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Conformity and Obedience

Includes obedience to authority and group conformity; does not include civil disobedience or other resistance to authority.
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A Class Divided

60 minutes
Source: PBS Video

A Class Divided is an expanded version of Eye of the Storm. In this documentary, Jane Elliott meets with her class to talk about the classroom experiment about discrimination she performed 15 years earlier and the effects it had on their lives. In addition, Jane Elliott is seen giving this lesson to employees of the Iowa prison system.

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
After the First

14 minutes
Source: out of print

 Library Resource December 15, 2009

Armenian Genocide Lesson Two: We and They, the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire locked

 Lesson Plan March 19, 2008

Armenian Genocide Lesson Two: We and They, the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire locked

 Lesson Plan March 19, 2008
Bystanders Watch Gang Rape

CNN.com reports that up to 20 people were present when a 15-year-old girl was gang raped and beaten in Richmond, California last weekend. As many as 10 people were involved in the 2 ½ hour assault while 10 more watched. Not one of the 10 bystanders called the police to report the incident. Instead, witnesses laughed and took photographs. Richmond Police Lt.

 Facing Today October 28, 2009

Charting Identity: Building Community in the Classroom locked

 Lesson Plan February 22, 2008
Coming Out in Middle School

Benoit Denizet-Lewis reports in his New York Times Magazine article “Coming Out in Middle School” that more and more middle-school students are openly gay. “Just how they’re faring in a world that wasn’t expecting them – and that isn’t so sure a 12-year-old can know if he’s gay – is a complicated question that defies simple geographical explanations,” Denizet-Lewis writes.

 Facing Today September 30, 2009
Culture Shock

270 minutes on 4 VHS tapes
Source: PBS Video

This four-part series explores the often uneasy role of the arts in society through a series of controversial works and genres.

1. Born to Trouble: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (90 minutes)

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
Decades Later Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch
(The New York Times, July 1, 2008) The article "Decades Later Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch" shares data from several recent reports that take a closer look at Stanley Milgram's famous research on obedience in the early 1960s.
 Facing Today July 14, 2008
Decades Later Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch
(The New York Times, July 1, 2008) The article "Decades Later Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch" shares data from several recent reports that take a closer look at Stanley Milgram's famous research on obedience in the early 1960s.
 Facing Today July 14, 2008
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