THURSDAY--SEPT. 17

US History
EQ:
How did the economic, political, and social impacts of slavery led to the Civil War?

CW:
discussion: 
abolitionists fight against slavery
William Lloyd Garrison and Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Anti-Slavery Society
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Mexican-American War of 1846 and the Compromise of 1850
discuss 10:1 RG
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video clips from Many Rivers:
Underground RR
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discuss 10:2 RG-- the social and political impacts of the Fugitive Slave Act--1850
video clips from "The Abolitionists":
Uncle Tom's Cabin and its social/political impacts
Anthony Burns' return to slavery
Many Rivers"
Margaret Garner's fateful decision
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abolitionist violence against slavery:
John Brown and Bleeding Kansas

HW:
10:4 RG

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Psych (Thurs-Friday; 17-18)
EQ:
How does brain function impact human behavior?

CW:
Psych students--parts of the brain:
discuss: parts of the limbic system: amygdala and the hippocampus
brain games
video clip: split brain in action
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can an MRI measure love?
video clip 
science of kissing
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discuss: responses to The Terrible Teens article
video clips: Inside the Teenage Brain:
"Mood Swings" and "You Just Don't Understand" (if time, show both)
brain games

HW:
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