January 31--finally, it's over!

US History
Focus:
Colonization

CW:
review rules, procedures, and policies
colonization handout and discussion
Ch. 4 timeline
Unit 1 study guide
4-1 Teacher Questions--together

HW:
finish 4-1 TQ

ALL STUDENTS: CONTINUE POSTING COMMENTS TO THE BLOG!

POSTING COMMENTS-PLEASE READ!

Students, make sure you specify which class you are in when you post your comment.

For example, John Doe, 1st period.

Thanks and comment away!

January 30

US History
Focus:
intros and procedures

CW:
discuss class procedures and course outline

HW:
get needed parent signatures
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Pscyhology (30-31)
SAME AS US HISTORY

January 26

US HISTORY:

FINAL EXAMS!!!!!

It's been a real pleasure to get to know all of you this past semester. Please come by and visit whenever you feel like it.

Peace

January 25

US History
Focus:
Vietnam

CW:
video: DearAmerica: Letters Home from Vietnam

HW:
STUDY!!!--FINAL EXAM TOMORROW!
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Psych.

FINAL EXAM

January 23

US History--SEE DRAFT LINK BELOW THIS POST!
Focus:
Vietnam

CW:
discuss 30-2 TQ
war divides the nation: 30-3/30-4 overhead notes

HW:
30-5 TQ
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Psychology (A class only)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
finish social pscyh video
discuss deindividuation and helping
Kohlberg's theories on Moral Development
attitudes towards other people

HW:
STUDY--FINALS COMING SOON!

US HISTORY STUDENTS!

Would you have been drafted?

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/the.draft/

Go to the link and put in your birthdate to see if you would have been drafted. Tell me your thoughts about this. Would you have enlisted or sought other options.

January 22

US History
Focus:
Civil Rights Movement-Vietnam

CW:
review and return old work
29-3 notes: end of the movement
video clips: Malcolm, Black Power, and MLK's final speech
Ch. 30 timeline
discuss 30-1 TQ

HW:
30-2 TQ

FINAL EXAM: FRIDAY
FINAL EXAM REVIEW: THURSDAY AT 3:10
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Psychology
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
return MD test
discussion of stereotypes, conformity, and obedience

HW:
STUDY!!!

FINAL EXAM: (A) CLASS: THURSDAY (B) CLASS: WEDNESDAY

January 18

US History
Focus:
Civil Rights Movement

CW:
discuss 28-3 overhead notes
Ch. 29 timeline
discuss 29-1 TQ

HW:
29-2 TQ
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PSYCHOLOGY

MENTAL DISORDERS TEST-- B CLASS

SNOW DAY

Well, well, well. We finally got the snow day that y'all wanted. Congrats. However, be prepared to work incredibly hard when we finally return from our extended holiday weekend.

I took my cross bike out in the snow today and got in a great bike ride. Now I plan on reading and taking a few naps on my couch. I hope you all stay warm. START STUDYING FOR YOUR FINAL EXAMS!!!

Psychology B-- Your test will happen as soon as we return to school. STUDY!

January 12

US History
Focus:
1950s, JFK, and LBJ

CW:
return Unit 8 tests
discuss 1950s
discuss 28-1 TQ
discuss 28-2 TQ
28-3 overhead notes on the Great Society

HW:
29-1 TQ
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Psychology ( 12, 16)

CW:
Mental Disorders Exam

HW:
Social Pscyh TQ

January 11

US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 8 Exam

HW:
28-1 TQ

January 10

US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
review
discuss 26-4 TQ
discussion of atombic bomb
video clips: Atomic Cafe

HW:
STUDY
AM REVIEW AT 7:25 THURSDAY
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Psychology (10-11)
Focus:
Mental Disorders

CW:
review eating disorders
discuss personality disorders
BTK killer
sociopath/psychopath warning signs
discussion of PTSD
reading: Hurricane Katrina and PTSD
reading: The Madness of it All

HW:STUDY
MENTAL DISORDER UNIT TEST FRIDAY FOR A CLASS
B CLASS-TUESDAY JAN. 16

January 9

US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
Who's the Commie?
26-3 overhead notes
video clip: 1947-Year of Division

HW:
26-4 TQ
UNIT 8 TEST THURSDAY!!

A DAY CALLED X--COLD WAR FILM

US History students, here's a great example of the pervasive fear of nuclear annihilation that prompted CBS to air this film about how to behave in a nuclear disaster.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5447108147132189911

January 8

US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
review briefly
discuss 26-2 Korean War
videos: North Korea

HW:
26-4 TQ --DUE WED.
AM REVIEW SESSION THURSDAY AT 7:25
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Psychology
Focus:
Mental Disorders

CW:
discussion of eating disorders (BED, anorexia-nervosa, and bulemia)
magazine activity

HW:
finish personality disorder TQ
reading: PTSD

January 5

US History
Focus:
WWII-Cold War

CW:
finish discussion of 25-3 TQ
discuss 25-4 RG
Japanese Internment discussion
Ch. 25 lotus
Ch. 26 timeline
26-1 TQ

HW:
26-2 TQ
***UNIT 8 TEST--- THURSDAY, JAN. 11***

Japanese Internment Gallery

Check out more images of Japanese internment during WWII:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8420/gallery.html

January 4

US History
Focus:
WWII-War in the Pacific

CW:
discuss 25-3 TQ
dropping the atomic bomb
BIG STUFF TODAY!

HW:
25-4 RG
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Psychology (4-5)
Focus:
Mental Disorders

CW:
discuss treatments
Tourettes info/activity
video: living with Tourettes

HW:
personality disorders TQ
reading: cutting

January 3

US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
videos--D-Day

HW:
25-3 TQ

THINGS NOT INVITED BACK TO 2007

January 2

US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
discuss vets
review
25-2 overhead notes
D-Day readings:
video clip: D-Day

HW:
25-3 TQ---DUE THURSDAY!
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Psychology
Focus:
Mental Disorders

CW:
REVIEW
OCD activity
mental illness and healthcare
discuss mood disorders TQ
which treatment is best?
reading: cutting

HW:
TBA