Adv. US History

Focus:
WWI

CW:
share WWI propaganda
notes: An Unsettled Peace
Prohibition propaganda
video clip: Prohibition
begin questions for graded discussion

HW:
Text pp. 666-70; 672-73

Psych students

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWI

CW:
review notes
notes: war on the home front
Espionage and Sedition Act
WWI Propaganda activity

HW:
Text p. 655; 658-62
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Psychology (30-31)
Focus:
Sleep and dreams

CW:
return/discuss defense mechanisms quiz
Unit 2 exam
preview Unit 3
read intro p. 147
sleep quiz
discuss levels of consciousness

HW:
TQ-stages of sleep

Would you want this guy fixing the streets?

Is this excessive?

White House Levitation
by DiagonalView

Adv. US History

Focus:
WWI

CW:
notes: The Great War
video: Influenza 1918
**absent students: YOU are responsible for the information in the video. This link will provide you with information on the global flu pandemic of 1918. **

HW:
Text pp. 647-55
**WORK ON ORAL HISTORY PROJECT!!**

THS Fight Club?

I think this is coming to THS next year. Should be a great method for students to solve their differences.

Mar. 19

Adv. US History
Focus:

CW:
finish press conferences
ACT registration

HW:
Text pp. 638-47
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Psychology (19-20)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 2 exam

HW:
TQ-Consciousness

End Women's Suffrage?

Conditions in the Georgia Peanut Factory

Check out the video here. Share your thoughts on this situation. Has it changed the way you eat? Do you worry when you eat peanut-based products?

Adv. US History

Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
notes: Progressivism and National Politics
women's suffrage propaganda
reading: The Jungle
salmonella outbreak and food safety
Progressive Era bumperstickers

HW:
Text p. 638-47**
**DUE FRIDAY

Mar. 17

Psychology (17-18)
Focus:
Personality development

CW:
wrap up Freud: compare/contrast with Erikson; defense mechanisms, divisions of the mind
discuss Humanistic theory of personality development
notes: self theory

HW:
STUDY!!
UNIT 2 EXAM NEXT CLASS
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Adv. US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
press conferences

HW:
Text pp. 591-600

Top Secret Video from the Tigerettes Training Compound

Adv. US History

Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
notes: Alice Paul
research time for press conference
2nd period: Room 448
4th period: library floor computers

HW:
no reading: prep for press conference

Coming Attractions

Saw this trailer before Watchmen last night. We will discussing John Dillinger when we get to the Great Depression.

Lewis Hine-Muckraking Photographer

This is a student made video:

Mar. 12

Adv. US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
notes: Feminism as a Radical Ideology
reading: Margaret Sanger
Progressive Era press conference instructions

HW:
Gallagher reading from the reader: interview with Dr. Alice Paul
prep for press conference
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Psychology (12;16)
Focus:
Personality development

CW:
defense mechanisms quiz
discuss Erikson's stages of development
video: Every One Rides the Carousel

HW:
TQ-Humanistic Theories

Congressional Academy

Here's the link.

Adv. US History

Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
guest speaker
return/discuss Unit 8 exams
problems facing America at the turn of the century
notes: An Era of Reform

HW:
Reader: O'Neill reading: pp. 127-48

Mar. 10

Adv. US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 8 exam

HW:
Text pp. 574-79; 582-87; 589-91
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Psychology (10-11)
Focus:
Personality development

CW:
review notes
group activity: defense mechanisms
discuss Freud's stages of development

HW:
reading on Erikson's stages of development
**DEFENSE MECHANISMS QUIZ NEXT CLASS;
UNIT 2 EXAM NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY

Disconcerting news from the animal world

They are plotting against us. This is not good.

History students

For those of you who were absent today, you do not have to prep for essay #2. Only prepare for essays one and three.

Essay #1:
Please discuss the growth of cities in BOTH the UNITED STATES AND CANADA!! I am expecting two to three grim realities for the second part of the question.

Essay #3:
You got a lot of notes which can help you out today. Go back and check your textbook for information on Hawaii. This could address the Pacific part of the question.

You may email me up to 8:00 tonight. Good luck.

Did you write a book when you were 13?

See the article here.

Adv. US History

Focus:
US becomes a world power

CW:
debate on the annexation of the Philippines
notes: On the World Stage

HW:
STUDY!!
email cutoff is 8PM tonight

I think the same thing happens to Mr. Savage when he gets angry. Watch out!

For the 3.75 Psych students who view the blog

Freudian slip from Senator McCain last fall. The best part of the video is his attempted recovery.

Test update

Expectations for this unit exam are high due to the three day weekend and Tuesday test date. Here are some helpful hints for the questions:

Essay #1:
Make sure you discuss the United States and Canada! I am expecting more information than immigration and employment in your essay. Don't forget the grim realities of urban living. You can focus on the United States for this part of the essay.

Essay #2:
Make sure you address the United States and Canada.

Essay #3:
Use this weekend's reading assignment to help you with this question. Here's a really helpful link for more information on U.S. intervention in Latin America.

IDs:
Be thorough. Be prepared.

If you plan on emailing me an outline, the cutoff time is 7PM tonight.
That is all.

Have a great weekend

Watchmen Saturday Morning Cartoon - watch more funny videos

2012 Election Update!

Memo to Governor Palin, add some pounds and lose the fancy clothes if you want to be president.

Mar. 5

Adv. US History
Focus:
US becomes an imperial power

CW:
notes: Spanish-American War
soldiers' letters from the Philippines War
video clip: Iraq soldiers' stories
White Man's Burden or debate prep

HW:
Text pp. 622-23; 625-30
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Psychology (5; 9)
Focus:
Personality development

CW:
discuss parts of the mind
Cat in the Hat: psychoanalysis sheet
explanation of defense mechanisms
skit (if time)

HW:
TQ-Stages of development

It's all over in 2010. It was a fun ride.

Adv. US History

Focus:
U.S. becomes an imperial power

CW:
citizenship test
discussion: war, foreign policy, and imperialism
notes: The Roots of Empire
activity: White Man's Burden--found poetry

HW:
Text p. 609; pp. 612-13; 616-22

IB HISTORY STUDENTS

YOU MAY COME AND MAKE AN ESSAY APPOINTMENT WITH ME ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 7:25. You may only show me ONE outline for this exam.

Mar. 3

Adv. US History
Focus:
Immigration

CW:
test prep sheet #8
notes: Reluctanct Hosts
video: illegal immigration

HW:
Text pp. 604-09
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Psychology (3-4)
Focus:
Personality development

CW:
return/discuss classical cond. quiz and Unit 1 exam
preview Unit 2
unit intro p. 433
discuss basics of psychodynamic theory
video clip: consumption and unconscious motivations

HW:
TQ-divisions of the mind and defense mechanisms

Adv. US History

Focus:
Immigration

CW:
groups present information on immigrant groups
notes: Immigration and Nativism

HW:
Palmer reading: Reluctanct Hosts
**UNIT 8 EXAM IS NEXT TUESDAY**