Thursday

Adv. US History
Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
notes: The Proslavery Argument Revisited
myth of the happy slave reading/cartoon
video clip: myth of the happy slave (clip begins a 29:37)
reading/discussion: What was the true nature of slavery?
return Part D of the IA
Roots (if time)

HW:
Eugene Genovese reading from the reader--very helpful for essay #3
READING TIPS:
1. Genovese was a neo-Marxist--this reading views slavery from a communist perspective
2. Look closely at how Genovese describes the economic problems of the South that were caused by slavery.
3. Examine how slaveholders viewed those who were critical of slavery.
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Psych (21-22)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
Unit 3 study guide
discuss Jonestown documentary
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discuss the reasons why people help and or don't help others
reading: model of bystander behavior
video clips:
1. man pushed in front of NYC subway train
2. bystander effect #1
3. bystander effect #2
readings:
Murder of Kitty Genovese
The Tire Iron and the Tamale
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discuss group membership and reasons for the formations of groups
groups at THS
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Group behavior and deindividuation (if time)

HW:
study/review notes