A class divided [(DVD) videorecording] / a production of Yale University Films ; produced for the Documentary Consortium by WGBH Boston ; produced and directed by William Peters ; written by William Peters, Charlie Cobb.
1 videodisc (DVD)(57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD.
Performer
Host, Judy Woodruff.
Credits
Director of photography, Floyd Freidus ; film editor, David Hanser.
Note
Previously broadcast over PBS as a segment of Frontline.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Language
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Audience
Ages 13 through adult.
Summary
Documents a reunion of Iowa teacher Jane Elliott and her third-grade class of 1970, subjects that year of an ABC News television documentary entitled "The eye of the storm". Shows how her experimental curriculum on the evils of discrimination had a lasting effect on the lives of the students. Includes scenes of her lesson being used in a prison setting.