Wednesday, December 15, 2010

MGI
* watch "30 Days: Muslims in America"
* work on final reviews

Psych
* unit 5 projects due Friday BOH
* "A Beautiful Mind" quiz #3

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

MGI
* work on final reviews

Psych
* unit 5 projects due Friday BOH
* "A Beautiful Mind" - quiz #2

Monday, December 13, 2010

MGI
* work on "The Threat of Weapons and Terrorism" - due EOH

Psych
* unit 5 projects due Friday
* watch "A Beautiful Mind" - take quiz EOH

Friday, December 10, 2010

MGI
* finish internet poster EOH

Psych
* complete Misc. Disorders internet search (last page in packet - use web address on bottom of the page)
TURN IN

Thursday, December 10, 2010

MGI
* complete Web Wizard Poster assignment on terrorist groups around the world

Psych
* complete internet search on "Abnormal Psychology" assignment in the very back of unit 5 packets

use this link to complete the search:  http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=147714

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Psych
* Schizophrenia notes
* unit 5 projects due Friday 12/17/10 BOH

MGI
* reading guide due Tuesday 12/14/10 BOH
* Web Wizard Poster project

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Psych
* finish "Mood Disorder" notes
* unit 5 projects due Friday 12/17/10 BOH

MGI
* geography packets due BOH
* watch "A History of Terrorism" and complete/discuss video guide
* "The Threat of Terrorism and Weapons" reading guide due Tuesday 12/14/10 BOH

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

MGI
* geography packets due tomorrow BOH
* pass out unit 5 packets
* complete "Survey: How to Deal With Terrorism" in packets
* homework due Tuesday 12/14 BOH
         - "The Threat of Weapons and Terrorism" reading guide (25 pts. possible)

Psych
* notes - Depression
* U5 projects due Friday 12/17/10 BOH

Monday, December 6, 2010

MGI
* finish your Asia geography packet - ALL OF IT
                 - #89: all correctly unscrambled words will be a bonus point
                 - #100: do not have to do "terrain" category for No. and So. Korea
                 - whatever is not finished in class is homework due tomorrow BOH!!!

Psych
* complete Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders reading guide (p. 420 in book) and spend last 15 minutes of class briefly discussig
* 5th hour - in addition to the first item, we discussed the unit 5 projects (see requirements in your packet) - PROJECTS DUE FRIDAY 12/17/2010 BOH

November 29, 2010 Monday

MGI

Practice Presentations

Psych

Finish Presentations
Personality Disorders Notes (read and take notes on p. 429)
Write 10-15 sentences on "How should society treat people with anti-social personality?"

Monday November 22, 2010

MGI

Iran- Brief overview and nuclear proliferation (get from classmate)
HW- Iran and the U.S. Questions

Psych

Presentations

Friday Novermber 19, 2010

MGI

Library Research
HW- Crisis in the Gulf

Psych

Presentations
If you missed your day to present come prepared on Monday

Thursday November, 18 2010

MGI

AAR
Socratic Seminar
Do's and Don'ts of Presenting
HW: Crisis in the Gulf Critical Thinking Questions (only the first four)

Psych

HW: Defense Mechanisms
Birth Order
Personality Inventory
Projects

Wednesday November 17, 2010

MGI

Mission Day! (If you were absent see me after class)

Pscyh

Personality- Maslow and Rogers Notes
Self Actualization Worksheet

Tuesday November 16, 2010

MGI

Mission Planning
Task Organization
Ambush Class

Psych

Personality- Adler and Horney Notes
Work on Projects

Monday November 16, 2010

MGI

WG 81 and 82
US/ Afghanistan Notes
US/ Iraq Notes

Psych

SF- 5 Stages and Def. Mechanisms Notes
HW Defense Mechanisms

Wednesday November 10, 2010

MGI

1st Hour- Test
Intro to Unit 4

Psych

Memory Movie

Tuesday November 9, 2010

MGI

Unit 3 Test

Psych

Take Home Test and Packet due
Memory Movie

Wednesday November 3, 2010

MGI

Hotel Rwanda Prep (Handout- character guide)
Hotel Rwanda (movie)
Due tomorrow- WG packets, S. Africa Questions, AIDS Questions

Psych

3 Stages of Memory (get notes from classmate)
Due tomorrow- classical conditioning questons, memory questions

Tuesday November 2, 2010

MGI

SM Video: Genocide
Work on Packets
Due Thurs: South Africa Apartheid Questions, AIDS Questions, Geography Packets

Psych

Memory Game
Work on Packets
Due Thurs: Classical Conditioning Questions, Memory Questions

Monday November 1, 2010

MGI

-Genocide Notes (get from a classmate)
-Fill out chart on genocide and contemporary examples on the eight stages handout
-Tomorrow SM video on genocide

Psych

-QOD- Why do you think you can study for hours for a test and not remember the material when you take it the next day?
- Forgetting Notes (get from classmate)
- Homework- Complete Memory handouts in packet

Friday October 29, 2010

MGI

WG #80
Completion Grade for AIDS Homework
8 Stages of Genocide Handout (Packet)

PSYCH

QOD- How do you store info to remember it? Visual, auditory, sequence, etc.?
3 Processes of Memory Activity (get notes from classmate)

Thursday October 28, 2010

MGI

Colonialism Overthrown Video
Packet Questions

Psych

3 Types of Memory Notes (get from classmate)
Jigsaw Group Activity
Childhood Memories Questions (in your packet)

Wednesday October 27, 2010

MGI

WG # 79
Africa notes- Current Challenges (get from classmate)
AIDS Reading and Homework (due Friday)

Psych

QOD- How do you think you developed your personality?
Cognitive Learning Notes (get from classmate)
Class Discussion- Media Violence

Tuesday October 26, 2010

MGI

WG # 76 & 77
S. African Reading Homework due BOH
District 9 video and Apartheid comparison

Psych

QOD: Why do you study for tests?
Lecture: Operant Conditioning
Classical Conditioning Worksheet due BOH
Homework: Handout 7,8, and 9

Monday, October 25, 2010

MGI
* WG # 74 & 75
* Africa notes (you will need to copy these from a classmate)
* homework: read "South Africa and Apartheid" and complete the reading guide - due tomorrow BOH

Psych
QOTD:  Describe something you fear.
* Classical Conditioning notes (will need to copy from a classmate)
* using your book, complete Classical Conditioning worksheet

Thursday, October 21, 2010

MGI
* Africa notes (you will need to copy these from a peer)

Psych
* finish "Awakenings"

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

MGI
* Africa notes

Psych
* finish "Awakenings"

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

MGI
* Chechnya powerpoint notes (will have to copy from a classmate)
* homework due BOH (staple together "Outsourcing" video guide and "SE Asian Nations Gain Independence" questions and turn in)

Psych
* continue "Awakenings"

Monday, October 18, 2010

MGI
* WG # 71 & 72
* finish "Outsourcing" video
* homework: read "SE Asian Nations Gain Independence" and complete the five response questions - due tomorrow BOH

Psych
* start watching "Awakenings"

Thursday, October 14, 2010

MGI
* WG #65
* finish discussing Tuesday's homework
* begin watching "The Other Side of Outsourcing"

Psych
QOTD: none
* unit 2 test and packets due BOH

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

MGI
* WG #63
* discuss last night's homework assignment with partners and then the class

Psych
QOTD: none
* play Jeopardy! review
* unit 2 test and packets due tomorrow BOH

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

MGI
* WG #63
* "Would You Leave Your Homeland?" activity (if absent, you do not have to makeup)
* homework: read "The Indian Subcontinent Gains Independence" and complete the reading response worksheet, due tomorrow BOH

Psych
QOTD: What was your favorite thing to learn about in unit 2?
* work on test reviews and packets
* unit 2 test and packets due Thursday 10/14 BOH

Monday, October 11, 2010

MGI
* finish "Red Dawn"
* go over unit 2 tests
* introduction of Mr. Collis, student teacher

Psych
QOTD: What was your favorite thing to learn about in this unit?
* work on test reviews
* unit 2 test and packet due Thursday 10/14/10

Friday, October 8, 2010

MGI
* continue "Red Dawn"

Psych
QOTD: Which drug do you think is the most harmful and why?
* watch "Club Drugs" video, take notes, and discuss

Thursday, October 7, 2010

MGI
* begin watching "Red Dawn"

Psych
QOTD: none; turn in your first two completed sheets
* powerpoint notes on drugs

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

MGI
* turn in unit 2 packets BOH
* unit 2 test

Psych
QOTD: Do you think D.A.R.E. is an effective program?
* read article on drugs in your packets
* class discussion on drugs

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

MGI
* play Jeopardy! for review
* unit 2 test tomorrow and unit 2 packets due BOH

Psych
QOTD (for 5th hour only): What is something new you learned about Freud yesterday?
* finish Freud video and discuss response questions
* Categorizing Drugs in your unit 2 packets

Monday, October 4, 2010

MGI
* WG #62
* work on reviews and packets - due Wed. 10/6/10
* unit 2 test has been moved to Wednesday

Psych
QOTD: Do you think hypnosis can be helpful in learning to avoid certain behaviors? Explain.
* homework due BOH
* watch "A&E Biography: Sigmund Freud" and complete video guide (we will finish the video tomorrow)

Friday, October 1, 2010

MGI
* WG #61
* work on unit 2 reviews
* unit 2 test and packets due Tuesday 10/5/10 BOH

Psych
QOTD: Would you like to be hypnotized? Why or why not?
* using pages 112-116 in your textbooks, complete "Meditation, Biofeedback, and Hypnosis" reading guide in your unit 2 packets - due Monday BOH

Thursday, September 30, 2010

MGI
* WG #59 & 60 (skip #58)
* finish "End of Soviet-Style Communism" and turn in video guide
* work on reviews
* unit 2 tests and packets due Tuesday 10/5/10

Psych
QOTD: What's the best or worst dream you've ever had?
* Dream notes
* dream interpretations
*"Sleep Disorders" due BOH

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

MGI
* WG #53 & 57 (skip 54, 55, 56)
* begin video "The End of Soviet-Style Communism" - video guide will be turned in tomorrow for participation points

Psych
QOTD: Describe the REM stage of sleep.
* Top 10 Dreams
* Dream notes

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

MGI
* WG #50-52
* check homework BOH (Poland and Yugoslavia reading)
* political cartoon analysis
* read "Collapse of the Soviet Union" and answer questions in right side column

Psych
QOTD: Describe your ideal sleeping conditions.
* Sleep notes
* Top 10 Dreams
* Sleep Disorders worksheet due Thursday BOH

Monday, September 27, 2010

MGI
* WG #47 & 48
* "Poland and Yugoslavia" reading and reading response questions (10) - due tomorrow BOH. If absent, I need to see these ASAP because I recorded  partial completion grade on them.
* work on Cold War word search

Psych
QOTD: List four things "buried" in the unconscious.
* recreate Freud's Levels of Consciousness Iceberg (think of and create a drawing representing the iceberg in another way)

Friday, September 24, 2010

MGI
* finish Cold War Around the Globe notes - Eastern Europe
* read "The End of Soviet-Style Communism" and answer questions in right-hand side column; we discussed the questions together in class

Psych
QOTD: "Out of sight, out of mind." What are you thoughts about this quote?
* "Consciousness" notes
* self-practice monitoring consciousness - there is a guide for this in your unit 2 packet. Find a quiet place and lay with your eyes closed for 10-15 minutes. Make note of your thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and external sounds and smells. Then, answer the four questions about the activity.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

MGI
* geography packets due BOH
* geography quiz #1
* watch "Guerilla Warfare: Afghanistan" (14 min.) - complete and discuss the viewing guide

Psych
QOTD: Do you like magic tricks? Why or why not?
* Optical Illusions powerpoint
* homework due tomorrow BOH: "Perception" reading and reading response questions

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

MGI
* WG #44
* geography packets due tomorrow BOH
* 1st geography quiz tomorrow (20 points)
* Cold War Around the Globe notes on Afghanistan (will have to copy from a classmate)
* work on Cold War word search

Psych
QOTD: What images do your retinas initially see when first looking at something?
* finish Sensation notes (7th hour only)
* Disability Simulations (if absent, you need to try to do part A by rewriting it, but you can't do part B)

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

MGI
* WG #44 (finish the packet)
* Thursday 9/23 - 1st geography packet is due BOH and you will have your 1st geography quiz over N. America
* Cold War - Korea and Vietnam notes (will have to get from a classmate)

Psych
QOTD: "Seeing is believing." Do you believe this? Explain.
* Sensation and Perception video

Monday, September 20, 2010

MGI
* WG # 41 & 43
* "Tiananmen Square Massacre" reading response questions due BOH
* watch "The Chinese Revolution" and complete viewing guide

Psych
QOTD: none
* Sensation lab - complete debriefing questions on the back of your recording sheet

Friday, September 17, 2010

MGI
* WG #39 & 40
* Tiananmen Square Incident reading response questions due Monday BOH (students worked on this in class today)
* work on Post-WWII crossword puzzle in the back of the unit 2 packet

Psych
QOTD: What is your favorite food and why?
* finish Sensation notes
* work on crossword puzzle in unit 2 packet

Thursday, September 16, 2010

MGI
* WG # 37-38
* finish Communist China notes
* Tiananmen Square Incident reading response questions due Monday BOH

Psych
QOTD: What is the absolute threshold of vision? Hearing?
* listen to Mosquito Ringtones (how damaged is your hearing?)
* continue Sensation notes

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

MGI
* WG # 35-36
* check "Cold War Alliance Systems" response questions for completion grade
* begin Communist China notes

Psych
QOTD: When the 4th high school opens (in 2017 or 2018) what should the school colors be and why?
* begin Senses notes (thresholds, vision, and hearing)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

MGI
* WG # 33 & 34
* in your unit 2 packets, work on and complete "Cold War Alliance Systems" - both the maps and the six response questions; I am taking the questions as a completion grade tomorrow.

Psych
QOTD: If you could enhance any of your 5 senses, what would it be and why?
* pass out unit 2 packets
* complete "The Senses" graphic organizer
* read "Color Psychology" and complete the assignment on the back (observe things in your life, note the colors, and explain why you think it was made that color)

Monday, September 13, 2010

MGI
* WG #31 & 32
* "Two Superpowers" homework due BOH
* watch "ABC NEWS: The Cold War Begins" video and complete video guide (we traded and graded these; if you were absent, please copy the correct answers from a peer and write "ABSENT" on your paper)

Psych
QOTD: none
* watch "Law & Order: SVU" episode about nature vs. nurture and discuss

Friday, September 10, 2010

MGI
* WG #30
* "Two Superpowers" reading and cause/effect worksheet due Monday BOH
* watch real footage documentary about 9/11/01  - "102 Minutes That Changed America"

Psych
QOTD: none
* unit 1 packets due BOH
* unit 1 test

Thursday, September 9, 2010

MGI
* WG # 27 & 28
* pass out unit 2 packets (blue)
* Cold War vocab
* The Origins of the Cold War word bank notes

Psych
QOTD: none
* Jeopardy! review game
* unit 1 test and packets due tomorrow BOH

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

MGI
* unit 1 packets due BOH
* unit 1 test

Psych
QOTD: Do you think that obesity is genetic or learned behavior? Explain.
* work on test reviews
* unit 1 packets due and test on Friday 9/10

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

MGI
* WG #24 & 25
* work on test reviews
* play Jeopardy!
* unit 1 test and packets due tomorrow BOH

Psych
QOTD: List four traits you possess and explain if you like them or not.
* Principles of Heredity discussion
* unit 1 test and packets due Friday BOH

Friday, September 3, 2010

MGI
* WG #22
* finish "Is Walmart Good for America?"
* work on test reviews
* unit 1 test and packets due Wed. 9/8/10

Psych
QOTD: none
* "Amazing Teen Brain" reading guide due Tuesday 9/7 BOH (15-20 pts.)
* watch "The Secret Life of the Teenaged Brain" and discuss

Thursday, September 2, 2010

MGI
* WG # 20 & 21
* watch "Is Walmart Good for America?" and discuss pros and cons
* work on test reviews
* unit 1 test and packets due Wed. 9/8/10

Psych
QOTD: Do you think brain injuries can truly change a personality? Explain.
* trade, grade, and discuss "Phineas Gage"
* "The Amazing Teen Brain" reading guide due Tuesday 9/7 BOH

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

MGI
* WG # 19
* pass out economic terms worksheet and discuss unfamiliar terms
* complete "Me-conomics" in your unit 1 packets
* unit 1 test and packets due Wednesday, 9/8/10

Psych
QOTD: In your own words, describe what it means to be a "left-brained" person.
* complete Damage to Brain Structures
* read Phineas Gage and answer 10 questions - due tomorrow BOH for class discussion and grading

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

MGI
* WG # 12, 17-18
* read "Depressions" in your packets, discussion of current recession
* 6th hour only - pass out economic terms and discuss

Psych
QOTD: How does the CNS interact with the endocrine system?
* brain diagram
* Studying the Brain notes (you will have to get these two items from a classmate)

Monday, August 30, 2010

MGI
* WG #10 & 11
* watch "Global Economic Issues" video and complete the video guide in your packets (if absent, please copy this information from a classmate)

Psych
QOTD: What function do neurotransmitters serve?
* notes - CNS Interactions with Other Body Systems (will have to get from a classmate)

Friday, August 27, 2010

MGI
* WG #8 & 9
* GDP activity - if you were absent, please copy this information from a classmate. We research, calculated, and reported on eight different country's GDP per capita.
* "10 Questions on Globalization" due Monday BOH

Psych
* QOTD: What is something you learned new yesterday about the brain (human or animal)?
* Structure of the Nervous System notes - please get these from a classmate

Thursday, August 26, 2010

MGI
* WG #8
* The Four Worlds - read the paragraphs explaining the differences between the different economic worlds. You do not need to worry about the definitions. Also, complete the economic date chart on the backside.

Psych
* QOTD: none
* The Amazing Brain internet search - we went to computer labs to search the internet about different brains. If you were not in class, this is something you will need to do on your own. The worksheet is in your unit 1 packet and the website is http://www.brainsource.com/

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

MGI
* WG #7
* Apparel Data activity - there is a chart in the unit 1 packet where you need to record 8-10 personal items and list what it is, if it is fashion or staple (necessary) item and its country of origin. The idea is for you to see how much we depend on other countries for our products.

Psych
QOTD: What is psychoanalysis?
* Case Study of Behavior - read Billy's scenario and answer the three questions
* Modern Views of Behavior - use pg. 20 in your book to complete the chart

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

MGI
* WG # 5 & 6
* economic systems activity - The class got into groups of four and built towers out of marshmallows and toothpicks based on certain guidelines I gave them. Some groups were capitalist groups and some were communist groups. There is nothing to make up here - just an explantion of what we did.

Psych
*QOTD: What is the difference between a school psychologist and an educational psychologist?
* using your textbook, complete the "A History of Psychology" reading guide in your unit 1 packet - due tomorrow BOH

Monday, August 23, 2010

MGI
* WG # 3 & 4
* signed syllabus due BOH
* Capitalism vs. Communism notes (will need to get from a classmate)

Psych
* QOTD: What are 2-3 goals you have this semester?
* signed syllabus due BOH
* complete "Specialties in Psychology"
* complete "Which Way to Research?"

Friday, August 20, 2010

MGI
* World Geography activities #1 & 2
* signed syllabus due Monday BOH
* pass out unit 1 packets
* Economics pre-test
* What is Economics?

Psych
* signed syllabus due Monday BOH
* finish book search and discuss