MKUltra

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/mkultra

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the project cryptonym?MKUltra
2. What is the initiation year?1953
3. Why did the CIA create MKUltra?The CIA made MKUltra because it was worried that the Soviet Union and China were learning new ways to use psychological tricks and wanted to have its own techniques for getting information.
4. What kinds of experiments were done in MKUltra?The program used drugs like LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin, and also tried electroshock, sensory deprivation, isolation, hypnosis, and even verbal and sexual abuse to make people more suggestible.

Brainwashing: A process of intense psychological manipulation to change a person's beliefs or behavior.
Psychological Torture: Inflicting mental suffering on individuals through extreme stress or manipulation.
Informed Consent: The voluntary agreement of a person to participate in a procedure after understanding its risks and benefits.
Front Organization: A group or entity that appears legitimate but is secretly controlled by another organization for its own purposes.