December 15

US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
WWII vets in the library

HW:
STUDY NOTES!

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY BREAK EVERYONE!

WWII cartoons

Here's the link to some cartoon propaganda:

http://www.authentichistory.com/ww2/toons/

Let me know what you think.

December 14

US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
Ch. 24 lotus
discuss 25-1 RG
pro-war propaganda
WWII vets info

HW:
STUDY/create questions for vets
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Psychology (14-15)
Focus:
Mental Disorders

CW:
discuss problems with labeling
discuss anxiety disorders TQ
reading: OCD
video clip: OCD

HW:
Mood disorders

December 13

US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
discuss 24-3 RG
video clip: death camp
discuss 24-4 RG
remember Pearl Harbor songs

HW:
25-1 RG

US HISTORY STUDENTS!

Check out this link for more pics of December 7.
http://www.authentichistory.com/images/ww2/rph/ww2ph.html

December 12

US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
return Unit 7 exams
Unit 8 Study Guide
Ch. 24 timeline
discuss 24-1 TQ
24-2 TQ (in class)

HW:
24-3/24-4 RG--ALL
FILM CONSENT FORM SIGNED BY PARENTS!!
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Psychology (12-13)
Focus:
Mental Disorders

CW:
review notes
homsexuality: abnormal or normal
assessing mental disorders: Susan Smith
video: Andrea Yates

HW:
anxiety disorders TQ

December 11

US History

CW:
Unit 7 Exam

HW:
24-1 TQ

December 8

US History
Focus:
New Deal

CW:
reading: minimum wage
video: 30 Days

HW:
STUDY!
AM REVIEW SESSION MONDAY-7:25
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Psychology (8,11)
Focus:
Mental Disorders

CW:
return old tests
return/discuss Sleep Unit Exams
Who's Mentall Ill?
discuss MD-TQ
Shades of Abnormality (if time)

HW:
assessing MDs TQ-ALL

US HISTORY STUDENTS

Orson Welles

Here's a great link the War of the Worlds radio drama:

http://www.authentichistory.com/1930s/otr/19381030_Mercury_Theater_War_of_The_Worlds_Essay.html

December 7

US History
Focus:
New Deal

CW:
23-5 overhead notes
discuss 23-4 RG
various readings on arts/culture in the 1930s
Ch. 23 lotus

HW:
STUDY!

December 6

US History
Focus:
New Deal

CW:
review notes
discuss 23-2 RG
song:"I'd Rather Not Be on Relief"
discuss 23-3 RG
letters to the Roosevelts

HW:
23-4 RG
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Psychology (6-7)
Focus:
Exam

CW:
Unit 4 exam
grade mult choice

HW:
mental disorders TQ

December 5

US History
Focus:
Great Depression/FDR's New Deal

CW:
review
Ch. 23 timeline
discuss 23-1 TQ
FDR's court-packing plan
Huey Long
Father Charles Coughlin
discuss 23-2 RG (if time)

HW:
23-4 RG
***UNIT 7 TEST WILL BE MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, NOT THIS FRIDAY!!**

December 1

US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Ch. 23 timeline
video: Riding the Rails

HW:
23-1 TQ
23-2/23-3 RG
UNIT 7 TEST IN ONE WEEK!
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Psychology (Dec. 1, 5)
Focus:
Sleep and Drems

CW:
discuss sleep problems (note-sheet)
group presentations

HW:
STUDY
TIME Magazine article on sleep