2013-2014 Week of: August 26-August 30 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon Psych: Distribute Books and assign seats: Distribute Rules & Procedures: Define 8-26-13 Personality HISTORY: Listen to hourly news clip and discuss - www.npr.org news summary (This will be a daily routine as soon as the bell rings. Students should be in their assigned seats and take notes): Distribute Books, Rules & Procedures, and assign seats. Tues. Psych: Review or Finish the Definition of Personality; Discuss Rules & Procedures: Ch.1 8-27-13 & 2 Student Power Point Notes: Psych Blog assignment - Pink Bat Solutions! DUE FRIDAY, 8-30 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Discuss key parts to the Rules & Procedures Wed. Psych: Finish Rules & Procedures if necessary: Revisit the Definition of Personality & 8-28-13 discuss its meaning. Define - Psychology, Psychologist, Psychiatrist & List the Four Goals. HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Finish the Rules & Procedures; Discuss Cornell Notes Thur. Psych: Finalize the understanding of the Personality definition; Review Psychology, 8-29-13 Psychologist & Psychiatrist definitions & apply the 4 Goals of psychologists/psychiatrists; http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/16/144672190/ending-nightmares-caused-by-ptsd?ps=sh_sthdl HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Present rationale of the Cornell Notes system: Present the format for writing the Standard Essay: ASSIGNMENT - Who Am I? sheet DUE TOMORROW Fri. Psych: Pink Bat Solutions Blog Due: Review the 4 Goals: Discuss several of the Fields of 8-30-13 Psychology as presented in the text (pgs. 9-11): Assignment: Select a Field of Psychology - DUE SEPTEMBER 5 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Present Who Am I? sheets: Mon. 9-2-12 Tues. 9-3-13 Wed. 9-4-13 Thur. 9-5-13 Fri. 9-6-13 Week of: September 2 - September 6 Study of Personality & American Cultures NO SCHOOL ENJOY LABOR DAY! Psych: Review Key Definitions from last week - Personality/Psychology/Psychologist/Psychiatrist & The Four Goals D.E.P.C.: Students to work in pairs on the History of Psychology worksheet -History Hunt Worksheet HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Students to work in groups to list ideas covered last year. The class will create a comprehensive list & discuss overriding themes. Psych: Entry Fee! Students to present knowledge from the previous week at the door to get in! Define key terms, 4 Goals, & Fields of Psychology: Students to complete the History Hunt Worksheet HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: History Review - Students are shown images depicting key points of history and students are to identify. Psych: Discuss the History of Psychology via the History Hunt Worksheet HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Discuss the images in terms of themes in U.S. History Psych: Continue discussing the History of Psychology worksheet: Ch.1 Review Worksheet - Due Sept.11 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Land - Resources - $ - Power: History through differing lenses - Geographic, Political, Social, Economic & Religious interpretations: Begin reading Shay's Rebellion packet Week of: September 9 - September 13 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon Psych: Ch.1 & 2 Student Power Point Notes: Begin Analyzing the Contemporary 9-9-13 Perspectives of Psychology: Approaches in Practice Worksheets HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Continue to analyze History through different lenses: Read Shay's Rebellion & Apply the Lenses Tues. Psych: Students to compare answers on Approaches in Practice Worksheet: Go over the 9-10-13 answers and discuss the common denominator for each perspective via the Chapter power point notes HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Students to read Shay's Rebellion story and apply the 5 Lenses of History (Geography, Political, Social, Economic, & Religious) to the article where applicable. Students should also be looking into the themes throughout the reading: Power point notes on the activity - Lenses of History Notes Psych: Finish Contemporary Perspectives via power point notes and Approaches in Practice activity: Ch.1 Review Worksheet - Due: Bring your Classic Experiments in 9-11-13 Psychology Books Wed. HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Students in groups to discuss where the lenses are applied and themes exist in the article. Class discussion on those points Thur. Psych: Students to answer questions on Ch.1 About Experiments from the Classic 9-12-13 Experiments in Psychology books HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Handout - Summary Reading on the Civil War Fri. Psych: Discuss the worksheet that accompanies Classic Experiments in Psychology Ch.1 About Experiments 9-13-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Review and discussion of the Civil War based upon the summary reading and handout of questions. Week of: September 9 - September 13 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon Psych: Ch.1 & 2 Student Power Point Notes: Begin Analyzing the Contemporary 9-9-13 Perspectives of Psychology: Approaches in Practice Worksheets HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Continue to analyze History through different lenses: Read Shay's Rebellion & Apply the Lenses Tues. Psych: Students to compare answers on Approaches in Practice Worksheet: Go over the 9-10-13 answers and discuss the common denominator for each perspective via the Chapter power point notes HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Students to read Shay's Rebellion story and apply the 5 Lenses of History (Geography, Political, Social, Economic, & Religious) to the article where applicable. Students should also be looking into the themes throughout the reading: Power point notes on the activity - Lenses of History Notes Psych: Finish Contemporary Perspectives via power point notes and Approaches in Practice activity: Ch.1 Review Worksheet - Due: Bring your Classic Experiments in 9-11-13 Psychology Books Wed. HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Students in groups to discuss where the lenses are applied and themes exist in the article. Class discussion on those points Thur. Psych: Students to answer questions on Ch.1 About Experiments from the Classic 9-12-13 Experiments in Psychology books HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Handout - Summary Reading on the Civil War Fri. Psych: Discuss the worksheet that accompanies Classic Experiments in Psychology Ch.1 About Experiments 9-13-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Review and discussion of the Civil War based upon the summary reading and handout of questions. Week of: September 16 - September 20 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon. Psych: Student lead discussion on Methodologies - Ch.2: Ch.2 Review 9-16-12 Worksheet DUE TUESDAY HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Continue review of the Civil War and discuss answers to the review worksheet: Begin Ch.3 Sec.4 Reconstruction Unit via power point images Tues. Psych: Student lead discussion on Methodologies - Ch.2: Ch.2 Review Worksheet 9-17-13 DUE HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Finish the discussion on the Civil War Worksheet and begin addressing issues facing the U.S. after the Civil War Wed. Psych: Chapters 1 & 2 TEST - 38 PTS.: Ch.4 Sec.1 Worksheet 9-18-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Group activity & discussion to address issues facing the nation after the Civil War Thur. Psych: Read Ernst Weber: The Muscle Sense and Weber's Law and complete the back 9-19-13 of the worksheet given after the test yesterday: Also read Gustav Fechner and the Measurement of Mind - Both readings are in the Classic Experiments in Psychology Book HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan: Several handouts ( When was Reconstruction, Lincoln's Plan overview, Lincolns' 2nd Inaugural Address, Proclamation of Amnesty, Freedmen's Bureau, & Death at Ford's Theater) were distributed - please see Mr. Bertani to obtain them if you were absent Fri. Psych: Introduction to Sensation & Perception via power point and visual images: 9-20-13 Define and discuss the differences between Sensation & Perception: Ch.4 Sensation & Perception Student Power Point Notes HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Review of key readings from yesterday: Discuss the Ch.3 Sec.4 worksheet given previously as it aligns with the documents from yesterday Week of: September 23 - September 27 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon Psych: Ch.4 Sensation & Perception Student Power Point Notes: Influences on Perception 9-23-13 presented HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Image analysis - Thomas Nast print predicting the end of the Civil War: Lincoln's 10% Plan Tues. Psych: Solomon Asch - Social Conformity video 9-24-13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIh4MkcfJA (4:10); Stanford Prison Study video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0jYx8nwjFQ (6:48); Stanley Milgram obedience to authority replication study http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2769000: Connect the Plots Activity & instructions page HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ch.3 Reconstruction Power Point Notes: Lincoln's 10% Plan - Focus 13th Amendment Wed. Psych: McDonald's obedience to authority Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFXeXK3szOk (9:59): A ClassDivided 9-25-13 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html: Connecting the Plots Lesson-CONNECT THE PLOTS ASSIGNMENT HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: The Death of Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman: Write a Eulogy about Abraham Lincoln - DUE MONDAY 9-30-13 Thur. Psych: Influences on Perception video discussion: Turn in paper on Connecting the Plots: 9-26-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Abraham Lincoln Eulogies DUE MONDAY 9-30-13: Radical Republican Plan for Reconstruction Lesson #1 Assigned and Due 9-27-13 Fri. 9-27-13 Psych: Ch.4 Sensation & Perception Student Power Point Notes: Defining Absolute Threshold & Difference Threshold: A Class Divided - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf0zfMl5KSA HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Radical Republican Reconstruction Lesson #1 Due Week of: September 30 - October 4 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon. Psych: Sensory Adaptation: Worksheets Ch.4 Sec.2 (DUE WEDNESDAY) & Ch.4 Sec.5 9-30-12 Visual Perception (DUE DATE TBA) distributed: HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Radical Reconstruction - 14th & 15th Amendments: Lincoln Eulogy DUE: Worksheet "The Slavery Amendments" Tues. Psych: Activity - How Light Enters the Eye: Label Parts of the Eye 10-1-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Radical Republican Reconstruction primary sources T/F worksheet Wed. Psych: Afterimages & Complementary Colors: Color Vision - Monochromacy, 10-2-13 Dichromacy, & Trichromacy HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Andrew Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction Thur. Psych: In-class completion of Ch.4 Sec.5 Perceptual Rules examples 10-3-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Chester the Crab readings: Black Codes and KKK reading Fri. Psych: Ch.4 Sensation & Perception Student Power Point Notes: Review Rules of 10-4-13 Perceptual Organization: Video clip - Brain Games, Pay Attention Part 1 - Selective Attention & Inattentive Blindness defined HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: KKK & methods to harass African Americans Week of: October 7 - October 11 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon Psych: Ch.4 Sensation & Perception Student Power Point Notes: Perception of Movement: 10-7-13 Perceptual Constancies & Defining Optical Illusions: Ch.4 Sec.3 Hearing worksheet assigned and DUE WEDNESDAY HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Showdown between Radicals & President Johnson: PACKET HANDOUT DUE WEDNESDAY - Lincoln, Johnson, Grant & Hayes Tues. Psych: Review of Optical Illusions: Begin basics of hearing, the auditory sense, by defining 10-8-13 sound, frequency, pitch, hertz, amplitude, volume, decibels: Class competition HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: The impeachment of Andrew Johnson discussed via power point notes. Wed. Psych: Ch.4 Sec.3 Hearing Worksheet DUE: In Class Readings - (1) Noise Levels in Our Environment (2) Trouble in Toyland (3) Dangerous Toys 2012 (4) Noisy Toys List 10-9-13 2012 (5) Sight & Hearing Association's 2012 Noisy Toys List (6) Noise & Toys (7)Dangerously Loud Toys HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: PACKET HANDOUT DUE - Lincoln, Johnson, Grant & Hayes: Go over the packet and play - THE ELECTION GAME (In Packet) Thur. Psych: Video clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJlMGsQQeCA: Article discussion 10-10-13 The Sounds Around Us HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: The Elections of 1868, 1872, & 1876 via power point notes: Handout Summary Reading - Reconstruction: Handout - Reading on Plessy v. Ferguson & examples of Jim Crow laws: TEST ANNOUNCED FOR WEDNESDAY 10-16-13 Psych: Sound clip Noise & Toys http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5044711: Video clip - Gateways 10-11-13 to the Mind - Segment 17:33 to 21:38http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q01QxUeO00: Types of Deafness - Conduction, Sensory-neural, Stimulation Fri. HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Plessy v. Ferguson & Jim Crow Laws via handout: Handout - Key vocabulary of Reconstruction: Week of: October 14 - October 18 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon. 10-14-12 IN-SERVICE DAY Tues. Psych: Rdg. - Understanding the Psychological Effects of Hearing Loss; Synesthesia 10-15-13 reading; Rdg.- Seeing Life in Colors- Cross-wired Senses; Demonstration - Locating Sounds HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Class Handout - Analyzing Data - Education Resources for Blacks & Whites in Mississippi: STUDY FOR RECONSTRUCTION UNIT TEST! Wed. Psych: The Nose Knows Experiment: Rdgs. - Fragrances Enhance Emotions, 10-16-13 Chemistry & Smell 101 - How Does the Sense of Smell Work? HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: RECONSTRUCTION UNIT TEST Thur. Psych: Auditory Systems simulation 10-17-13 http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/gray/content/psychsim5/launcher.html: Discuss article - “Fragrances Enhance Emotion, Chemistry” & "A Secret Sense in the Human Nose": HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Corrections made on the Reconstruction Unit Test for 1/2 credit earned back: SSR - Packet Introduction: The Struggle for Freedom - to be completed for tomorrow Fri. Psych: Ch.4 Sensation & Perception Student Power Point Notes: In-class Article 10-18-13 Mind Your Body: The Underrated Sense: Video clip - The Science of Sex Appeal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_y8NTaPNQY HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Go over the Reconstruction Test: DiscussIntroduction: The Struggle for Freedom reading packet: Handout - Industrial Innovations: Oil & Steel Week of: October 21 - October 25 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon Psych: Ch.4 Sensation & Perception Student Power Point Notes: Pheromone Party video 10-21-13 clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W48DoLdR8gA (2:34): “Marketing Campaign Targets Noses at Bus Stops” sound clip http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6577600: Sound clip on Scent Advertising - MarketPlace – Scent Advertising (sound clip4:32): SCENTED BILLBOARDS http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6544698n: Group article - Just Browsing at the Mall? That's what you think.: HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Finish Discussion on Introduction: The Struggle for Freedom reading packet: Emmitt Till video by Bob Dylan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzw3vS9vHtQ expressing the injustices of discrimination: Group activity - 2nd Industrial Revolution Warm-up completed in class Tues. Psych: Group article - Taste & Smell: Taste qualities vs. Flavor qualities via power point 10-22-13 notes HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Define Means of Production: Discuss 2nd Industrial Revolution Warm-up activity: Check Miles of Railroad Track graphing. Wed. Psych: The skin senses via power point notes: Article - The Girl Who Can't Feel Pain: Ch.4 Review Qstns. 10-23-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Power point notes distributed on what constitutes a revolution: Data analysis - handout & questions group work Thur. Psych: CHAPTER 4 TEST 10-24-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Review Means of Production: Go over Miles of Railroad Track Chart Fri. Psych: CHAPTER 6 POWER POINT NOTES: Discuss elements of Classical Conditioning via power point notes: ABC's of Learning presented: Dr. Peter Benson - The Spark - 10-25-13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqzUHcW58Us HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: News Quiz: Read pages 100-102 in the text and discuss in relation to Means of Production Activity: Begin discussion on Economic Systems - pages 816-817 in the text Week of: October 28 - November 1 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon. Psych: CHAPTER 6 POWER POINT NOTES: Introduction to Ivan Pavlov & Classical Conditioning via 10- power point notes 2812 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Breaking down what factors caused industrial growth in the late 1800s via text pages 100-102: Homework handout on Inventions due tomorrow: Chapter 4 Sec.1 Guided Reading questions due Tues. Psych: Classical Conditioning Experiment - A Hop, Skip, & a Jump! 1029- HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Go over Inventions homework handout: Economic 13 Systems discussed via power point notes handout & pages 816-817 in the text. Smith, Bentham, Owen & Marx Wed. Psych: Go over Pavlov worksheet: Homework Handout - 10 C.C. Equations DUE TOMORROW! 103013 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Listen to and read silently Ch.4 Sec.1, pages 102-104 Innovation Drives the Nation: Soundclip about one of the innovations Morse Code Enters Cyber Age http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1680529: The Kitty Hawk Flight 100 Years Ago, Wright Brothers LaunchedFirst True Airplane by Joe Palcahttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1550446: Phonograph Turns 130 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16504888: Edison's New Jersey Lab http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1431059 Thur. Psych: Go over the 10 C.C. Equations 1031- HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Video clip - SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK – Mother 13 Necessity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQKsiPJRcN0 (3:09) Innovation Drives a Nation discussion continued: Examine IR Data questions: Fri. Psych: Present Types of Classical Conditioning - Simultaneous, Delayed, Trace & Backward via 11-1- power point notes: 13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Finish examination of IR Data questions: Read silently and listen to pages 104-106, Impact of Industrialization: Image examination via power point notes Week of: November 4 - November 8 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon Psych: CHAPTER 6 POWER POINT NOTES: Reading - What ever happened to Baby Albert 11-4-13 experiment: Define & apply contingency theory, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, discrimination, & higher order conditioning HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Henry Ford Reading and questions - Turned in once completed. Tues. Psych: PSYCHOLOGY CAREER NIGHT - ST. VINCENT COLLEGE FRED RODGERS CENTER 711-5-13 8:30: Anxiety and Panic Disorder via power point notes HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Discussion on the impact of Henry Ford: Impact of Industrialization Wed. Psych: Phobias - via power point & www.phobialist.com 11-6-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Review Ch.4 Sec.1 questions returned and discussed: The Rise of Big Business worksheets collected: Corporations Simulation reading and worksheet distributed Thur. Psych: Article Analysis: SET 1 focusing on Phobias and panic disorder - #1 Could Fear 11-7-13 Wreak Havoc on Your Life? #2 When Fear Takes Control of the Mind #3 M-m-m-math Anxiety? It's All in the Teaching SET 2 focusing on Therapies - #4 Systematic Desensitization #5 Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy #6 Fighting children's fears, fast HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Review Ch.4 Sec.1 questions discussed: The Rise of Big Business worksheets returned: Corporations Simulation reading and worksheet presented Fri. 11-8-13 Psych: CHAPTER 6 POWER POINT NOTES: Finish discussion on Therapies: Go over Ch.6 Sec.1 & 2 Review worksheet HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Corporations - Stock Market Simulation - Stock selection and initial purchase Week of: November 11 - November 15 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon. Psych: CHAPTER 6 POWER POINT NOTES: Students elicit a student response 11-11-12 experiment as an intro to Operant Conditioning HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Complete Ch.4 Sec.1 Review guide discussion: Go over The Rise of Big Business worksheet gone over: Distributed Power Point Notes on "Joe's Shoes" to demonstrate incorporation Tues. Psych: Finish Students elicit a student response experiment as an intro to Operant 11-12-13 Conditioning: HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Discuss Joe's Shoes & incorporating: Follow Rockefeller's creation of Standard Oil: Define Horizontal & Vertical Integration Wed. Psych: Define Operant Conditioning: Watch Edward L. Thorndike's Law of 11-13-13 Effect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDujDOLre-8&feature=related: B.F. Skinner video on Operant Contitioning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ctJqjlrHA&feature=related (time 3:57) HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Rockefeller integrates Standard Oil - via power point notes Thur. Psych: Types of Reinforcers - Primary/Secondary & Positive & Negative: Positive vs. 11-14-13 Negative Reinforcers worksheet: Ex. Positive Negative Reinforcement video Big Bang Theory PositiveReinforcement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA96Fba-WHk: HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Horizontal vs. Vertical Integration and Rockefeller via power point notes Fri. 11-15-13 IN-SERVICE No School for students Week of: November 18 - November 22 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon Psych: CHAPTER 6 POWER POINT NOTES: Positive Reinforcement Experiment- also 11-18-13 demonstrates extinction & spontaneous recovery, reward vs. reinforcer: Complete bottom of worksheet with the Positive vs. Negative vs. Punishment: Disciplining Children videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tEkgIbKQ_w: Punishment pages 138-139: HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Carnegie Steel and Vertical Integration via power point notes: Men Who Built American Part Questions: Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4IYJBrChs questions Tues. Psych: LEARNED HELPLESSNESS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFmFOmprTt0 : 11-19-13 Schedules of Reinforcement-presented via power point and complete back side of worksheetwith schedules HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Return & go over Carnegie, JP Morgan worksheet: Wed. Psych: Schedules of Reinforcement - FI, VI, & FR, VR 11-20-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Men who built America video questions turned in: Wm. Sumner & Social Darwinism; Interstate Commerce Commission & Sherman AntiTrust Act via the text and power point notes Thur. Psych: Review of Schedules of Reinforcement: Cognitive Styles of Learning - Wolfgang 11-21-13 Kohler & Edward Tolman student presentations HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Discuss advantages & disadvantages of big business & noting biases as a transition into Sec.3 the Labor Movement: Several packets and papers distributed for Ch.4 Section 3: Document - working conditions of Men, Women discussed Psych: CHAPTER 6 POWER POINT NOTES: Student presenters on Albert Bandura and Social Learning Theory: Modeling, Disinhibition, Increased Arousal, & Habituation 11-22-13 discussed as influences of media violence Fri. HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Document - Working conditions of children discussed: global dynamics of production discussed Week of: December 2 - December 6 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon.&Tues. Psych: Monday - Ch.6 Learning TEST: Tuesday - various articles on impact of 11-25/26- media violence summarized with one sentence 13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Finish power point notes on important labor strikes: Big Business packet advantages/disadvantages to business discussed: Solving problems created by big business discussed: Tues. 12-3-13 Psych: Video Presentation w/questions - Impact of media violence - Stop Teaching our Kids to Kill - Lt. Col. David Grossman HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Contemporary Articles on Labor issues: BPA At Work Raised Risk...; Samsung Under Fire For...; Child Labor in America...; Garment Workers, Police Clash...; Apple Answers "Sweatship"...; Machinists Union Reaches...; Wed. 12-4-13 Psych: Video Presentation w/questions - Impact of media violence - Stop Teaching our Kids to Kill - Lt. Col. David Grossman HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Labor Movement Packet examined The Nation's First Major Strikes discussed via packet and Power point notes; Congress Passes Labor Legislation - Acts discussed Thur. 12-5-13 Psych: Video Presentation w/questions - Impact of media violence - Stop Teaching our Kids to Kill - Lt. Col. David Grossman: Ch.7 All Secs. Review distributed - Secs. 1 & 2 Due Tuesday HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: In-Class work on the packet "Growth of Industry" (to be completed for Monday): Also, read "New Exotic Investment..." and answer one question in paragraph form - Is this an example of Child Labor Law violations today? Fri. 12-6-13 Psych: Media Violence Video Debriefing and assignment: STOP MEDIA VIOLENCE POSTER ASSIGNMENT - DISCUSSED & DEMONSTRATED IN CLASS - REQUIREMENTS PRESENTED - DUE FRIDAY, 12-13-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Continue going over the Labor Movement Packet focusing on Labor strikes and Legislation: Ch.4 TEST Tuesday: Fill in the Blank Student Notes: Teacher notes Ch.4 Power Point Notes Week of: December 9 - December 13 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon Psych: CH.7 MEMORY - STUDENT POWER POINT NOTES: 10 Principles of Memory 12-9-13 presented: Power point notes presented for 3 Kinds of Memory - Episodic, Semantic, Procedural: Mnemonic Devices discussed and demonstrated HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Go over the Growth of Industry Packet: Turn in paragraphs on article - New Exotic Investment: Baseball Latin Futures: Short Answer for the Test distributed and to be completed for Tuesday's EXAM. Tues. Psych: Review of 3 Kinds of Memory & Mnemonic Devices: Go over 3 Processes of 12-10-13 Memory: Go over Ch.7 Sec.1 & 2 Review questions HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ch.4 EXAM: Turn in Short Answer Wed. Psych: Three Stages of Memory notes begun: Key terms - Sensory Memory, Saccadic Eye Movement, Memory Trace, Sensory Register, Iconic Memory & Echoic Memory 12-11-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Notes adjustments to test: 10 Myths about Immigration reading given Thur. Psych: STM Experiment #1: Serial Position Effect: Capacity for STM 12-12-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Corrections on Ch.4 Exam: 10 Myths about Immigration reading discussed Fri. 12-13-13 Psych: STM Experiment #2: Serial Position Effect - Primacy & Recency Effects demonstrated HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Immigration Atlas worksheets Packet Week of: December 16 - December 20 Study of Personality & American Cultures Mon. 12-1613 Psych: STM #4 - Chunking: Interference Theory & Reconstructive Memories HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Finish & Go over Immigration Atlas Work Psych: Schemas experiment Tues. 12-17-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Packet - Immigration Swells the Work Force and Immigration & the Growth of the Cities Atlas activity completed and gone over. Psych: Article - Memory: The Unreliable Witness: Memory Experiment - At the Wed. 12-18-13 Scene of the Crime HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Work on Ellis Island virtual tour computer interactive Thur. Psych: 3 Memory Tasks with experiment - Recognition, Recall, & Relearning 12-19-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Complete and go over Ellis Island virtual tour interactive with questions Psych: Experiment with Recognition vs. Recall: Go over Ch.7 Secs.3 & 4 worksheet Fri. 12-6-13 HISTORY: www.npr.org news summary: Ellis Island Interactive finished: 4 Generation Chart explained and assigned: Stocks for 12/23 due upon return and final calculations due 1/6/14