Level 4 Activities (40 points each)
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Song Parody – You will take the lyrics of a famous song
and create a parody that reviews a unit of study, or the
schools of psych, or a key experiment. Should include
enough content to serve as a study tool, and lyrics must
be approved before recording. Once song is recorded,
create video to go with it using copyright friendly images
or live footage.
Crash Course-style Video – Review unit or concept
(research methods, statistical significance?). Must
present “lecture” outline first. Use copyright compliant
imagery (or live action footage).
Read a psych-based book (Girl Interrupted, One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest, Walden Two, Brain On Fire, Reviving
Ophelia, or any of the classics – Freud’s On the
Interpretation of Dreams, etc.). Complete a while you
read analysis chart. Find a creative way to display book
contents & your learning (diorama, interview w/author,
video review).
Watch and evaluate the accuracy of a psych-based film
(Girl, Interrupted, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A
Beautiful Mind, Fight Club) or apply 10 psychological
theories to a popular film (Breakfast Club, Mean Girls,
Sixteen Candles). If the film is Rated R, you must have a
signed permission slip to complete this activity. See me
for form.
Mental Health Awareness Video – Create Video for
Mental Health Awareness Month or Children’s Mental
Health Week (must be able to play on school site).
Suicide Awareness, Teens & Mental Health, Specific
Disorder Awareness. Must research
(prevalence/statistics, symptoms, treatment & help
options) and present storyboard/script. Use copyright
compliant imagery (or live action footage) and music.
“How To” Succeed Video. Create a video in which you
help students prepare to find success (in AP Psych, on
the AP test, etc.). Must include student testimonials.
Present storyboard/script. Use copyright compliant
imagery (or live action footage) and music.
Level 5 Activity (50 points)
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Experimental Design – Propose and conduct a
research study, with IRB approval. Draft a research
question, investigate what research already exists
in the field, propose & conduct a study, evaluate
your results.
AP Psychology
Legacy Project
Directions: Your task in the time remaining is to
create products that will benefit a future AP
Psych student. Select from at least two different
categories for a total of 60 points worth of
activities. You must be working at your product
each day, giving your best effort while you are in
class. There will be no assigned homework,
other than what you give yourself to complete.
All resources must be copyright-friendly, cited on
the product where appropriate, and final
products must be able to be used in the school
setting. You will be graded at the end of the
marking period, after you have reached your
point total. Make your menu selections & return
to me, then begin creating!
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Bonus points if you can use QR codes to make it interactive!
You may only design one bulletin board.
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Schools of Thought –Focus on one school with its ideas,
people, theories & experiments or create one that
highlights all 7 modern schools.
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Brain Games – Watch the show? Design a board that
teaches students why their brain plays tricks on them.
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Facebook – Get ready to “like” AP Psych. This board
should mirror a Facebook page, promoting Psych
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Twitter – If famous psychologist’s had Twitter, what
would their tweets say? Use images & create tweets
and hashtags for the major people in psychology.
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Meme me in psychology class – Memes to illustrate
concepts, must have balance of original student
creation as well (http://imgflip.com/memegenerator).
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Mental Health Awareness - Create a bulletin board to
hang in the guidance hallway with data relating to teens
and mental health. Include resources for help.
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Other suggestions?
Morning News & Announcements – Create a series of 5
announcements to be read during Mental Health
Awareness Week. Each must highlight important facts,
ideas, and resources surrounding children’s/teens’
mental health.
Level 1 Activities (10 points each)
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Letter – Write a letter to a future student in the course,
letting them know whatever you think is most important
about the instructor, the course, the assignments, and the
test. What should they do (or avoid doing) in order to be
successful in AP Psych?
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Activity Exploration – Scour the internet for experiments,
demos, and activities you’d like to do in class to illustrate
concepts. Explain what unit they could be used in and
how they could replace or enhance current instruction.
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Ceiling Tile Creation – If your proposal is selected and if
you have artistic talent you may draw & paint the tile
that lives in my room forever (or at least the next 20
years while I’m still teaching).
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Paper Bag Psychologists- Create a “puppet” that can be
used in instruction & review. Must accurately represent
psychologist image or be a caricature off. Must also
include relevant biography with key contributions.
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Summer Assignment – Look on the internet or create
your own summer assignment for future students. What
should be done or known in order to “hit the ground
running” in the fall? Should it be a schools of psych
activity? Should it be a 40 Studies analysis? Create a
directions sheet and handouts if necessary.
Level 2 Activities (20 points each)
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Letter – Write a letter to a future student in the course,
letting them know whatever you think is most important
about the instructor, the course, the assignments, and the
test. What should they do (or avoid doing) in order to be
successful in AP Psych?
AP Psych Newsletter – Draft a newsletter to parents and
future students, highlighting fun activities from the year,
important information to know for the AP, and include a
student reflection on the experience. I have pictures you can
incorporate.
Psych Playlist – Select songs to match to theories/terms &
psychologists. Include explanation of relationship between
song and concept. Must include 20 songs, and you can’t use
my example! Ex: Identity Moratorium - U2’s Still Haven’t
Found What I’m Looking For. Identity moratorium is when an
adolescent is actively exploring career and values options but
has yet to make any commitment to them. The song implies
an active search, but no resolution.
Review Game – Now that you’ve taken the final and the AP
exam, create a content-based review game that will help
other students prepare. Create kahoot or quizlet, or turn
classic (board) games into AP Psych reviews (i.e., Guess Who
– all faces will be famous psych’s, Jenga w/terms).
Bulletin Board – The bulletin board next to the elevator on
this hallway belongs to the social studies department. Design
a bulletin board (with title and copyright friendly images) that
could be put up on special occasions to promote Psych.
Level 3 Activities (30 points each)
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Current Research – Want to know more about what’s
going on in psychological research today? Use current
resources to find out what’s happening in child
development, sports psychology, medicinal marijuana
research, virtual reality therapy, or whatever topic you
have an interest in! Begin with APA Journals and expand
from there. Complete 3 article analysis sheets (see me for
details) or propose an alternative form of presentation.
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The Psychology of… - Have you seen the book The
Psychology of the Simpsons? Select a topic (TV show,
book, etc.) and provide a brief description of series,
setting, and characters. Then apply 20 important
psychological concepts to scenes, characters, plots of the
series. You may write this or create image-based product
with descriptions and citations.
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Scavenger Hunt – Go around the school and photograph
as many examples of perceptual laws as you can find.
Create a Prezi or PowerPoint that future classes can use
to study these laws.
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Professional Interview – Conduct & record an interview
with a professional in the field; substance abuse
counselor, therapist, psych student. Find out about
schooling, licensing/tests, daily duties etc. Create product
that can be shown in classroom instruction.
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Infographic– Using piktochart or smore, create ONE
infographic that addresses one of the following concepts.
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Unit Review or Overview – Don’t like the ones I hand
out? Make a better one online!
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Schools of Thought – Focus on one school with its
ideas, people, theories & experiments or create one
that highlights all 7 modern schools (like our hand)
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Famous Experiment – Something in 40 Studies
intrigue you? Create a graphic representation of the
psychologist(s), purpose, research design, and
findings.
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Pioneers of Psychology – Trace the development of
psych as a science, including all founders & pioneers
in the field, and their key contributions.
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Study Tips – This infographic should include specific
hints & resources for preparing for unit tests and the
AP exam in general.
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Mental Health Awareness Week/Month – Create an
infographic with data relating to teens and mental
health. Include resources for help.
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Other suggestions?