One of the best lesson plans I've seen. . . (college, high school, grade)

[stepka]

Watch A Teacher Make Her 3rd-Grade Kids Hate Each Other For The Best Reason Imaginable

I saw this video in college, and I immediately changed my major. The payoff at the end is brilliant and a perfect metaphor for what we deal with and face every day in our society. Like "Catcher in the Rye" is to high school students, this is part of your Upworthy required reading.

Not sure how it would work in today's world, but I like the metaphorical and role playing aspects of it. What a fantastic teacher.

[nana053]

This is a classic and she is still going strong today. It was her original response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968. She currently uses the blue eyes/brown eyes exercise in diversity training workshops all over the world. At 80 years old, this woman is still passionate and dynamic.

Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise

[karen_in_nh_2012]

I remember reading about her when I was a kid in the '70s. These days, I talk about her in many of my classes, and I'm always surprised that most of my students have never heard of her.