Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Milgram Experiment and Pinochet

Agenda:
  1. Students discussed BBF Chapter 9.
  2. Class discussion on obedience to authority in war. Should Nazi officers who followed orders be punished for their crimes?
  3. Students learned about the Milgram Experiment.
  4. Students began watching The Judge and the General, a documentary about the Chilean judge who investigated General Pinochet's crimes as dictator.
HOMEWORK:
Formal Essay - Truman Doctrine in Latin America DUE Wednesday 4/29.
Cold War Exam Friday 5/1