Elizabeth is an elementary school teacher. She has students from many ethnic groups and would like to reduce prejudice between her students. The most effective way to accomplish this would be to

a) encourage children from different groups to play together.
b) assign projects that require a cooperative effort from members of different ethnic groups.
c) hold a classroom discussion on prejudice.
d) simply allow the children to interact in class.


Answer: b) assign projects that require a cooperative effort from members of different ethnic groups.

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