Intense article about the brave Japanese workers trying to contain the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan.

IB US History

Focus:
WWI

CW:
return old work
ACT registration
begin graded discussion reading

HW:
see previous posts

These babies are having a very deep conversation.

Canada and WWI Links

http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/home

(amazing resource with a wealth of information)

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008716

(another great catch-all website with tons of information—scroll down and check its many links to information)

Conscription Crisis of 1917:

http://www.histori.ca/peace/page.do?pageID=278

Battles:

Passchendaele

http://www.journal.dnd.ca/vo9/no2/09-leach-eng.asp

Vimy Ridge:

http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/vimy.htm

Battle of the Somme:

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=feature/bh_somme2006/bhsomme_info

War Economy:

War Measures Act

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008439

Wartime Elections Act

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008455

Propaganda:

http://canadaonline.about.com/od/canadaww1/ig/Canadian-Posters-World-War-I/

Impact of War on Women and Minorities:

Women:

http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/case-study/support-and-substitution-women-s-roles-during-world-war-i

http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/case-study/angels-mercy-canada-s-nursing-sisters-world-war-i-and-ii

Internment of Ukranian Canadians

http://www.infoukes.com/history/internment/

War on the Homefront:

http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/themes/ww1/6

http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/themes/ww1/4

March 30

IB US History
Focus:
WWI

CW:
research: Canada and WWI

HW:
see previous post
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Psych (30-31)
Focus:
Personality

CW:
discuss: Maslow and Rogers' Humanistic theories
activity: Rogers' mirroring therapy technique
personality inventory activity

HW:
prepare for test

Here's the trailer for the movie I mentioned in class today.

IB US History

Focus:
WWI

CW:
discussion: pandemics vs. epidemics
handout
video: Influenza 1918

HW:
Text pp. 655; 658-62

March 28

IB US History
Focus:
WWI

CW:
review bumperstickers
notes: WWI and War on the Homefront
handout: civil liberties during the war
WWI propaganda

HW:
Text pp. 655; 658-62**
DUE FRIDAY!! 
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Psych (28-29)
Focus:
Personality

CW:
turn in illustrations
Unit 2 study guide
discuss critics of Freud
video: Everyone Rides the Carousel

HW:
TQ-Rogers' self-theory

This is part of my top secret training regimen for possible physical altercations with Siberian Yetis. Enjoy.

VCA 2010 RACE RUN from changoman on Vimeo.

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS!

Students,

It is with a heavy heart that I regret to inform you that I will not be returning to THS next week. The past eight years at THS have been great and I feel fortunate that I've had the opportunity to teach some incredible young adults. 

The reason for my departure so late in the year is simple, there is an incredible educational opportunity available to me that I cannot pass up. This new venture will allow my family and I to travel internationally and strike out an amazing adventure. 

In closing, it's been fun and a substitute will be in place by Monday. Enjoy the rest of your break. Take care everyone. 

IB US History

Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
finish press conferences
notes: End of the Progressive Era
FDA and The Jungle
create a Progressive Era bumpersticker

HW:
Text:
638-47(SKIM, ON WWI WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE LEARNED ABOUT IN WORLD HISTORY)
647-55 (READ CAREFULLY)

March 15

IB US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
finish press conferences

HW:
Text pp. 591-600
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Psych (15-16)
Focus:
Personality theory

CW:
discuss Freud's psychosexual stages of development
Electra complex vs. Oedipus complex
discuss Erikson's psychosocial stages of development
illustrate the stages of development

HW:
TQ-Critics of Freud
TQ-Humanistic theories

Amazing images of the Japanese earthquake

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?hp

Not the same guy.

IB US History

Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
notes: interview with Alice Paul
anti-women's suffrage propaganda
handout: Margaret Sanger
begin oral presentations

HW:
Text pp. 591-600**
**DUE WEDNESDAY!!

IB Humanoids

I have three pieces of advice for your presentations:

1. REHEARSE

2. REHEARSE

3. REHEARSE


Press conferences will take place on Monday and wrap up on Tuesday. Feel free to engage the class in questions either during or after your presentation. Be engaging! Make eye contact! Feel free to walk around the front of the room, you're not cemented to one specific spot in front of the classroom.

 Don't let your passion go this far.




Please don't pull a "Basil Marceaux" when giving your speech either. Thanks.

Progressive Era links. Great resource.

March 11

IB US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
discussion: Great SF Earthquake of 1906 and video clips of Japanese earthquake and tsunmai
library research for press conferences

HW:
ALICE PAUL INTERVIEW/READING DUE ON MONDAY--EXPECT A READING QUIZ
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Psych (11; 14)
Focus:
Personality Theory

CW:
group activity: create and perform a skit about a defense mechanism
defense mechanism quiz

HW:
TQ-Freud's psychosexual stages of developments

The gene pool almost got a bit shallower.

IB US History

Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
discussion about the current state of women's rights in America
notes: Feminism as a Radical Ideology
instructions/expectations for Progressive Era press conferences

HW:
Robert Gallagher reading

March 9

IB US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
finish early Progressive Era notes
video: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

HW:
O'Neil reading from the reader
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Psych (9-10)
Focus:
Personality theory

CW:
video clip: Clotairre Rapaille:how unconscious forces motivate purchases
discuss: divisions of the mind
Cat in the Hat
discuss defense mechanisms

HW:
review notes

Good News

'Sup students? Well, it's been confirmed that you WILL NOT experience a seven period day next year. You get to keep the block schedule you know and love, however, it will come with MORE STUDENTS in your classes next year!!

I submit for your enjoyment, the nightmarish video of a dog riding a scooter. Enjoy.

IB US History

Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
return Unit 8 exam
discussion: problems facing the U.S. at the turn of the century
examination of child labor in the U.S.: Lewis Hine and his photographs
begin notes on Progressive Era

HW:
O'Neil reading from the reader:
DUE THURSDAY!!

For Dettra. I hope this helps.

March 7

IB US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 8 exam

HW:
Text pp.
574-79; 582-87; 589-91
**IF YOU MISSED TODAY'S EXAM, IT MUST BE MADE UP BY WEDNESDAY AT 3:20 PM.
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Psych (7-8)
Focus:
Personality theory

CW:
return/discuss Unit 1 exam
classical/operant quiz
preview Unit 2
discuss Freud's psychodynamic theory

HW:
TQ-Divisions of the mind

IB US History

Focus:
Rise of Modern America

CW:
notes: An American Empire
imperialist political cartoons

HW:
STUDY

March 3

IB US History
Focus:
Rise of Modern America

CW:
notes: Spanish-American War and Philippines War
letters from soldiers
video clips: Writing the Wartime Experience

HW:
Text pp. 622-23; 625-30
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Psych (3-4)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 1 exam

HW:
TQ-Psychodynamic theory

IB US History

Focus:
Rise of Modern America

CW:
discussion: global hotspots and possible U.S. intervention and reasons behind U.S. intervention
notes: Roots of American Imperialism

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

Lady Tigers, feel free to use this play tomorrow night. Awesome.

March 1

IB US History
Focus:
Rise of Modern America

CW:
notes: Multiculturalism in Canada
steps for becoming a US citizen
video clips: illegal immigration in the U.S.
discussion/Cruikshank letter

HW:
Text pp. 604-09
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Psych (1-2)
Focus:
Learning

CW:
discuss cognitive learning
video clip: Bobo Doll exp.
discuss reinforcers and schedules of reinforcement
corporal punishment
handout for sched. of reinforcement
essay writing handout

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM!