April 30

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
discuss/examine DBQs
notes: Life on the Homefront
examples of Anti-Axis propaganda
begin presentations

HW:
Text pp. 467-76
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Psychology (30-May 1)
Focus:
Abnormal Psychology

CW:
return/discuss Unit 4 exams
who has a mental disorder?
what's normal? abnormal?
discussion: shades of abnormality (back of reading)
homsexuality: normal or abnormal?
discuss TQ

HW:
TQ-DSM

April 29

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
DBQ-Essay
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notes: Organizing for Victory

HW:
Text pp. 762-67

IB HISTORY STUDENTS!!

Please prepare for your essay tomorrow. Once again, PLEASE PREPARE for your essay tomorrow.

PLEASE PUT FORTH YOUR BEST EFFORT ON THE ORAL HISTORY PAPERS. PLEASE.

April 28

Adv. US History
Focus:

CW:
DBQ-PART ONE

HW:
Text pp. 754-55; 758-62
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Psychology (28-29)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 4 exam

HW:
TQ-Abnormal behavior

Bumbot: Hero or Villain?

PSYCH STUDENTS

Here's some information on David Koresh and the incident in Waco, TX.

Heaven's Gate.

BEST SENIOR PRANK EVER

Hilarious. Full text of the letter here.

April 25

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
reading: the New Deal is effective and discussion
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notes: The Road to War
FDR's 4 Freedoms Speech
Rape of Nanking

HW:
PREP FOR DBQ
ORAL HISTORY PAPER

PSYCH STUDENTS

Here's some information on the Rajneeshees from back in the early 1980s in Oregon. Crazy stuff.

Dance number from The Gang's All Here

Surreal.

April 24

Adv. US History
Focus:
Latin American foreign policy

CW:
final notes on Latin America
New Deal: Effective or not?

HW:
Text pp. 750-54
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Psychology (24-25)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
discuss Jonestown Massacre
discuss reasons for helping, not helping
video clip: helping
discuss behavior in groups
reading: Kitty Genovese

HW:
STUDY/ESSAY PREP
**ONLY 10 IDS ON THIS THIS EXAM**

ACT PREP

Don't bring your Ipods or music vests to school tomorrow.

ATTENTION THIRD PERIOD STUDENTS!!

PLEASE COME BY MY ROOM EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE ACT AND PICK UP YOUR READING. YOU KIND OF NEED THE READING FOR THE POSSIBLE READING QUIZ.

Jim Jones

If you missed the Jonestown video I showed in class on Monday and Tuesday then check out this link for information on Jim Jones. Information from this video will help you on both parts of the Unit 4 exam.

April 22

Adv. US History
Focus:
US foreign policy in Latin America

CW:
**READING QUIZ on ONE of the two required readings**(either pp. 21-42 or 42-65)
notes: "In the first decade..."
"The marines withdrew..."
mental health time before the ACT

HW:
Black pp. 62-85

April 21

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
finish Cinderella Man

HW:
Black reading pp. 41-62
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Psychology (21-22)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
video: Jonestown Massacre
test prep sheet

HW:
TQ-Prosocial behavior
**UNIT 4 EXAM: (B) CLASS-- MONDAY, APRIL 28; (A) CLASS--TUESDAY, APRIL 29

Psych students--Jim Jones

ATTENTION IB HISTORY STUDENTS!!!

Change of plans for Monday's schedule. Here's what's going down:

I am going to try and show the rest of Cinderella Man on Monday. You are having a junior class meeting in the auditorium after first period. THERE WILL NOT BE A READING QUIZ ON MONDAY.

I will give you the next reading on Monday and I will do a double lecture on the readings on Tuesday. If you have a reading quiz, it will come on Tuesday. My goal is to finish a early on Tuesday and give you all some mental health time before the ACT on Wednesday.

Have a good rest of your weekend.

April 18

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Canada and the Great Depression
Cinderella Man

HW:
Black reading pp. 21-42

PSYCH STUDENTS!!

Stanford Prison Experiment information.

Cinderella Man

Here's some information on Jim Braddock and Max Baer.

FYI: Max Baer is the father of Max Baer, Jr., who played Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies.

April 17

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Canada and the Great Depression
graded discussion on the New Deal

HW:
Sprague pp. 205-12
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Psychology (17-18)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
review schemas and attributions
discuss obedience, compliance, and conformity
video: Milgram experiment

HW:
reading on the Milgram exp.
Unit 4 exam April 28-29

So true

April 16

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Canada and the Great Depression
War on Crime
video: John Dillenger

HW:
Sprague reading
pp. 198-205

Oral History resources

Tigard-Tualatin VFW

Psych students

Please take the Implicit Association Test to determine your racial preference. Please describe your results and TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON YOUR RESULTS.

April 15

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Great Depression's in Canada
letters to the Roosevelts

HW:
Bennet reading
pp. 469-79
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Psychology (15-16)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
review notes
finish discussion of stereotypes, etc.
bomb shelter simulation
discussion of schemas

HW:
TQ-Obedience/conformity

Test Your World Geography Knowledge

I made it to level 10 on my first try. Tell me how you do.

Good luck.

April 14

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
video: The Scottsboro Boys: An American Tragedy

HW:
Bennet reading

Scottsboro Boys

The arrest of nine African-American young men for the rape of two white women in 1931 ultimately became one of the causes of the Civil Rights Movement. The documentary that you will watch tomorrow is really good. Please come to class well-rested and ready to finish the quarter strong. I know I am ready, especially since I had a nice little epiphany about teaching this weekend. See you all tomorrow.

Psych Students

Here's the link that I was talking about in class today. Please comment about what you read for participation points.

April 10

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: New Deal's Impact on Society
ACT registration

HW:
NO READING HOMEWORK!!
THAT MEANS YOU SHOULD BE WORKING ON YOUR ORAL HISTORY PAPER
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Psychology (10;14)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
return/discuss Unit 3 exams
preview Unit 4
discuss basic concepts of social psych
stereotyping discussion
video: A Class Divided

HW:
TQ-Perceiving others

Diego Rivera mural at Rockefeller Center

Here's the mural controversy I discussed in class today.

April 9

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: The Second New Deal
finish presentations
return old work

HW:
Text pp. 732-35; 738-41; 743; 745-46

Critics of FDR

Huey Long--The Kingfish of Louisiana

Father Charles Coughlin--Catholic priest and anti-Semite out of Detroit

April 8

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression and the New Deal Takes Over
begin group presentations

HW:
Text pp. 728-32
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Psychology (8-9)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 3 exam

HW:
Social Psych TQ

Amazing

When you're having a bad day think of this guy. Simply amazing. He's a local bike rider.

April 7

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Harder Times
finish group project

HW:
Text pp. 714-18; 722-27

Right or Wrong?

What are your thoughts on this? Was his punishment too steep or just fine?

April 4, 1968

An excerpt from a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s last speech the night before he was assasinated in Memphis, TN. Here's information on the last day of his life.

April 4

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
return/discuss Unit 9 exams
notes: Hard Times
Great Depression Project

HW:
Text pp. 707-11; 714
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Psychology (4;7)
Focus:
Humanistic Psychology

CW:
discussion: basic concepts of humanistic Psych
was Freud right?
review game (Units 1-3)

HW:
STUDY/ESSAY PREP

How the Stock Market Works

More than you ever wanted to know about the stock market.

April 3

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: causes of the Great Depression
video: Riding the Rails

HW:
Text pp. 699; 701-07

Great Depression

Great overview of the Great Depression.

April 2

Adv. US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 9 exam

HW:
Text pp. 697-99
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Psychology (2-3)
Focus:
Erikson's stages of development

CW:
discuss/review the stages of development
video: Everyone Rides the Carousel

HW:
TQ-Humanistic Psych Part II

For the 4.74308 people who look at the blog

Beware of bald toddlers with sharp teeth.

For Charlotte

Hilarious.

April 1

Adv. US History
Focus:
1920s Nativism

CW:
nativism in Canada
video: The Coming of the Great Depression

HW:
STUDY!