Indiana Social Studies P.1.11

Social StudiesGrades 9–12History and Scientific Method

The Standard

Locate and analyze primary sources of landmark experiments in psychology and other counter arguments.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students find the original report of a well-known psychology experiment. They identify what the researchers did and found, then compare the report with a published objection.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can locate the original report using its author and date. They can point to a result, explain what it supports, and use a critique to name a limit of the study.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat a textbook summary as the original source. They may assume one striking result applies to everyone, or confuse an objection to a study's ethics with an objection to its findings.
How to Assess It: Give students short excerpts from Milgram's 1963 report and Baumrind's 1964 critique. Ask: What did Milgram find, what does Baumrind question, and which detail supports each answer?

Lesson moves

Give pairs Milgram's results table and Baumrind's critique; have them highlight one finding and underline one objection tied to the study.
Ask: Does Baumrind question Milgram's findings, his treatment of participants, or both? Write two sentences using a detail from each source.
Sort cards containing Milgram's methods, his results, Baumrind's critique, and a textbook summary into original evidence, original argument, or later summary.
Show a headline claiming people blindly obey authority; have students rewrite it using one result from Milgram and one limit raised by Baumrind.

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