WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Day 1 – January 15, 2015
Thur.
1-15-15
Psych: Books and Notebooks distributed; Seating Charts created; Student Rights & Responsibilities discussed
1st Day
2nd
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: SLO; Ch.5 Sec.1 Worksheet class work
Semester
Fri.
Psych:
STUDENTS NO SCHOOL
1-16-15
HISTORY:
Week of: Jan. 19 - Jan. 23
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon.
Psych:
1-19-15
IN-SERVICE DAY
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary:
Psych: Ch.1 & 2 Power Point Notes; Finish Student Rights and Responsibilities;
Tues.
1-20-15 Define Personality
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Stocks simulation 8 week
readings and final calculations DUE
Psych: Finish definition of Personality & discuss the difference between knowing it
Wed.
1-21-15 and understanding it; Define Psychology, Psychologist, & Psychiatrist
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary:
Psych: List and go over the Four Goals of Psychologists/Psychiatrists -& apply to the
Thur.
1-22-15 following PTSD article; Generic quiz on Fields of Psychology worksheet - Fields of
Psychology "Quiz"
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Reasons for Nativism handout &
applications; Reading & Assignment - Alien Menace reading & assignment
Psych: Review the definitions of Personality, Psychology, Psychologist,
Fri.
1-23-15 Psychiatrist; List the Goals of Psychology; Assignment for 1-28-15 - Fields of
Psychology Assignment
HISTORY: www.npr.org new s summary: Handout given & discussed - Timeline of
U.S. Immigration Policy
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: Jan. 26 - Jan. 30
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon
1-26-15
Psych: Video clip on Supermarket Psychology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEI3_NhZj4
2Hr.Delay HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: DUE - Alien Menace Qstns. &
Image; Discussion and analysis of immigration cartoons via power point
notes
Tues.
Psych: Periods 1 & 3 discussion on Supermarket Psychology video; Return blogs &
discuss; Period 7 - Drug ads play up benefits, downsize risks http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9571484
1-27-15
Wed.
1-28-15
Thur.
1-29-15
Fri.
1-30-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ch.5 Sec.1 Worksheet discussed; Reading a
Graph worksheet handed out and completed;
Psych: Period 1 & 3 - Drug ads play up benefits, downsize risks http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9571484; Sharing of Fields of
Psychology Assignment (DUE TODAY)
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary:
Psych: Entry Fee! History Hunt Worksheet
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Discussion on Spectator Sports & First
World Series; Packet - The Growth of the Cities -- First page, front & back DUE
tomorrow;
Psych: Start going over the History Hunt worksheet. You should
have completed the first half at least! All should be completed for
Monday
HISTORY: Jacob Riis - How the Other Half Lives - tenement
life http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91981589#share (time 12:52
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: Feb.2 - Feb.6
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon.
2-2-15
Ch.1 & 2 Power Point Notes; continue discussion of the
History of Psychology via power point notes and History Hunt
Worksheet
Psych:
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Go over The Growth of the
Cities Packet - section A City of the 1880's; Discuss the Reading
segment - The Tenements of New York - by Jacob Riis; Power point
notes/images of immigrants shared and discussed; Handout - DUE
TUESDAY - Ch.5 Sec.3 worksheet: CHAPTER 5 TEST Monday 2/9
Tues.
2-3-15
Psych: Finish History of Psychology; Move into the Contemporary Perspectives of
Psychology via Approaches in Practice (Contemporary Perspectives)
Wed.
2-4-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: CHAPTER 5 TEST Monday
2/9; FRIDAY; Ch.5 Sec.3 Worksheet DUE where we can go over it.
Students to work on Packet - Immigration - DUE WEDNESDAY; Ch.5
Vocabulary List; Ch.5 Immigration Power Point Notes
Psych: Go over Contemporary Perspectives of Psychology via Approaches in
Practice worksheets;
Thur.
2-5-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: CHAPTER 5 TEST Monday
2/9; Go over Immigration packet (which is DUE); Ch.5 Study Guide
Psych: Continue Contemporary Perspectives in Psychology via power point
notes; Ch.1 Review Worksheet DUE MONDAY
Fri.
2-6-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: CHAPTER 5 TEST Monday
2/9; Vocabulary game review; Ch.5 Exam Study Guide
Psych: Pd.1 & Pd.7 Completed Contemporary Perspectives in Psychology via power
point notes; Pd.7 time permitted to work on Ch.1 Review Worksheet which is DUE
MONDAY.
SCHEDULE INTERRUPTED - ADAPTATIONS TO SOME COURSES, PERIOD 3 DID NOT
MEET
HISTORY: www.npr.org new s summary: Students permitted to study in groups for
their Ch.5 Test
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: Feb.9 - Feb.13
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon
2-9-15
Psych: CH.1 REVIEW GUIDE DUE: Reading from Classic Experiments in
Psychology - About Experiments and questions Ch.1 About Experiments Worksheet
Tues.
2-10-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: CHAPTER 5 TEST 2/9/15; Ch.6
Sec.1 The New South Map activity
Psych: Finish Reading from Classic Experiments in Psychology - About Experiments and
questions Ch.1 About Experiments Worksheet; Begin discussion of the Reading &
Questions
Wed.
2-11-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ch.6 Sec.1 The New South Map Activity; Read
Ch.6 Sec.1 and complete the Sec.1 guided reading questions for Wednesday
Psych: Finish discussion on About Experiments and questions Ch.1 About Experiments
Worksheet; Groups assigned for Methodologies of Ch.2
Thur.
2-12-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Create a Ch.6 Sec.1 Outline - DUE Tomorrow
Psych: Students present information on the Methodologies of Chapter 2 - power
point notes discussed along the way
Fri.
2-13-15
2 Hr.
Delay
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ch.6 Sec.1 Outlines DUE; Go over and discuss
the Ch.6 Sec.1 Guided reading questions
Psych: Continued Discussion on the Methodologies of Ch.2
HISTORY: Map activity - Handed out in class - The Growth of the West Map Activity
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: Feb.16 - Feb.20
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon.
2-16-15
Psych:
IN-SERVICE DAY
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary:
Tues.
2-17-15
Wed.
2-18-15
Thur.
2-19-15
Psych: Ch.1 & 2 Power Point Notes; Finish Ch.2 Methodologies via power
point notes
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Complete The Growth of the
West Map Activity; Reading - New States Join The Union
Psych: Ch.2 Review Worksheet done in class
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Discuss key characteristics of each of
the states that joined the union via the Reading - New States Join The Union
Psych:
Cancelled
Fri.
2-20-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary:
Psych:
Cancelled
HISTORY: www.npr.org new s summary:
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: Feb.23 - Feb.27
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon
2-23-15
Psych:
Ch.1 & 2 Power Point Notes; Continue - Research Methods
presentations and notes via power point
2-24-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Mining in the West via power
point
Psych: Finish Research Methods via power point notes; Go over Ch.2 Review
Worksheet; Hank Green - Crash Course - Psychological Research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFV71QPvX2I
Wed.
2-25-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ch.6 Sec.3 Mining Student PPt. Notes
Psych: CHAPTER 1 & 2 TEST; Ch.4 Sec.1 Worksheet - The Basics: Ch.4 Power
Point Notes
Tues.
Thur.
2-26-15
Fri.
2-27-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ch.6 Sec.3 Outline DUE; Ranching in the West
- The Wild West Packet given in class
Psych: Independent work on Ch.4 Sec.1 Worksheet - The Basics: Also, reading of Ernst
Weber & Weber's Constant (back side of the worksheet); Video presentation of Sybil as an
example of a Case Study Method along with intro to sensory stimulation and its
impact (SPECIAL PRESENTATION - Continued viewing of Sybil after school)
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Review the mining boom power point notes;
Begin Cattle Ranching via power point notes - The Cattle Ranching Kingdom power point
notes; Packet distributed - The Wild West - to be completed for tomorrow
Psych: Intro to Sensation & Perception via power point notes; Ch.4 Sec.1
Worksheet DUE MONDAY; Article on - "Dress Color"
HISTORY: Go over The Wild West packet; Tales of the Roundup readings and assignment
- Ch.6 Sec.3 Tales of the Roundup Readings & Activity begun
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: March 2 - March 6
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon.
3-2-15
2 Hr.
Delay
Psych: Review the definitions of Sensation & Perception; List influences on
Perception; Pd. 7 Begin work on Connect the Plots activities. GRADING
TEMPLATE for CONNECT THE PLOTS
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Students are given time to
work on the packet Tales of the Roundup - students are to be
compiling a list of positives/negatives, duties, and tools of the
cowboy.
Tues.
3-3-15
Wed.
3-4-15
Psych: Using the Chromeboooks, students are working on the handout, Connect the
Plots by taking notes on each of the readings & videos. BRING HEADPHONES if
you have them!
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Writing in class of a Tall Tale
Psych: Discussion of Connect the Plots videos & readings; Connect the Plots notes
page DUE
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Students peer edit the Tales of the
Roundup Tall Tales
Thur.
3-5-15
Cancelled
Fri.
3-6-15
Psych:
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary:
Psych: Time given for Weber's Constant reading out of Classic Experiments in
Psychology book; Ch.4 Sec.1 Worksheet - The Basics DUE MONDAY (Front &
Back)
HISTORY: www.npr.org new s summary: Tall Tales DUE & shared in class; Reading
handout given in class & due for discussion on Monday - Expressing Problems
Clearly: A Kansas Homesteader Builds a Sod House in 1877
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: March 9 - March 13
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon
3-9-15
Tues.
3-10-15
Wed.
3-11-15
Thur.
3-12-15
Fri.
3-13-15
Psych: Ch.4 Power Point Notes; Go over the Ch.4 Sec.1 Worksheet - The
Basics:Collect Connecting the Plots notes page; Discuss the difference btwn. sensation &
perception, list absolute thresholds, & discuss signal detection theory
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: The Cattle Ranching Kingdom power
point notes; Go over Cattle Trails Map Activity (on the back of the Tales of the
Roundup packet; Go over & discuss Reading - A Kansas Homesteader
Builds a Sod House in 1877 reading & problems (handout in class on Fri.
3-6-15); Begin Ch.6 Sec.2 Outlines
Psych: Go over Difference Threshold & Ernst Weber's - Weber's Constant/Fraction
questions; Discuss Sensory Adaptation; Article - Why Radiologists Miss a Gorilla; Below
Absolute Threshold examined
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Article - Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier
Thesis "The West: Exploiting an Empire"; Handout - Native American Culture chart &
image of Buffalo & its uses; Ch.6 Sec.2 Plains Indians Power Point notes
Psych: When sensations fall below the threshold
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: DUE - Handout - Native American Culture chart
with questions & image of Buffalo & its uses
Psych: How Light Enters the Eye - Group Activity (pds. 1 & 7); Pd.3 Below Threshold
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Native Americans packet explained and work
begun
Psych: Review parts of the eye & functions; blind spot, afterimages, &
color blindness explored via power points.
HISTORY: Ch.6 Sec.2 Outlines DUE; Native Americans packet independent work
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: March 16 - March 20
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Psych: Selective Attention & Inattentive Blindness Mon.
3-16-15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Dg-06nrnc; Rules of Perceptual Organization
applied to samples from the Ch.4 Sec.2/5 worksheet
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: DUE - Flight of the Nez Perce,
Ghost Dance, & Founding Fathers questions from packet - we went
over these and discussed
Psych: Rules of Perceptual Organization discussed via power point notes
Tues.
3-17-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: DUE - President Arthur's
address, Sand Creek Massacre, & Fort Lyon Affair questions discussed and gone over;
Psych: Review key rules of perceptual organization - movement, depth, constancies;
Wed.
3-18-15 sound clip - http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/11/10/361219912/if-the-sameshade-looks-both-yellow-and-gray-whats-color; Different Shades of
Gray: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnPbT3wgfG8 (2:26); Brain
Games: Watch
This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN1NAiM55hU (4:39)
Complete Ch.4 Sec.5 10 questions for tomorrow; Handout - Ch.4 Sec.3 Hearing
given; PERMISSION SLIPS FOR GUEST SPEAKER DUE!
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Handout - The Last Frontier - begun in
class - to be completed for Thursday, 3-19-15; SYNOPSIS OF TEST QUESTIONS
GIVEN
Psych: Period 1 & 3 - Define optical illusions & site examples; Period 7 - Guest
Thur.
3-19-15 Speaker, Clinical Psychologist & University of Pittsburgh Professor, Dr. Russ
Phillips (Period 7, Auditorium)
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Go over Handout - The Last Frontier
Psych: Review optical illusions & examples; Transition into the sense of hearing via
Fri.
3-20-15 the power point notes - Define, auditory, wavelength, frequency vs. pitch as
expressed in hertz & demonstrate loudness vs. volume as expressed by decibels. Ch.4
Sec.3 Hearing worksheet due Monday - 3/23/15
HISTORY: www.npr.org new s summary: CHAPTER 6 EXAM (42pts.)
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: March 23 - March 27
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon
Psych: Ch.4 Power Point Notes; Go over Ch.4 Sec.3 Hearing worksheet; Review qualities
3-23-15 of sound via power point notes; Measure loudest class & discuss danger levels of of decibels
via handout - Noise levels in our environment fact sheet
Tues.
3-24-15
SUB.
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ch.7 Sec.1 Outlines assigned as
in class work today and tomorrow; Worksheet guided reading questions &
outlines for Ch.7 Sec.1 assigned & due at the end of class tomorrow,
3/24/15
Psych: Readings - Noisy Toys & The Sounds Around US
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Students are to work on and complete their Ch.7
Sec.1 Outlines
Wed.
Psych: Go over the handout from 3-24-15 which includes Noise & Toys 3-25-15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJlMGsQQeCA; Wishing for a Silent
Night in Toyland http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5044711; Reading
- The Sounds Around Us; Worksheet - Noisy Toys video/sound clip & The
Sounds Around Us questions; Reading - The Sounds Around Us
Thur.
3-2615
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Go over Ch.7 Sec.1 guided reading questions;
Begin discussion with Ch.7 The Gilded Age PPT Notes
Psych: Go over parts of the ear & their functions; Watch the following clip Gateways to
the Mind - Segment 17:33 to 21:38 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q01QxUeO00;
Discuss Psychological costs of hearing lost via two articles - Loss of Hearing Can Be
Frustrating & Understanding the Psychological Effects of Hearing Loss; A Blending of the
Senses - Article on Synesthesia
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Go over the "half sheet" on New material for
Ch.7 Sec.1; Discuss power point notes on African American issues of Ch.7 (pages 184-185
of text)
Fri.
Psych: Demonstration - Locating Sounds; A Blind Woman Gains New
3-27-15 Freedom, Click By Click By Click http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/01/23/379138970/a-blindwoman-gains-new-freedom-click-by-click-by-click;
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary; Re Take on Ch.6 Exam; Read pages 185-186 in
your text about Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, & Ida B. Wells discussed via power
points; Examine primary source documents in the back of the text - Douglass p.842,
Washington p. 848, King p. 852, & Johnson p. 854.
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: March 30 - April 3
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Psych: What the Nose Knows Experiment - discuss odors that revealed key memories
Mon.
3-30-15 & emotions
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Discuss & summarize Booker
T. Washington's document on page 848
Psych: Discovery Day HANDOUT - The Sense of Smell - Much more
Tues.
3-31-15 complicated than you know! Videos & Soundclips you can find online based upon
the links given on the Discovery Day instruction/notes sheet; Readings #1 Fragrances Enhance Emotions, Chemistry, #2 Never Mind Your Eyesight...,
#3 A Secret Sense in the Human Nose, #4 A Woman's Nose Belongs to Daddy,
#5 Mind Your Body The Underrated Sense, #6 Relax and Breathe in the Fresh
Marketing, #7 Smell Something Different At The Gym?..., #8 Scentless: Losing
Your Sense of Smell May Make Life Riskier
Wed.
4-1-15
Thur.
4-2-15
Fri.
4-3-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Discussion on Ch.7 Sec.1 via
the power point notes - Read & summarize Elizabeth Cady Stanton on
page 843
Psych: Discovery Day Disclosure - Discussion on the multiple sources discussing the
intricacies of the sense of smell: The paper should be completed.
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Via power point, students will review
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the temperence movement, & examine discrimination against
Chinese Americans in the Gilded Age
Psych: Disclosure on the Sense of Smell Packet
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Via power point, students will examine
discrimination against Mexican Americans in the Gilded Age
Psych: Disclosure on the Sense of Smell Packet - Notes page collected
HISTORY: www.npr.org new s summary: Work on Ch.7 Sec.2 Outlines - Due
TUESDAY April 7, 2015
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: April 6 - April 10
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon
Psych: Ch.4 Power Point Notes; Article - Taste & Smell; Taste Qualities vs. Flavor
Qualities Taste & Smell article; Experiment; Chapter 4 Test Wednesday
4-6-15
Tues.
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Political parties, platforms, &
planks simulation with handout & reading; Parties, Platforms, & Planks
rdg.;Simulation Issues
Psych: Sense of Touch via power point notes; Two-point threshold,
vestibular sense & kinesthesis
4-7-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ch.7 Sec.2 Outlines DUE; Presidents of the
Gilded Age - Gilded Age Presidents & simplifying statements assigned
Wed.
4-8-15
Psych: Chapter 4 TEST; Pavlov & Strange But True
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Gilded Age Presidents and phrases interpreted
from information charts
Thur.
Psych: Define learning & discuss the A,B,C's of learning via power point
notes
4-9-15
Fri.
4-10-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Go over power point notes on Gilded Age
Presidents - Students to take notes
Psych: Rdg. Smell 101; Reading from Classic Experiments in Psychology Ivan Pavlov & Classical Conditioning; Complete the Pavlov & Strange But
True worksheet
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary; 10 pt. quiz on Presidents of the Gilded Age;
Reading Political Machines & a handout Reading with Questions The Workings of A
Political Machine
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: April 13 - April 17
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Mon.
Psych: Ch.6 Learning Power Point Notes; A Hop, Skip, & a Jump experiment
4-13-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Focus on Boss Tweed &
Political Cartoons of Thomas Nast
Psych: Go over Pavlov worksheet & Strange But True formulas; Discuss key power
Tues.
4-14-15 point note and the key elements - UCS, UCR, NS, CS, & CR; 10 Formulas
Homework for 4-15-15
Wed.
4-15-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Listen to http://www.npr.org/2015/04/14/399516179/revisiting-the-nightabraham-lincoln-was-shot-150-years-ago; In-Class Assignment: Use
page 195 of your textbook 1.Identify & define Civil Service & The
Pendleton Civil Service Act 2.Which president was mostly responsible
for trying to end the corruption of the Gilded Age? 3.What key event
helped institute the push for civil service reform?; Begin Ch.7 Sec.3
Outlines - DUE Monday, April 20.
Psych: Go over 10 Formulas
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Handouts in class - Rdg. The Property of
the People; Rdg. w/questions - Making Sense of Inflation & Deflation; Power point
notes page
Psych: Examine Conditioning in advertising; Elicit a Student Response experiment;
Thur.
4-16-15 Begin Reading Martin Seligman - Learned Helplessness out of the Classic
Experiments in Psychology supplemental reader
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Inflation & Deflation revisited - Two
handouts 1) A series of slides on inflation & deflation & 2) the Populist Party
Platform
Psych: Finish Reading on Martin Seligman - Learned Helplessness; Types of
Fri.
4-17-15 Classical Conditioning demonstrated - Simultaneous, Trace, Delayed, & Backward;
Pete The Cat video
HISTORY: www.npr.org new s summary: Handout - How did farmers attempt to solve
their problems during the industrial revolution?; Populist Party Platform presented
including the 16th & 17th Amendments; William Jennings Bryan - Cross of Gold
Speech: CH.7 EXAM NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL 23
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: April 20 - April 24
Study of Personality & American Cultures
4-20-15
Psych: Ch.4 Power Point Notes; Key vocabulary presented - Contingency Theory,
Extinction & Spontaneous Recovery, Generalization & Discrimination, & Higher Order
Conditioning
Tues.
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Chapter Section summary
paragraphs and fill in the blanks
Psych: Reading - What Ever Happened to Baby Albert; Video -
Mon
4-21-15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hBfnXACsOI&feature=related
Handout given in class - 15 Questions Exercise done with a partner; Ch.6
Sec.1 & Sec.2 fill in the blanks on the back of the 15 Questions Exercise Due Date to be determined
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Packet - THE FARMERS; DUE Wednesday
April, 22, 2015
Wed.
4-22-15
Psych: Guest Speaker - Ms. Kellie Wheeler - representing the Art Institute
of Pittsburgh
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Go over THE FARMERS packet: Ch..7 EXAM
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Thur.
4-23-15
Psych: Define & discuss Anxiety- http://allpsych.com/disorders/anxiety/index.html
Panic Attack & Phobias - www.phobialist.com
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ch.7 EXAM
Fri.
Psych: Therapies - discussed via power point notes & articles;
4-24-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Turn in Ch.7 Take Home exams; resubmit The
Farmers Packet; Begin and have completed for MONDAY The Progressive
Movement reading & Making Connections Worksheet
WEEKLY AGENDAS
SEMESTER 2 - 2015
Week of: April 27 - May 1
Study of Personality & American Cultures
Psych: Ch.6 Learning Power Point Notes; Finish discussion on Therapies; Watch Mon.
4-27-15 VRE and Soldiers Overcome Burns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNIqyyypojg
Go over practice questions on Classical Conditioning & Sec. 1 fill in the blank
questions assigned last Tuesday;
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary:The Progressive Movement
packet checked & gone over.
Psych: Students elicit a student response experiment
Tues.
4-28-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Do Chapter 8 Section 1
Outlines; Reading on Muckrake Journalism excerpt The Jungle
Psych: Define & discuss OPERANT CONDITIONING as it relates to the experiment
Wed.
4-29-15 from the day before. Introduce Edward L. Thorndike & the Law of Effect , showing
the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDujDOLre-8&feature=related.
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Matching the Muckrakers handout;
Readings - Triangle Shirtwaist Fire & Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire
Psych: Types of Reinforcers - Primary vs. Secondary & Positive vs. Negative; Video
Thur.
4-30-15 - Big Bang Theory Positive Reinforcement (Time
4:54) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA96Fba-WHk
Fri.
5-1-15
HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Progressive Party Platform & famous
muckrakers
Psych: Experiment with the M&M guys - Reinforcement vs. Rewards vs. Punishers;
Worksheet on Reinforcers vs. Punishment to be completed for Monday.
HISTORY: www.npr.org new s summary: Upton Sinclair - The Jungle leads to Pure
Food & Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act; The Secret Ballot, Primaries, & 17th
Amendment along with key terms initiative, referendum, & recall discussed via
power point notes. Reading example of Recall - Recall Efforts in Wisconsin...