Jane+Elliott

This is [|Jane Elliott]'s amazing page. Go Jane!
Jane Elliott is an impressive educator caring for all students as individuals. She has done a lot to value [|diversity] in schools. Jane Elliott's major study was with [|blue eyes/brown eyes]. She is an amazing individual striving for an equal education for all kids.

Birth and Basics on Jane:

 * Jane Elliott** (born 1933, Riceville, Iowa) is an American teacher and anti-racism activist. Jane has no formal training in psychology, but was able to design the “blue-eyed/brown-eyed” exercise, that she first conducted with elementary students in the 1960's. This study became the foundation for her career in diversity training.

Videos of Jane's study:
To embed these onto the Wiki page will take a considerable amount of time and effort. If we want them on the Wiki page I should be able to figure it out. At the same time, maybe we should just visit the PBS website and play directly from the website, if we choose to include any of this video during our class presentation.

__The blue eyes/brown eyes study...__
Jane Elliott created an experiment after the horrific assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King to express to her students how hurtful discrimination can be in all forms. She told her third grade students, who were mainly Caucasian that all blue-eyed individuals would receive preferential treatment that day simply for being born with blue eyes. Those with brown eyes, or "brownies", would have to wear a fabric collar distinguishing them from the blue eyed students. At recess, a big fight between two students occurred. Jane Elliott questioned the brown-eyed student, asking him how it made him feel.

The following interview with briefly her summarizes her motivation for the experiment and gives insight as to why she felt diversity training should be integrated in her classroom.

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=Speaking Points=

**Natalie:** I have light eyes.
//**Kaitlyn:**// Natalie, you can stand with the light eyed group in the back of the room. (No leaning against the wall. That's lazy) //**Kaitlyn:**// Has everyone with dark eyes found a comfortable seat? Does everyone from the dark eyed group have a handout? (Wait a moment for response) Actually we lied to you. Eye color doesn't matter. Everyone is equal. We would like to invite the light eyed group to please have a seat. //**Kaitlyn:**// **Natalie:** //**Kaitlyn:**// **Natalie:** **//Kaitlyn://** **Natalie:** =__VIDEO__ [ 7:55 - 10:27 ]= **Natalie:**
 * //Kaitlyn://** I have dark eyes. If you have light eyes, please move over to this side of the classroom, and if you have dark eyes please move over to this side of the classroom.
 * Natalie:** [Activity] This is a fact. Light eyed people are better than dark eyed people. Because light eyed people are better they will each receive a presentation handout. Their is only one handout for the dark eyed people (let is float to the floor). If you have light eyes please come to the front of the classroom to receive a handout. We will need the individuals with dark eyes to move to the back of the classroom and share the one handout available to you.
 * //Kaitlyn://** [cont. Activity] Natalie lied to you before. The truth is that dark eyed people are better than light eyed people. In fact, we need the light eyed group to kindly hand your handout to the dark eyed group.
 * Natalie:** Because Kaitlyn told you the truth. That dark eyed people are better than light eyed people. We would like all of the dark eyed people to please find a comfortable seat for our presentation.
 * Natalie:** The dark eyed group is better than us. That's why they get privileges.
 * Natalie:** Because we are equal each of us receives a handout. The same privileges. The same advantages in life.
 * //Kaitlyn://** You have been a part of an experiment today. You were divided by something as trivial and meaningless as eye color.
 * Natalie:**
 * Horrific assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
 * A third grade teacher in Riceville, Iowa - her response
 * Date of experiment
 * Significance - students; close friends instantly divided
 * Connect our experiment - Elliott divided the class by blue and brown eyes
 * To simplify our in-class experiment we altered the variables to light eyes and dark eyes
 * Reaction we experienced as a class today in 2010 - similar to reactions of third grade students in 1968.
 * Elliott's third grade class - blue eyed student - extra privileges:
 * second helpings at lunch
 * access to the new jungle gym
 * five minutes extra at recess
 * In our class - the light eyed students - extra privileges:
 * everyone received a handout
 * personally handed to each individual
 * The following day, she informed her class that she had lied. That brown eyed people were actually better than blue eyed people.
 * In the same way we informed you as a class that the dark eyed people were better.
 * In our class - the dark eyed students - now received extra privileges:
 * Now they each received a handout
 * Invited to sit - while light eyed group was forced to stand
 * Elliott gave her students an opportunity - to find out what it was like to be an African American child
 * Students lives - forever changed though her powerful experiment in diversity
 * <span style="font-family: sans-serif,helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Even today her third grade class - now adults - have been interviewed to share how the "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" experiment altered their perspective on racial equality forever.
 * <span style="font-family: sans-serif,helvetica,sans-serif;">__//CUE: Either Beth or Audra can prepare to play the video!!!//__
 * Amazing documentation of the experiment - including film documentation [lead into Video clip]
 * Third grade class - reactions during the week of the experiment
 * Third graders as adults - reactions to video footage from 1968.
 * <span style="font-family: sans-serif,helvetica,sans-serif;">__//CUE: Beth or Audra now play video - avoid wasting our presentation time...look professional.//__
 * <span style="font-family: sans-serif,helvetica,sans-serif;">__//Everyone wins!//__
 * //Kaitlyn://**
 * As you can see from the video - this was a powerful experiment...
 * Experiment lead to development of corporate workplace diversity training
 * Begin to Conclude - Elliott's contributions to education - all ties directly with<span style="font-family: sans-serif,helvetica,sans-serif;"> "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" experiment
 * <span style="font-family: sans-serif,helvetica,sans-serif;">The foundation of her studies in diversity (in a classroom or the workplace)
 * Final Conclusion Jane and lead into equality in education with Linda
 * Jane Elliott - demonstrating everyone is equal - and should be treated equally
 * Linda Darling-Hammond - working for equal educational opportunities for all students
 * <span style="font-family: sans-serif,helvetica,sans-serif;">__//CUE: Upon saying Linda's name - SWITCH PP Slide to Linda Darling-Hammond//__