March 21

US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 4 exam
grade exam (if time)

HW:
13-1 RG--Due Thursday
13-2 RG--Due Friday

March 20

US History
Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
discussion of sharecropping
video clip: sharecropping
reading: sharecropping contract and violence
12-3 overhead notes
Harper's Weekly editorial on the KKK
Ch. 12 lotus

HW:
STUDY!
AM TEST REVIEW AT 7:25 TOMORROW
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Psychology (20-21)
Focus:
Freudian psychology

CW:
return old work
return and discuss Unit 2 exams
unit 3 preview and intro discussion
notes: psychodynamic theory

HW:
divisions of the mind TQ

March 19

US History
Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
(1st period) finish Ch. 11 lotus
Ch. 12 timeline
discuss 12-1 TQ
discuss 12-2 TQ (if time)

HW:
STUDY/ESSAY PREP
UNIT 4 EXAM ON WED!!

March 14

US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
finish Glory
discuss 11-5 RG
assasination of Lincoln
Ch. 11 fishbone
preview of Reconstruction

HW:
12-1 and 12-2 TQ
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Psychology (14, 19)
Focus:
Conditioning

CW:
Unit 2 exam

HW:
STUDY ALL NOTES

March 13

US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
Glory

HW:
11-5 RG
STUDY NOTES
SEE POST BELOW WITH PHOTOS AND POST A COMMENT!

Face of War--US HISTORY STUDENTS!

Since we discussed battlefield health care in the Civil War, I believe you should see another face of war.

Please visit this link and tell me your thoughts about this young man and his bride.

http://archive.reduxpictures.com/Production/PhotoGroupView.aspx?pbid=4&msa=1&pgid=6415897

March 12

US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
discuss 11-3 RG
Civil War packet
battlefield tragedy
Civil War health care
Civil War slang
11-4 overhead notes
song

HW:
11-5 RG
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Psychology (12-13)
Focus:
Conditioning

CW:
Socratic Seminar
unit wrap up and review

HW:
STUDY!

***UNIT EXAM NEXT CLASS!**

March 9

US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
review
activity: causes of civil war timeline
letter from Sullivan Ballou to his wife and kids
battlefield tragedy
discuss 11-2 TQ
Civil War slang activity

HW:
11-3 RG

March 8

US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
Ch. 10 lotus
Causes of Civil War timeline
discuss 11-1 RG
video: Antietam

HW:
11-2 TQ
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Psychology (8-9)
Focus:
Operant Conditioning

CW:
review basics of operant conditioning
discuss schedules of reinforcement
operant conditioning in real life
video clip: operant conditioning
discuss cognitive learning TQ
reading: media influence and learned aggression
socratic seminar info

HW:
STUDY NOTES
PREP READINGS FOR SOCRATIC SEMINAR

March 7

US History
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
discuss 10-2 TQ
10-3 notes
10-4 TQ (together)

HW:
11-1 RG

March 6

US History
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
return old work
discuss Unit 3 tests
discuss 10-1 TQ


HW:
10-2 TQ
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Psychology (6-7)
Focus:
Operant conditioning

CW:
discuss basics of operant conditioning
notes: reinforcement and punishment
corporal punishment

HW:
finish schedules of reinforcement
social cognitive learning TQ
***UNIT EXAM FOR A CLASS IS NEXT WED!
B CLASS THE FOLLOWING WEEK!***

March 5

US History
Focus:
Unit exam

CW:
Unit 3 exam

HW:
10-1 TQ

March 2

US History
Focus:
Manifest Destiny

CW:
discuss 9-3 TQ
9-4 notes: War with Mexico
Ch. 9 lotus
map new territories
review

HW:
STUDY
AM REVIEW AT 7:25 MONDAY
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Psychology
Focus:
Classical Conditioning

CW:
discuss classical conditioning concepts
discuss Baby Albert and video clip
notes: dental fears
fears checklist

HW:
TBA

PSCYH STUDENTS--CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

Here's a two great links on classical conditioning:
1. Thanks to David in 4th period to sending the link for Jim conditioning Dwight in The Office:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77CTTDqCKuA

2. Here's a link that allows you to conduct your own Pavlovian experiment:
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/pavlov/pavlov.html

Please post your results/thoughts about both of these links.

March 1

US History
Focus:
Manifest Destiny

CW:
discuss 9-2 TQ
Donner Party
survival stories

HW:
9-3 TQ

***UNIT 3 EXAM ON MONDAY!***
AM REVIEW AT 7:25