the classic film featuring Jane Elliott, public school teacher in Riceville, Iowa in 1968 and the well know experiment she created with her 3rd grade. It was the day after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr and she was struggling to explain the concept of racism. She hit upon an idea. For an entire day, she conducted her class as if the brown eyed children were superior to those with blue eyes.

With Dr. King shot the day before in Memphis, Elliott encouraged her third graders to discuss how something so horrible could happen. She finally said,"Do you kids have any idea how it feels to be something other than white in this country?". The children shook their heads and said they wanted to learn, so Elliott set the rule. Blue eyed children must use a cup to drink from the fountain. Blue eyed children must leave late to recess and lunch. Blue eyed children were not to speak to brown eyed children. Blue eyed children were troublemakers and slow learners. With 15 minutes, Elliott says she observed her brown eyed students morph into youthful supremacist and blue eyed children become uncertain and intimidated.

The final portion of this classic film features Jane Elliott reuniting with her class after 15 years to relate the enduring effects of that day and the experiment that changed their lives.