A Class Divided Study
Questions
and Paragraph assignment
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1. How did the negative and positive labels placed on a group become self-fulfilling
prophecies?
2. From what you've seen in this film, who do you feel is responsible for the existence and
elimination of racism in our society? The school? Your parents? Religious leaders? The
government? The legal system? You?
3. Why, in your opinion, didn't members of the designated majority group defend the
minority group as they were being verbally abused?
4. If you had been in the minority group created by the exercise, what would you have
done? What would the logical consequences of such an action have been? Would they be
the same for minority group members who react that way in today's society?
After you have answered these questions and we have had small group and large
group discussions, choose one of the questions and write a more thorough answer. This
should be in the form of a paragraph with at least 8 sentences. If you want to use MEL-Con
organization you can but is not required. The paragraph has to make sense and you need
to check for grammatical mistakes.
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