A Class Divided

by / On March 17, 2021 / In APA (edition "APA 6"), Social Sciences

For this assignment, you will watch the first two portions of the documentary film A Class Divided (Links to an external site.). You are encouraged watch the entire film, but for the purposes of this assignment the questions below will pertain to only the first two portions of the film. If the film will not play on your device, here is a link to the transcript (Links to an external site.). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/class-divided/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/script.html

After viewing (1) The Daring Lesson and (2) Day Two answer the following questions:

1. What did the children’s body language indicate about the impact of discrimination?
2. How did Elliott’s discrimination create no-win situations for those placed in the inferior group?
3. How did she selectively interpret behavior to confirm the stereotypes she had assigned?
4. What scene or scenes do you think you’ll still remember a month from now and why those scenes?