AP Psychology
2011 First Semester Calendar
*Dates may be subject to change*
August
Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
Friday
5
Professional Learning
Days/Teacher Workdays
8
9
10
11
12
16
17
18
19
Activity: General Psychology
Pre-Test
Zimbardo: Past, Present and
Promise
Pre-Planning
15
First Day of School!!!
Prologue Reading Quiz
Pg. 1-17
Psychology Camera Project
Announced
Topic: History and
Perspectives
22
Topic: History and
Perspectives
23
Topic: History and
Perspectives
24
Activity: Critical Thinking
Activity: Hunting for Causes
Vocab Quiz: 1-20
Pg. 19-39
Zimbardo: Understanding
Research
Topic: History and
Perspectives
29
Topic: History and
Perspectives
30
Movie: Freud Biography
Unit I Test Review: History,
Perspectives, and Research
Methods
Topic: History and
Perspectives
Topic: History and
Perspectives
31
Topic: History and
Perspectives
25
Topic: History and
Perspectives
26
Ch 1 Reading Quiz
Activity: C is for Statistics
Pg 40-51
Topic: History and
Perspectives
Topic: History and
Perspectives
September
Monday
5
Labor Day Holiday
No School
Tuesday
Wednesday
6
7
Activity: Brain Scavenger
Hunt
Vocab Quiz: 21-40
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Unit I Test: History,
Perspectives, and Research
Methods
Psychology Camera Project is
DUE
8
9
Movie: The Office
Pg. 53-65
Zimbardo: The Behaving
Brain
Pg. 65-77
Pg. 77-87
12
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
13
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
14
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
15
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
16
Activity: Brain structures and
their functions/Bus Crash
Activity: Diagram the Brain
Pt 1
Activity: Diagram the Brain
Pt 2
Zimbardo: The Responsive
Brain
Current Event Due
Ch 2 Reading Quiz
Pg. 87-91
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
19
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
20
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
21
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
22
Movie: The Brain
Vocab Quiz 41- 60
Unit II Test Review:
Biological Basis of the Brain
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
23
Movie: The Brain
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
26
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
27
Topic: Biological Basis of the
Brain
28
Unit II Test: Biological Basis
of the Brain
Movie: Prenatal, Birth, and
the Newborn
Activity: Meeting Santa
Pg. 95-99
Topic: Development
29
30
Pg. 100-113
Topic: Development
Topic: Development
Topic: Development
October
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Activity: Beautiful
Mother/Beautiful Daughter
Movie: Sex, Gender, and
Desire
Vocab Quiz 61-80
Pg. 114-123
Pg. 123-137
Topic: Development
10
Topic: Development
11
Topic: Development
12
Topic: Development
13
Topic: Development
14
Movie: The Teenage Brain
Unit III Test Review:
Development
Unit III Essay Test:
Development
Unit III Test: Development
Thursday
6
Friday
7
Ch 3 Reading Quiz
Current Event Due
Topic: Development
17
Topic: Development
18
Teacher Workday
Students Off
24
19
20
21
Vocab Quiz 81-100
Pg. 197-203
Pg. 203-211
Pg. 212-231
Pg. 231-235
Topic: Sensation and
Perception
25
Topic: Sensation and
Perception
26
Topic: Sensation and
Perception
27
Topic: Sensation and
Perception
28
Activity: Schindler’s List
Activity: What are you
looking at?
Activity: Can you catch?
Pg. 249-256
Pg. 237-249
Topic: Sensation and
Perception
31
Unit IV Test Review:
Sensation and Perception
Pg. 264-268
Topic: Sensation and
Perception
Topic: Sensation and
Perception
Topic: Sensation and
Perception
Topic: Sensation and
Perception
November
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Activity: Meet the Doze’s
Unit IV Test: Sensation and
Perception
7
8
9
Movie: Sleepwalking
Vocab Quiz: 101-120
Pg. 286-292
Pg. 292-298
Pg. 298-311
Topic: States of
Consciousness
14
Topic: States of
Consciousness
15
Topic: States of
Consciousness
16
Activity: Mouse Party
Topic: States of
Consciousness
21
Pg. 271-280
Pg. 280-286
Topic: States of
Consciousness
10
Topic: States of
Consciousness
11
Current Event Due
Ch 7 Reading Quiz
Topic: States of
Consciousness
17
Unit V Test Review: States of
Consciousness
Topic: States of
Consciousness
22
23
Vocab Quiz 121-140
Pg. 313-318
Pg. 318-325
Topic: Learning and Memory
28
Topic: Learning and Memory
29
30
Zimbardo: Learning
Pg. 326-339
Pg. 341-347
Topic: Learning and Memory
Topic: Learning and Memory
Topic: Learning and Memory
Topic: States of
Consciousness
18
Unit V Test: States of
Consciousness
24
Thanksgiving
Break
Friday
4
25
December
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Activity: Classical Connection
Ch 8 Reading Quiz
Pg. 355-365
5
6
7
Zimbardo: Remembering and
Forgetting
Vocab Quiz 121-140
Pg. 365-375
Pg. 375-380
Pg. 381-392
Topic: Learning and Memory
12
Topic: Learning and Memory
13
Topic: Learning and Memory
14
Topic: Learning and Memory
8
Topic: Learning and Memory
9
Activity: How good is your
memory?
Unit VI Test Review:
Learning and Memory
Topic: Learning and Memory
15
16
Unit VI Test: Learning and
Memory
19
20
Finals Review
26
Finals Review
21
First Semester Finals
27
22
First Semester Finals
28
Finals Review
23
First Semester Finals
29
Christmas Break
30