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Exploration 1C: A bystander's dilemma Print E-mail
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A lack of protest can confirm the perpetrators' faith in what they are doing.
   —Ervin Staub, The Roots of Evil

HOMEWORK IDEA

You might ask students to identify a dilemma someone may face in the world around them and then analyse it in terms of the EMOTIONS & PERCEPTIONS and the CONDITIONS that they think might affect the behaviour of the people involved.

3. Close: Internal and external forces (5 minutes)

Conclude by having students make four lists:

EMOTIONS & PERCEPTIONS

1 that influence Wendy's decisions    2 that influence the guard's behaviour

CONDITIONS
(time limits, differences in power, location)

3 that influence Wendy's decisions   4 that influence the guard's behaviour

By talking about these aspects of the dilemma, students will come to see how personal points of view and external circumstances affect a person's efforts to meet the needs of others.


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