Adv. US History

Focus:
1950s America

CW:
participation evaluation
video: school inequality
notes: 1950s America

HW:
STUDY

May 13

Adv. US History
Focus:
1950s America

CW:
notes: beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement
video: Murder of Emmett Till

HW:
Text pp. 825; 828-30
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Psychology (13-14)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discuss Unit 4 exam
turn in participation evaluation
film consent form
Unit 5 Study Guide
Who has a mental disorder?
discuss: causes of mental disorders
discuss: what makes behavior abnormal
assessing mental disorders

HW:
TQ--DSM

History Students

A pretty frightening scenario involving the detonation of a nuclear bomb in NYC.

Adv. US History

Focus:
Cold War

CW:
notes: Cold War @ Home
handout: fear of "the bomb"
video clips: nuclear hysteria

HW:
Text pp. 804-07

May 11

Adv. US History
Focus:
Cold War


CW:
video clip: from Atomic Cafe--beginnings of the Cold War
notes: the Cold War
video: North Korea today

HW:
Text pp. 797-804
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Psychology (11-12)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 4 exam


HW:
1. get permission slip signed
2. participation evaluation
3.TQ-Abnormal Behavior
4. Reading: Abnormal behavior

Adv. US History

Focus:
WWII

CW:
Unit 11 test prep sheet
groups present information on Canada

HW:
Text pp. 784-85; 788-97

Happy Mother's Day

HISTORY STUDENTS

IF YOU WERE NOT PRESENT IN CLASS TODAY, I NEED YOUR ORAL HISTORY PAPER EMAILED TO ME BY 7:00 PM TONIGHT.

VERIFICATION FORMS WILL NEED TO BE TURNED IN ON MONDAY.

Online Resources for Canada and WWII

#1 Mobilization for War:

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008717 (scroll down for great information)

http://www.junobeach.org/main.html

(look under Arms and Weapons)

#2 Mackenzie King’s Leadership during the War

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/arctic-sovereignty/ogdensburg.cfm

http://loellenpark.org/callens/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=496&Itemid=130

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004633

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=a1ARTA0004312

#3 Key Battles:

D-Day:

http://www.junobeach.org/e/2/can-eve-rod-nor-e.htm

Battle of Britain:

http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/canada.html

http://rcaf.com/Battle%20of%20Britain/index.php

Second Battle of the Atlantic:

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/canada2/batatl

Group #4: Women’s Impact on the War:

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/canadian_tourism/98996

(good catch-all website for great information)

Wrens:

http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/resource_pages/pavingtheway/wrcns.html

http://www.naval-museum.mb.ca/history/exhib10.htm

Homefront: work and volunteer efforts:

http://www.azete.com/view/23635

Group #5: Impact on Japanese-Canadians

http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/timeline2/timeline2.htm

(great timeline that touches on Japanese life in Canada pre-WWII)

Internment:

http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/Canada/internment/intro.html

http://www.sansvoixsansvisage.net/rubrique9.html

Group #6—Pot pourri (other information)

Dieppe Raid:

http://www.junobeach.org/e/2/can-eve-mob-die-e.htm

Halifax V-E Day Riots—1945:

http://canadaonline.about.com/od/canadaww2/a/halifaxriots.htm

http://www.cbc.ca/news/photogalleries/halifaxriot/index.html

http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/canadawar/halifax_e.shtml

Propaganda and censorship:

http://www.airmuseum.ca/postscan.html

Wartime Information Board (WIB)

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/war-industry/025010-1000-e.html

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP14CH3PA1LE.html

May 7

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
research: Canada's involvement in WWII

HW:
see previous post
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Psychology (7;10)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
discuss Jonestown video (if time)
discuss prosocial behavior
video clips: bystander effect
group membership
list/describe various groups at THS
behavior in crowds
Kitty Genovese reading

HW:
prep for Unit exam

Psych students

If you missed the Jonestown documentary, if would be in your best interest to view it before the Unit 4 exam. Here it is.

Adv. US History

Focus:
WWII

CW:
15 mins of Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers: "Day of Days"

HW:
Text pp. 784-85; 788-97**
**DUE TUESDAY

OHP DUE TOMORROW!!!

PSYCH STUDENTS

Amazing video about a baby's innate sense of right and wrong.

Nerd Alert #2!!!--Warning: Extra geeky

May 5

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes: Fighting and Winning the War
D-Day information and video clips
discussion: dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
video clips: Trinity Test and the bombing of Japan

HW:
Text pp. 784-85; 788-97**
**DUE TUESDAY (May 11)
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Psychology (5-6)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
Jonestown


HW:
TQ--Prosocial behavior

Psych students

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20051009/NEWS01/510090392/A-hoax-most-cruel-Caller-coaxed-McDonald-s-managers-into-strip-searching-a-worker

Adv. US History

Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes: the homefront
anti-Japanese propaganda and songs
cartoons and the war
OHP presentations

HW:
Text pp. 767-76

Nerd alert

This has nothing to do with WWII, however, I think it offers great advice to all of you. Does anyone notice anything strange about "how to raise your hand"?

Winning the Game of School from Airwave Ranger on Vimeo.

WWII Propaganda

Donald Duck wants you to pay your taxes:

ATTENTION TYLOR AND NICHOLE!!

I FOUND THE MISSING ITEMS!!!!


DO NOT COME IN TOMORROW MORNING!!

May 3

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
return old work
discuss Unit 10 exams
collect permission slips
notes: The Road to War
notes: Organizing for Victory
video clip: African American soldiers in WWII

HW:
Text pp. 762-67
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Psychology (3-4)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
Unit 4 Study Guide
review notes
video clips: Stanford Prison Experiment (VHS tape and Internet)
video clip: McDonald's incident
handout: cults and obedience
video clip: David Koresh
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Kohlberg's Moral Development activities (if time)

HW:
review notes