Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression (last day!!)

CW:
reading: New Deal was not effective
return/discuss ID exam

HW:
STUDY
OHP
DBQ begins tomorrow

April 29

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Was the New Deal Effective?
ID exam

HW:
OHP
DBQ prep
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Psychology (29-30)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
Unit 4 study guide
discuss Jonestown, cults, and obedience
video clip: David Koresh
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discuss prosocial behavior
video clip: helping experiment
readings: Kitty Genovese and NYC rape incident
bystander scenarios

HW:
review notes/essay prep
Unit 4 exam next Tuesday and Wednesday

Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
DBQ prep sheet
notes: Canada and the Depression (final notes on this subject!!)
graded discussion: New Deal (20 points for written responses and 20 points for graded discussion; absent students must turn in their written responses or they will receieve a score of zero)

HW:
study for ID exam--will take place in the last half of the class tomorrow

This is Step #1 towards the end of humanity:



Step #2:


Random observations:
1. The soundtrack is out of control.
2. I didn't know Thomas S.P could move that fast. Amazing!

Does anyone know any low-fat recipes?

Psych students

In case you were absent last Thursday and Friday, here's some information about some of the topics that were covered in the video I showed to the class. This information will help you with the Unit 4 exam taking place next week.

Stanford Prison Experiment

McDonald's incident in Kentucky

April 27

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: FDR, the New Deal, and R.B. Bennett's Recovery Plan
finish Cinderella Man

HW:
Sprague: pp. 205-12
New Deal graded discussion questions
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Psychology (27-28)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
Jonestown documentary

HW:
Zimbardo reading
TQ-Prosocial behavior

Not trying to make anyone feel inadequate

Impressive feat of perfection.

File Under Not Good

Does this sound familiar?

Most of Mexico’s dead were young, healthy adults, and none were over 60 or under 3 years old, the World Health Organization said. That alarms health officials because seasonal flus cause most of their deaths among infants and bedridden elderly people, but pandemic flus — like the 1918 Spanish flu, and the 1957 and 1968 pandemics — often strike young, healthy people the hardest.

Adv US History

Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Cinderella Man (no notes today)

HW:
**Sprague reading pp. 198-205 (was originally scheduled for today, pushed back until Monday)**

ID Exam is next Wednesday. The final DBQ of the school year begins next Friday and concludes with the essay portion on Monday. Remaining "big ticket" grade items include the following:

• Unit 11 exam (you will not be able to show me outlines for this exam)---100 points
• Unit 12 exam (multiple choice and CHALLENGING)--100 points
• Oral History Paper--200 points
• Participation grade--100 points

MAKE SURE YOU CONTINUE TO READ! DON'T LET READING QUIZZES LOWER YOUR AVERAGE.

April 23

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Canada and the Great Depression
War on Crime in the 1930s
video: John Dillinger

HW:
DN Sprague reading: pp. 198-205
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Psychology (23-24)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
case study: Reggie
discuss results of case study
discuss conformity and obedience
video: Milgram experiment
reading: Stanford Prison Experiment
video clip: cults and loss of personal control

HW:
reading: cults

John Dillinger

Great link on John Dillinger.

Here's trailer #2 for "Public Enemies", the movie about Dillinger and some other famous faces that were part of the FBI's War on Crime in the 1930s. See if you can spot some of the stuff depicted in the movie preview during the video tomorrow.

Adv. US History--Homework Update

Focus:
Great Depression


CW:
notes: Canada Deals with Depression
TBA

HW:
No reading homework since the reading is not in the reader. Much to everyone's delight I'm sure, I will lecture on the missing reading Thursday. I will follow that with a video on John Dillinger. Enjoy the ACT tomorrow!

I borrowed this video from Mr. Wilson in order to learn some sweet dance moves. I highly recommend it for any aspiring dancers out there. I believe it's mandatory viewing for all prospective Tigerettes.

April 20

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Legacy of the New Deal
letters to the Roosevelts

HW:
Paul Bennett reading from the reader: pp. 457-68
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Psychology (20-21)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
discuss schemas and attributes
video: Growing Up Online

HW:
TQ-Obedience and conformity

Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
video: Scottsboro Boys

HW:
read, sleep, oral history project, repeat.

Do or do not. There is no try.

The force with the Force.

I think this is a great cartoon:

Another reason why I don't race my road bike

April 16

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: The Second New Deal--1935
FDR political cartoon analysis
groups analysis

HW:
Text pp. 732-35; 738-41; 743, 745-46
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Psychology (16-17)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
finish discussion of stereotypes
reading: Can a Black Name Affect Job Prospects
Stuff White People Like
video: A Class Divided
bomb shelter simulation

HW:
review notes

Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Hoover tackles the Great Depression
video: election of FDR
notes: FDR's New Deal
reading: Huey Long--Share Our Wealth

HW:
Text pp. 728-32

4th quarter begins!!

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
groups present (three groups will go today and tomorrow)
notes: Harder Times

HW:
Text pp. 714-18; 722-27
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Psychology (14-15)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
return/discuss Unit 3 exam
preview Unit 4
discuss the basics of social psych
stereotype activity and discussion
Stuff White People Like

HW:
TQ-Schemas
Implicit Association Test (click on Race IAT, you may do other IATs as well)

Shooter Test

Stuff White People Like

Under no circumstances should you ever talk to Maureen. Ever.

Life in the Great Depression

Stories from the Depression. Check it out and tell me your thoughts.

Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Hard Times
Great Depression project--Room 448 (both classes)

HW:
Text pp. 707-11; p. 714
work on Oral History Project

April 9

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 9 exam
preview Unit 10
notes: causes of the Great Depression
video clip: stock market crash of 1929
video: life in the Depression

HW:
Text pp. 699; 701-07
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Psychology (9-10)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 3 exam

HW:
TQ-Social Psych

File Under Disturbing

More information here.

Adv. US History

Focus:

CW:
Unit 9 exam

HW:
Text pp. 697-99

Psych students-Sleep Problems

Narcolepsy:



Sleep apnea:



Night terrors and sleepwalking:

April 7

Adv. US History
Focus:
1920s America

CW:
PCC registration
notes: Nativism in Canada
study time/essay prep

HW:
STUDY
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Psychology (7-8)
Focus:
Sleep and Dreams

CW:
video clip: Step Brothers and sleep walking and sleepeating
reading: SRED
discuss sleep problems
group research: sleep problems; groups present

HW:
STUDY!

Adv. US History

Focus:
1920s America

CW:
notes: The KKK
KKK in Oregon
video: The Klan: A Secret History

HW:
Paul Bennet reading in the reader
pp. 359-69
Unit 9 exam on Wed.

Hope you had a great weekend

I'm a secret agent!

April 3

Adv. US History
Focus:
Roaring 1920s

CW:
notes: Dissenting Values and Conflict
video clip: evolution in schools
reading: intelligent design
discussion: religion and public schools

HW:
Robert Moats reading from the reader
pp. 227-42
**ORAL HISTORY PAPER IS DUE THURSDAY MAY 7***
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Psychology (3;6)
Focus:
Sleep and dreams

CW:
Unit 3 study guide
discuss causes of sleep
discuss dream analysis theories
Freudian dream symbols and general dream symbols
"dream analysis"
video: sleep and the brain

HW:
TQ-sleep problems
Unit 3 exam next Thursday and Friday

1920s America

Charlie Chaplin:



Model T Ford:

Adv. US History

Focus:
Roaring 1920s

CW:
test prep sheet #9
notes: A New National Culture
readings: Leopald and Loeb and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
video clip: Scopes Monkey Trial

HW:
Text pp. 681-92