April 30

US History
Focus:
1920s America and the coming Depression

CW:
discuss the Scopes Monkey Trial
discussion on the Harlem Renaissance
Ch. 22 timeline
22-1 notes

HW:
22-2 TQ
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Psychology (30-May 1)
Focus:
Sleep and Dreams

CW:
discussion of dreams TQ
share dreams/analysis
discussion of sleep problems
reading: Doughnuts in the dark

HW:
STUDY
UNIT 4 EXAM WED AND THURSDAY

April 27

US History
Focus:
Post WWI America

CW:
return and discuss Unit 6 exams
Unit 7 Study Guide
Ch. 20 and 21 timelines
discuss 20-1 TQ
1920s overhead notes

HW:
21-4 TQ

April 26

US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 6 exam

HW:
20-1 TQ
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Psychology (26-27)
Focus:
Sleep and Dreams

CW:
review notes
discuss Unit 4 study guide
reading: sleeping and cohabitation
discuss world of sleep TQ
notes: questions about sleep

HW:
sleep problem readings
dreams TQ
UNIT 4 EXAM ON WED AND THURS. OF NEXT WEEK!

April 25

US History
Focus:
Imperialism

CW:
discuss video
discuss 18-3 TQ
discuss 18-4 TQ
political cartoons on US imperialism
Ch. 18 lotus
review/essay prep

HW:
STUDY!
UNIT 6 EXAM TOMORROW!
AM REVIEW AT 7:25

April 23

US History
Focus:
U.S. Becomes an Imperial Power

CW:
Ch. 18 timeline
discuss 18-1 TQ
18-2 notes: Spanish-American War
motivations for imperialism

HW:
18-3 TQ
**UNIT 6 EXAM THIS THURSDAY!***
AM REVIEW AT 7:25

April 20

US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
17-5 notes
Ch. 17 fishbone
create a Progressive Era bumpersticker

HW:
18-1 TQ
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Psychology (20; 23)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 3 exam

HW:
sleep TQ

April 19

US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
share stories on child labor
reading: On the Industrial Scrap Heap
discussion of women's rights, Comstock Law, and birth control
discussion of 17-3 TQ
reading: The Jungle
17-5 overhead notes (if time)

HW:
review all notes
UNIT 6 EXAM IN ONE WEEK

April 18

US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
review notes
present song(s)
reading: History of the Christmas Box
photographs of Lewis Hine
reading: On the Industrial Scrap Heap
creative writing activity with photographs
discussion of 17-2/17-3 TQ

HW:
finish writing
read 17-4-5
UNIT 6 EXAM NEXT THURSDAY--APRIL 26
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Psychology (18-19)
Focus:
Humanistic Psychology

CW:
review of Freud's theories
discussion of readings on Freud's theories and brain science
reading: Sexual Enlightnement of Children
discussion of humanisitic theories
personality test(s)

HW:
STUDY NOTES FOR UNIT 3
UNIT 3 EXAM: THIS FRIDAY AND MONDAY

US HISTORY STUDENTS

Here's a great link to the inflation calculator: play around with this and let me know your thoughts.

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

April 16

US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
return and discuss mid-terms
4th quarter preview
Unit 6 study guide
Ch. 17 timeline
discuss 17-1 TQ
child labor readings/activities

HW:
17-3 TQ

April 12

US History
Focus:

CW:
turn in mid-term participation evaluation
mid-term

HW:
17-1 TQ
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Psychology (12, 16)
Focus:
psychodynamic theory

CW:
finish Erikson video
Erikson's 8 stages of psychosocial development handout
reading: The Sexual Enlightenment of Children
discuss Freud's critics
reading: What Freud Got Right

HW:
Humanistic Psych TQ

April 11

US History
Focus:
review

CW:
16-3 lotus
return/discuss Unit 5 exams
review game

HW:
participation self-evaluation
STUDY

April 10

US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 5 Exam

HW:
STUDY ALL NOTES
PM REVIEW TOMORROW AT 3:05
MID-TERM THURSDAY
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Psychology(10-11)
Focus:
Freudian Psychology

CW:
review notes
discuss Freud's stages of psychosexual development
reading: Oedipus Complex, penis envy, etc.
begin video: Erikson's stages of development

HW:
TQ-critics of Freud

PSYCH STUDENTS

Here's the preview for the Jim Jones documentary airing on OPB this week. Please let me know your thoughts of this disturbing film.


http://www.firelightmedia.org/flash/mainflash2.html

April 9

US History
Focus:
Life at the turn of the century

CW:
return old work and DBQs
discuss Ch. 16 TQ
H.H. Holmes reading
discussion of lynching

HW:
STUDY ALL NOTES
AM TEST REVIEW ON TUESDAY AT 7:50
MID-TERM THURSDAY

April 6

US History
Focus:


CW:
lotus for Ch. 13 and 14
DBQ

HW:
Ch. 16 TQ
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Psychology (6, 9)
Focus:
Psychodynamic theory

CW:
go over defense mechanism review sheet
group time
present skits
begin Freud's five stages of psychosexual development

HW:
finish notes

US HISTORY STUDENTS

Here's the link to the radio story about the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

http://www.npr.org/programs/watc/features/2001/010325.triangle.html

April 5

US History
Focus:
Immigration and Urbanization

CW:
discuss 15-1 TQ
video: illegal immigration
discuss 15-2-3
DBQ information

HW:
STUDY ALL NOTES

April 4

US History
Focus:
Workers and Unions

CW:
reading: struggles faced by workers in the late 1800s
discussion of 14-3 TQ
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Imperial Foods Fire-1991
begin discussion of 15-1 TQ

HW:
review all notes
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Psychology (4-5)
Focus:
Freudian Psychology

CW:
video clip: marketing to our psyche
discussion of defense mechanisms
group skit

HW:
Freud's psychosexual stages of development TQ

April 3

US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
finish group presentations
Ch. 14 timeline
discuss Ch. 14 TQ
readings on the life of workers in the lat 1800s

HW:
Ch. 15 TQ

April 2

US History
Focus:
Life at the end of the century

CW:
readings on life in the late 1800s
groups present information

HW:
Ch. 14 TQ
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Psychology (2-3)
Focus:
Freudian Psychology

CW:
review personality
what type of "animal" are you?
discuss methods to access the unconscious
dream analysis and symbols
discuss 3 divisions of the mind
The Cat in the Hat and the id, ego, and superego

HW:
STUDY defense mechanisms