PSYCHOLOGY 11 YEAR PLAN
Theme/Approach: Psychology in Your Life
Number of Classes: 75
BY: Leah Bosello and Cary Brett
FOR: EDCP 491
NOTE: Although this is a Board approved class, there is no official IRP and PLOs for this class. We have related them as best fits to
the Family Studies IRP.
NOTE: Magic Lantern offers DVDs surrounding the course curriculum
Unit topics & Learning
Outcomes (IRPs)
CHAPTER 1:
Introduction to
Psychology
Total Classes
(approx.): 12
We have more
classes here in order
to get the students
acquainted to their
peers and the subject
and how it impacts
every aspect of their
lives.
Possible sub-topics
-Module 1:
Psychologists at
Work
-Module 2: A
Science Evolves: The
Past, the Present, and
the Future
-Module 3: Research
in Psychology
-Module 4: Research
Challenges: Exploring
the Process
Possible Teaching Activities
Possible Assessment Activities and Resources
-Various icebreaker activities
will be used at the beginning of
class for students to get
acquainted with one another
For:
-Student Journals
-Student exit slip on their definition is of
“psychology
- YouTube Clip: Intro to
Psychology
As:
-Assignment #1: Group “History of Psychology”
research assignment
-Assignment #2: Textbook Discussion Questions
-UNDERSTANDING/
ANALYZING
PowerPoint Presentation on
key chapter information (2030min) Introduction to
psychology
-ANALYZING
Article analysis
In groups students will bring in
two articles that analyze new
research within the field of
psychology
Of:
-CHAPTER QUIZ
-CHAPTER TEST
Resources:
-Textbook: Essentials of Understanding Psychology
Ed.3 (McGraw)
-Computer lab
-YouTube: Intro to Psychology
http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=1cV0e3q-ufo
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-ANALYZING
“History of Psychology” research
assignment (students get in
groups and are given time in the
computer lab to quickly research
either the past, present, or future
of the field of psychology. They
then present their findings to the
class that day)
CHAPTER 2:
Neuroscience and
Behaviour
Total Classes
(approx.): 10
IRPS: B5, B6,
B8, B9
-Module 5:
Neurons: The Basic
Elements of
Behaviour
-Module 6: The
Nervous System and
the Endocrine
System:
Communicating
Within the Body
-Module 7: The
Brain
-UNDERSTANDING
Textbook discussion questions
Students summarize key findings
from the textbook
-UNDERSTANDING
PowerPoint Presentation on
key chapter information (2030min)
The Basic Elements of Behaviour
-ANALYZING
Mind Maps: taking key ideas
from the textbook students in
groups will distinguish the
difference between the endocrine
system and nervous system and
share
For:
-Student Journals
As:
-Assignment #1:Documentary Summary
-Assignment #2: Nervous System Model Presentation
-Assignment #3: Textbook Discussion Questions
Of:
-CHAPTER QUIZ
-CHAPTER TEST
-CREATING
Student will models using
provided materials that represent
2
different parts of the nervous
system (i.e. neurons, spinal cord,
brain, etc.) and describe assigned
part to the class
-UNDERSTANDING
Textbook discussion questions
Students summarize key findings
from the textbook
CHAPTER 3: Sensation
and Perception
Total Classes (approx.): 10
IRPS: B1, B2, B3, C3, C4
-Module 8:
Sensing the
World Around Us
-Module 9:
Vision: Shedding
Light on the Eye
-Module 10:
Hearing and the
Other Senses
-EVALUATING
Documentary “Meet your
Brain”
Students will describe in
groups 2 things they learned and
1 fact they already knew about
the information discussed in the
documentary and will summarize
their thoughts on the
documentary, critically analyzing
it where need be
-APPLICATION
Shoulder squeezing
 Students will stand in a circle
with both hands on the shoulder
of the person in front of them.
Teacher will lead them through a
series of tasks to demonstrate the
use of our sense.
Resources:
-Textbook: Essentials of Understanding Psychology
Ed.3 (McGraw)
-YouTube: http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=S_vQZDH9hY
-YouTube:
http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=6UiDXBw9urU
-Documentary: Meet Your Brain
http://science-documentaries.com/?tag=psychology
For:
-Student Journals
As:
-Assignment #1: Student-based teaching
-Assignment #2: Obstacle Course Creation
-Assignment #3: Textbook Discussion Questions
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-Module 11:
Perceptual
Organization:
Constructing Our
View of the
World
-UNDERSTANDING
Students-based teaching
Hearing and other senses
Each student is given a sensory
activity and must explain it to
another group until each group
has taught (5 groups/5
activities/5sense)
-CREATING
Obstacle course creation project
(students are placed into two
groups and have to design and
lead a safe obstacle course on a
field that the other group will
participate in. However, the
participating group will be in
pairs, with one of the pair
blindfolded and the other on the
first person’s back. The person
on the back has to give directions
to the walking person in order to
get through the course
successfully)
Of:
-CHAPTER QUIZ
-CHAPTER TEST
Resources:
-Textbook: Essentials of Understanding Psychology
Ed.3 (McGraw)
-YouTube: sensory and perception Part 1, Sensory
activities:
http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=aEu5K2ZPjag
-Library and computers
-Google (Optical illusion pictures)
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/illusions/
-ANALYZING
Student perception experiment
using optical illusion pictures
students will analyze what they
see and why our minds see
differently
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-UNDERSTANDING
Textbook discussion questions
Students summarize key findings
from the textbook
CHAPTER 4: States of
Consciousness
Total Classes (approx.): 11
-Module 12: Sleep
and Dreams
-Module 13:
Hypnosis and
Meditation
-Module 14: Drug
Use: The Highs
and Lows of
Consciousness
-LIBRARY DAY: Group work
for Year-end Project (40min)
-UNDERSTANDING/
REMEMBERING
Dream Journal
 Group Discussion on Journals
interpreting and describing
different images and symbols in
dreams
-EVALUATING
Guest speaker: Peter Crocker
(Sports psychologist from UBC)
speaking about motivation and
sport. Students will write
-UNDERSTANDING
Textbook discussion questions
Students summarize key findings
from the textbook
For:
-Student Journals
-Dream Journal
-Exit slip
As:
-Assignment #1: Guest Speaker Response
-Assignment #2: Student reflection//interpretation of
“Inception”
-Assignment #3: Textbook Discussion Questions
Of:
-CHAPTER QUIZ
-CHAPTER TEST
Resources:
-Movie: Inception (shown throughout several classes)
-Textbook: Essentials of Understanding Psychology
Ed.3 (McGraw)
-Movie: “What Are Dreams”
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CHAPTER 5:
Learning
Total Classes
(approx.): 11
IRPS: B5, B9
-Module 15: Classical
Conditioning
-Module 16: Operant
Conditioning
-Module 17: Bandura’s
Social Learning Theory
-Module 18: Cognitive
Approaches to Learning
-HOOK
Watch Big Bang Theory clip of
Penny getting conditioned by
Sheldon. Students will relate the
video to operant conditioning
theory.
For:
-Student Journals
-UNDERSTANDING
Student-based Teaching
Students will be split into groups
and told to become “experts” in
one of the modes of learning per
group. They will have to
summarize the rest of the class
about their assigned mode of
learning and generate a class
discussion.
Of:
-CHAPTER QUIZ
-CHAPTER TEST
As:
-Assignment #1: Student-Based Teaching
-Assignment #2: Modes of Learning Experiment
-Assignment #3: Textbook Discussion Questions
Resources:
-Textbook: Essentials of Understanding Psychology
Ed.3 (McGraw)
-Computer lab
-YouTube: Big Bang Theory conditioning Penny
http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=qy_mIEnnlF4
-CREATING
Modes of Learning Experiment
As a class, students will have to
decide on a mode of learning and
devise and demonstrate an
experiment based on this mode of
learning.
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-UNDERSTANDING
Textbook discussion questions
Students summarize key findings
from the textbook
CHAPTER 6:
Memory
Total Classes
(approx.): 10
-Computer Lab day
-Module 19: The
-UNDERSTANDING
Foundations of Memory PowerPoint Presentation on
-Module 20: Recalling key chapter information (20Long-Term Memories
30min) The Foundations of
Memory
-Module 21:
Forgetting: When
Show “Monkey Business
Memory Fails
Illusion clip”
-UNDERSTANDING
PowerPoint Presentation that
will summarize key information
Recalling Long-Term Memories
(20-30min)
Video: Long term memory
-REMEMBERING
Memorization quiz
 Students are given 1 minute to
look at a list of words and once it
is taken away they must recall as
many words as they can and
write them down.
For:
-Student Journals
-Memorization quiz
As:
-Assignment #1: Memory Disorder Research Project
-Assignment #2: Textbook Discussion Questions
Of:
-CHAPTER QUIZ
-CHAPTER TEST
Resources:
-Textbook: Essentials of Understanding Psychology
Ed.3 (McGraw)
-YouTube: “The Monkey Business Illusion”
http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY
-YouTube:
http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=djg5z4KK0iI
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-REMEMBERING/
ANALYZING
Memory scenario
 Ask another teacher to walk in
to the room and make a fuss so
that the students really notice the
other teacher. Continue on with
your class. With 15 minutes
remaining ask the students
different features about the
person who they just saw (clothes
etc.). Then have the teacher
come back and see how close the
students were. Analyze
“Forgetting” and why we forget
or remember certain things.
-UNDERSTANDING
Memory Disorder Research
Project
In groups, students will have to
research a specific memory
disorder and explain the various
facets of the disorder.
-UNDERSTANDING
Textbook discussion questions
Students summarize key findings
from the textbook
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CHAPTER 7: Thinking,
Language, and Intelligence
Total Classes (approx.): 11
IRPS: B15, B16, E12, E14,
E15
-Module 22:
Thinking and
Reasoning
-Module 23:
Language
-Module 24:
Intelligence
-YouTube clip: The Human
Language Series - Part I
For:
-Student Journals
-ANALYZING
Student survey
Students will ask teachers and
fellow peers to define the word
“intelligence” and will later
discuss their findings in class
As:
-Assignment #1:Relfection on UBC ropes course
-Assignment #2: Student Survey
-Assignment #3: Textbook Discussion Questions
-UNDERSTANDING
Textbook discussion questions
Students summarize key findings
from the textbook
-APPLYING/ANALYZING
Year-end Project Presentations
-EVALUATING
UBC ropes course
-Students will participate in a
field trip to the UBC ropes
course where they will learn
about the intricacies of human
communication and interaction.
They will be required to
summarize their individual
experience after.
Of:
-CHAPTER QUIZ
-CHAPTER TEST
-YEAR-END PROJECT: video, PowerPoint,
experiment (very open)
Resources:
-YouTube: The Human Language Series - Part I
http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=ZpZAba6gWek
-Textbook: Essentials of Understanding Psychology
Ed.3 (McGraw)
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