Adv. US History

Focus:


CW:
DBQ-Part II


HW:
Text pp. 750-54;
754-55; 758-62

April 29

Adv. US History
Focus:


CW:
DBQ--Part I


HW:
Essay prep
(REMEMBER, TWO DOCUMENTS AND TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES MUST BE CITED IN YOUR ESSAY)
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Psychology (29-30)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
discuss conformity and compliance
video clip: Asch's line experiment; foot-in-the-door technique
discuss obedience reasons behind obedience
video: Milgram experiment

HW:
review notes

Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
graded discussion--New Deal
mental health time for ACT

HW:
OHP
DBQ essay prep

April 26

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Was the New Deal effective? Pro/Con readings-- group activity
possible activities: 1930s crime wave--Dillinger or begin graded discussion questions

HW:
OHP
DBQ prep
graded discussion questions
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Psychology (26-27)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
stereotyping activity--bomb shelter simulation
discussion: schemas
Case study #2: Reggie

HW:
TQ- Group Influence

STATE CHAMPS!!

WAY TO GO SPEECH TEAM!!!

Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
OHP update--all WWII people will present their oral history paper prior to May 7.
DBQ information/test prep sheet
notes: Canada and the Great Depression
letters to the Roosevelts

HW:
Readings: Effectiveness of the New Deal

April 22

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
discussion: Huey Long's Share Our Wealth program
notes: Legacy of the New Deal
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notes:: Capitalism in Crisis (Great Depression in Canada)

HW:
Bennett reading pp. 469-79
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Psychology (22-23)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
share stereotype results
discuss article on Can a Black Name...
discussion: general stereotypes--racial, ethnic, gender
reading: Stuff White People Like
video clips: racial prejudice

HW:
TQ-Schemas

Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression


CW:
finish Cinderella Man


HW:
Paul Bennett reading pp. 461-68--"Capitalism in Crisis"**
**ALL THE READINGS ON CANADA AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION WILL BE GIVEN OUT IN CLASS TODAY. THEY ARE NOT IN THE READER.

Please share your thoughts about this. I haven't been in the cafeteria lately, however, what I have seen doesn't seem very appealing.

April 20

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
"Cinderella Man"


HW:
Text pp. 732-35; 738-41; 743; 745-46
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Psychology (20-21)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
return/discuss Unit 3 exam
the class from here: participation grade ends soon
preview Unit 4
discussion: perceiving others: Attractiveness and dating; "Beer goggles" --handout
begin discussion on stereotyping: fill out questionnaire

HW:
Reading: Can a Black Name Affect Job Prospects?

Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: The Second New Deal
Huey Long: Share Our Wealth (may save for another class this week)
Healthy Teens Survey

HW:
Text pp. 732-35; 738-41; 743; 745-46**
**DUE ON WEDNESDAY!

Film about the CCC.

Information about the NCCC that I mentioned in third period.

April 15--LAST DAY OF THIRD QUARTER!!

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Hoover Confronts the Depression
video clip: Bonus Army (found on Youtube)
notes: FDR's New Deal
contrast with Obama's stimulus

HW:
Text pp. 728-32
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Psychology (15;19)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 3 Exam

HW:
TQ-Social Psych 101

Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Scottsboro Boys

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

April 13

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Hard Times
video clip
Dust Bowl: What? Why? Effects?
video: Surviving the Dust Bowl

HW:
Text pp. 714-18; 722-27**
DUE THURSDAY!!
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Psychology (13-14)
Focus:
Sleep and Dreams

CW:
group activity: sleep problems
video clips of sleep problems
discuss the world of dreams--Freudian dream symbols
video clip: activation synthesis

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT 3 EXAM

Adv. US History

Focus:
Great Depression


CW:
return old work
discuss Unit 9 exam
register for PCC credit--DROP DATE IS MAY 7
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preview Unit 10--DBQ and the course ahead
discussion: why is the economy in the toilet right now?
notes: Coming of the Depression
video clip: from The Century (end of the 1920s)

HW:
Text pp. 699; 701-07

HISTORY STUDENTS!!

1. ALL ABSENTEES FROM FRIDAY WILL NEED TO TAKE THEIR UNIT 9 EXAM ON MONDAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.


2. MONDAY IS DECISION DAY IN REGARDS TO PCC CREDIT. THE DROP DATE FOR PCC CREDIT WILL BE MAY 7.

April 9

Adv. US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 9 exam


HW:
Text pp. 697-99
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Psychology (9; 12)
Focus:
Sleep and Dreams

CW:
Unit 3 study guide
discuss the rhythms of sleeping and waking
discuss the world of sleep
why do humans sleep?
video clips

HW:
TQ-Dreams and Sleep Problems
***UNIT 3 EXAM APRIL 15 AND 19

What do you think of this campaign commercial?

Adv. US History

Focus:
1920s


CW:
notes: Nativism in Canada
review for test


HW:
STUDY

April 7

Adv. US History
Focus:
1920s

CW:
notes: KKK
handouts: KKK info
video: A Secret History of the Klan

HW:
Paul Bennett reading in the reader (it's the next reading in the reader)
pp. 359-69
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Psychology (7-8)
Focus:
Sleep and Dreams

CW:
return and discuss Unit 2 exam
preview Unit 3
sleep quiz
discuss levels of consciousness
illustrate the various levels of consciousness

HW:
TQ-World of Sleep

Adv. US History

Focus:
1920s

CW:
notes: Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict
video clip: evolution in public schools (Nightline video clip)
handout: intelligent design
debate/discussion: religion in public schools

HW:
R. Moats Miller reading on the KKK
pp. 227-42

Why does my smoothie taste like silicon?

April 5

Adv. US History
Focus:
1920s

CW:
notes: A New Nat'l Culture
reading: Leopald and Loeb
video clip: social changes of the 1920s (from The Century video series)
1920s slang quiz

HW:
Text pp. 681-92
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Psychology (5-6)
Focus:


CW:
Unit 2 exam


HW:
TQ-Levels of consciousness

April 4, 1968

This is part of Dr. King's final speech which was given on April 3, 1968. He would be murdered by James Earl Ray the following morning on his hotel balcony in Memphis, TN.

Adv. US History

Focus:
1920s

CW:
test prep sheet #9 (only three more exams to go!!)
notes: Business-Government Partnership
ACT registration

HW:
Text pp. 673-77; 680-81
EXPECT MULTIPLE READING QUIZZES NEXT WEEK

Hyperlinking is not a disease!

Have you guys heard of the Internet??

April 1

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWI

CW:
groups present information about Canada and WWI
return old work
ACT registration information

HW:
Text pp. 666-70; 672-73
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Psychology (1-2)
Focus:
Personality

CW:
finish video (2nd period only)
discuss defense mechanism quiz
discuss the critics of Freud
discussion of Humanisitic theories: Maslow and Rogers
wrap up/review of unit

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT 2 EXAM
BRING BOOK TO CLASS ON TEST DAY!!