Lesson 1.8: The Milgram Experiment

Lesson 1.8: The Milgram Experiment

Short Story

wow

• read and respond to prompts about a nonfiction text.
• use dialogue to reach conclusions about a nonfiction text.

• Motivation
• Nonfiction
• Dialogue

One common reaction to "The Lottery" is "it's a good story, but it would never happen." In the Milgram Experiment, scientists wanted to discover just how far an average human would go in hurting another.

By the end of the lesson students will...

Goals

Key Words

Purpose

How far do you think the average person would go when told by a scientist to shock another human being?

Think About It

Stanley Milgram was born on August 15, 1933, in New York City, USA, and passed away on December 20, 1984, in New York City. He was a renowned social psychologist whose work on obedience to authority and conformity has had a lasting impact on the field of psychology. Milgram earned his Bachelor's degree from Queens College in 1954 and went on to obtain his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University in 1960. After completing his education, he began his academic career, holding positions at various institutions, including Yale University and the City University of New York.

Author Biography

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

Unequivocally

Pathological

Explicit

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

subordinate

Heinious

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

Read the story, link to PDF in Module 1.

1. What surprised you most about the experiment's findings?
2. If this experiment were to be repeated today, would the results be similar? Why or why not?

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