Parent Guide > Judge sentences youth offenders to chess, with promising results
Welcome to the parent guide for this text! Read below to find out about what your child is reading in class and how you can support him/her at home.
This week in class, we’re reading "Judge sentences youth offenders to chess, with promising results" by Monique Sedgwick, Jeffrey MacCormack, and Lance Grigg.
In the informational text "Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising result," Monique Sedgwick, Jeffrey MacCormack, and Lance Grigg discuss the life skills young offenders learn from playing chess.
As we read, we will be discussing the themes of Justice, Freedom & Equality and Social Change & Revolution as they relate to the text. We are trying to answer these big questions :
"How do people create change?" and "What is fair?"
Ways to support your child:
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Ask your child about this psychology article at home:
- What was "Judge sentences youth offenders to chess, with promising results" about?
- What did you learn about Justice, Freedom & Equality?
- What did you learn about Social Change & Revolution?
- Watch the following clips with your child at home: