Weekly Lesson Plans
Teacher: Tasha Bowman
Subject: Psychology
Week of: 9.30.13
Monday
DATE
9/30/13
Objectives/Standards
1. List and explain the theories of motivation.
Materials
Motivation and Emotion PowerPoint, Motivation and Emotion Guided Notes, Unit 4 PreTest, Ch 13
Section 1 Worksheet
Activities
Warm Up: Unit 4 PreTest
Lesson:
-Have students create a list of activities (10) they did this weekend
-Survival supplies
-Notes on The Psychology of Motivation
Cool Down: Return to your list of survival items and redo them. Put them in the Maslow’s Hierarchy
chart.
Homework
Ch13 Sect 1 Worksheet, Ch 13 study guide and vocabulary due Friday
Tuesday
DATE
10/1/13
Objectives/Standards
1. Describe the hunger drive, and analyze the cause of obesity.
Materials
Motivation and Emotion PowerPoint, Motivation and Emotion Guided Notes, Ch13 Section 2 Worksheet
Activities
Warm Up: Think about the following questions and write your answers down in complete sentences:
How do exercise, fatigue, and illness affect your appetite? What kinds of food satisfy your hunger? What
kinds of foods do not satisfy your hunger? How do emotional factors, such as stress or unhappiness,
affect your appetite? How do cultural expectations make you more or less hungry? What are some
factors that make you feel hungry?
Lesson:
-Notes on Hunger
-Biological and Psychological Factors of Obesity Research
*Students will be given either biological or psychological factors and asked to research their
influence on obesity. They should write a one-page report on their findings. As a group, they will create
a poster and present it to the class.
Cool Down: none
Homework
Ch13 Sect2 Worksheet
Wednesday
DATE
10/2/13
Objectives/Standards
1. Explain stimulus motives, the balance theory, and achievement motivation.
Materials
Motivation and Emotion PowerPoint, Motivation and Emotion Guided Notes, Ch13 Section 3 Worksheet,
gloves, earplugs, blindfolds, Sensory Deprivation Lab Worksheet
Activities
Warm Up: What are some psychological needs a person might experience? How do these motivate a
person to behave?
Lesson:
- Sensory Deprivation Lab
-Notes on Psychological Needs
-Case Study analysis-Romanian Orphanages
Cool Down: Why is stimulation important to the development of children?
Homework
Ch13 Sect3 Worksheet
Thursday
DATE
10/3/13
Friday
DATE
10/4/13
Objectives/Standards
1. Explain how psychologists describe emotion.
Materials
Motivation and Emotion PowerPoint, Motivation and Emotion Guided Notes, Ch13 Section 4 Worksheet
Activities
Warm Up: List as many emotions of which you can think.
Lesson:
-Notes on emotions
-Emotions Charades
Cool Down:
Which theory of emotion do you find most persuasive? Defend this theory in half a page.
Homework
Ch13 Sect4 Worksheet
Objectives/Standards
1. Show what you know on a quiz.
2.
Materials
Chapter 13 Quiz, Theories of Personality PowerPoint, Theories of Personality Guided Notes, Ch 14
Section 1 Worksheet
Activities
Warm Up: Review with a partner for the quiz.
Lesson:
-Ch 13 Quiz
-Notes on The Trait Approach
Cool Down:
Homework
Ch 14 Section 1 Worksheet, Ch 14 study guide and vocabulary due Thursday