Parent Guide > Revisiting Milgram's Shocking Obedience Experiments
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This week in class, we’re reading "Revisiting Milgram's Shocking Obedience Experiments" by Nick Haslam and Gina Perry.
In the informational text "Revisiting Milgram's shocking obedience experiments," Nick Haslam and Gina Perry discuss Stanley Milgram's experiments on obedience and the new conclusions they can draw from them.
As we read, we will be discussing the themes of Education & Knowledge and Morality as they relate to the text. We are trying to answer these big questions :
"Why do people do bad things?" and "How do we understand the world around us?"
Ways to support your child:
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Ask your child about this informational text at home:
- What was "Revisiting Milgram's Shocking Obedience Experiments" about?
- What did you learn about Education & Knowledge?
- What did you learn about Morality?
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