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CUE Orientation

 

We must live for today; we must build for tomorrow.

 

A.P. Psychology

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Textbook; Myers, David G. Psychology . Worth Publishers, New York. 2004, [7th edition].

Alloway,T, Wilson, G. Graham, J. Sniffy the Virtual Rat, Thomson - Wadsworth Publishing: 2005. [ISBN:  0534633617]

 

Note:

  •  
  • CLICK HERE for AP Exam Prep Resources
  • Course outline
  • Classroom rules and procedures

Due: August 19

Summer Assignment

DUE: Friday, August 19, 2005

  1. Read the Introduction and Chapter 1
  2. Complete the related Study Guide assignments for the Introduction and Chapter 1
  • You may answer the Big Issues and Chapter Review study guide sections directly on the study guide handout sheets or on separate pieces of paper; the rule of thumb is that it is clear and legible
  • Complete ALL the multiple-choice questions, the matching items questions and True-False questions ON the study guide pages.
  • Each study guide ends with an essay assignment and several key terms.
    Use the essay guidelines on the back of this sheet.
  • For each of the key terms and vocabulary, create individual flash cards
    [use the following form]:

Other expectations:

  • Each student will keep a copy of all papers in their student directory, on the CASA server
  • Papers are due at the beginning of the class day they are due
  • Late papers will not be accepted for points toward the student‚Äôs grade, although they will be accepted for teacher review and comment.
  • Work due on the day of an excused absence must be turned in at the beginning of class upon return to class.
  • Assignments may be viewed online at <www.sonic.net/bantam1/homework.html>.
  • You may contact your instructor outside normal school hours at (707) 529-9038

25 Aug

  1. Introductions
    Profiles
    contacts
  2. Overview
    pace
    weekly news reports
    sample 2005 AP question and response
  3. Summer work
    return packets and terms
  4. Developing rubrics, using summer essays
    1. Introduction: building the rubric
    2. how would it look
  5. Develop Chapter 1 essay rubric

HW: redo chapter 1 essay according to the new rubric [due Monday]

29 Aug

Collect revised Chapter 1 essays

Table teams:
review summer work questons and terms
select any questions for further discussion

Overview: Review Intro and chapter 1

Handout Twins study [Bouchard, t, et. al. Are you Natural?]

Review and practice Research Methods
Critical Thinking exc [p. 38]
HW:
Friday: 1st quiz [50 m.c + 1 prompt]
1st News Report due

31 Aug

Begin Returning Chapter 1 papers

Mini-practice exam

Statistical terms: M & M exercise

HW:
Friday: 1st quiz [50 m.c + 1 prompt]
1st News Report due

2 Sept

Collect News Reports

Intro and chapter 1 exam

Distribute Social Psychology [Chapter 18] M/C questions, vocabulary and essay packets

HW:
Ch. 18 vocabulary due Wednesday, 9/7

7 Sept

Review and return first News Reports

Change seats

Review Chapter 1 Exam

Intorduce Chapter 18: Social Psychology
Chapter 18 T/F questions
Social Psych Key Study Guide blank
HW:
News Report #2 due Friday, 9/9
Chapter 18 questions, even only, due Tuesday, 9/13
News report #3 due Thursday, 9/15
Chapter 18 essay due Monday, 9/19
Chapter 18 exam

9 Sept

Attribution Theory

Social Psych Key Study Guide blank

13 Sept

Organize and present Social Psych Key Study Guide blank

Begin Stereotypes questionaire

HW:
News Report #3 due Friday, 9/15

15 Sept

Review Past News Reports

Review Ch. 18 M/C questions

HW:
Chapter 18 essay due Monday, 9/19

19 Sept

Review for the exam

HW
Chapter 18 exam, Wednesday. 9/21

21 Sept

Chapter 18 exam

HW
Chapter 2 vocabulary due on Tuesday, 27 Sept.

23 Sept

Chapter 18 essay exam

New groups

review Chapter 18 exam questions

News Reports due

Intro video: What the Bleep

HW
Chapter 2 vocabulary due on Tuesday, 27 Sept.

27 Sept

Review Ch. 18 Essay rubric

Quick overview of Chapter 2

Excerpt: video: What the Bleep

HW
Chapter 2 packet: all EVENS: due Monday, 3 Oct

29 Sept

T/F

Brain video: baby

30 Sept

 

LAST DAY THAT WORK IS ACCEPTED FOR THE FIRST GRADE PERIOD

3 Oct

Collect HW

Review new vocabulary and take pre-test

View the Zimbardo DVD series on The Behaving Brain and The Responsive Brain

Review pre-test questions and make corrections

5 Oct

Return News Notebooks

Team activity: Brain Structure and Functure note guide

HW: DUE Firday, 7 Oct
News Notebook article
Brain Function Responses

7 Oct

Collect HW

Review Barin Function Rsponses [handout 2-2]

Neuron Parts practice

Begin review of M/C assignment

Review Neuro Psychology links
prepare review for the class; be sure to include:
good sub-portions, how to use, what they found, strengths and weaknesses

11 Oct

Special

Present Neuro Psychology links
prepare review for the class; be sure to include:
good sub-portions, how to use, what they found, strengths and weaknesses
Read 'Fear' article
Go to this MSNBC/AAAS site. I am not sure how long it will be available, but try it out, as well asx the related links.
Looking for fear? It's in your eyes!

Launch and explore 'Brain'
Practice:
Jill, Eddie, and Anne brain function scenarios
Review M/C homework answers
 
HW:
Essay question from Chapter 2 homework sheet
Reminder:
Unit exam on Thursday, 20 Oct

13 Oct

Review Answers to workbook M/C questions

Take and Review Practice Exam
Review should be done in table groups
Each group find the answers in the textbook and reference with the page number(s)

DVD: The Teenage Brain

18 Oct

Review Chapter 2 Essay question

Review for Neuro Psych Exam

Brain functions review sheet

HW:
Exam Thursday, 20 Oct

20 Oct

Chapter 2: Exam

Begin workbbok exercises for chapter 3: The Developing Child

HW: Due Monday, 24 October
* Workbook Handout Vocabualry
* All even or odd problems, as per even or odd group

24 Oct

New seats

Review chapter 2 exam

Discuss and review chapter 3 vocabulary

Piaget
Introduction
Chapter 3 essay rubric development
HW:
Due Wednesday, 26 October: Chapter essay
Due Friday, 28 October: News Report

26 Oct

Return Chapter 2 exams
Review and discuss two model essays

Present Chapter 3 Homework essay rubric

Redistribute essays for peer review with the rubric
Essays returnedand class has until nexct class meeting touse rubric and feedback to improve essay.
Introduce Nature - Nurture discussion
Read and review Bouchard and Lykken Twins Study
Introduce additional
developmental theories
HW:
News Report #6 due Friday, 28 October
Ch. 3 Essay due Friday, 28 October

28 Oct

Collect News Reports and Essays

Quick write:

make a two column list, with at least three items under each heading Nature and Nurture. What are thre fuynctions that you beleive are pimarily each. Steate and then use 1 or 2 sentences to explain

Continue Nature - Nurture discussion
Compare and contrast Piaget to the Twins Study
Reminder:
Chapter 3 exam: Thursday, 3 November

1 Nov

Return and Review Essays

Review for Exam

  • nurturance
  • stranger anxiety
  • attachment
  • familiarity
  • temperment
  • responsive parents
  • secure/insecure attachments

3 Nov

Quick questions

Exam Essay

Chapter 3 exam

HW:
Chapter 4 vocabulary and multiple choice worksheets [odd/even]

7 Nov

New groups and child devlopment exam review
Chapter 3 exam essay rubric

Adolescence and Schizophrenia

Chapter 4 overview

HW:
Ch. 4 workbook essay due Wednesday

Essay question:
Sheryl is 12 years old and in the 6th grade. Describe the developmental changes she is likely to be experiencing according to Piaget, Kohlberg, and Erickson.

9 Nov

Discuss Chapter 4 Essay assignment and rubric

Kohlberg's View of Development
stages of moral development
A Kohlberg Dilemna
HW:
3 Interviews due Monday

14 Nov

Return essays
review ch 3
review ch 4
Erickson
stages of
intimacy
Adolescence is...
puberty
begins/ends
primary and secondary sexual characteristics

Intimacy

Adulthood - stages of
physical
cognitive
social

Death and dying

HW:
EXAM next Weds
News reports next Friday

16 Nov

LAST DAY FOR LATE OR MAKE-UP WORK FOR THE 2ND GRADING PERIOD

Chapter 4 exam

Exchange textbooks for new edition

HW:
News Report #7 due Friday
M/C [even/odd] due Tuesday

18 Nov

Intro to Chapter 5

Shakespeare

22 Nov

Chapter 5: Sensation

Cow's Eye Diagram

Annotated Cow Eye diagram

Light and Your Eye

Color Deficient Vision
explaining color blindness
more information
tests for color blindness
The colorblind homepage: more tests

Discuss essay rubric

Zimbardo Tapes
Prison simulation
Authoritatian-Democratic-Permissive simulations
HW:
Workbook Chapter Essay:
A dancer in a chorus line uses many sensory cues when performing. Discuss three senses that dancers rely on and explain why each is important.

29 Nov

Collect Essays and M/C

Download Eye anatomy practice

Review Chapter 5 - student generated notes
[table talks]

Crossword puzzle [table parts]

Ear anatomy practice

Download ear diagram practice

Introduction to Perception

HW:
Due Monday: Chapter 6 [perception] worksheets [odd/even]

1 Dec

Discuss possible field trip - Jan 13

Job Ready Speaker from District

Review Ear Diagrams

Perception Article:
Turnbull, C.M. (1961). Some observations regarding the experiences and behavior of the BaMbuti Pygmies. American Journal of Psychology, 74, 304-308.

Introduce Perception
Penn & Teller video
Myers 7e Perception Powerpoint

5 Dec

Collect Perception workbook sheets

Return and review Sensation workbook essays

Binocular and monocular cues

7 Dec

Review for Sensation/Perception Exam

  • review workbook m/c
  • review top-down processing [p. 247]
  • review binocular and monocular cues [p. 240]
    'Bizarro cartoon'
  • Review ESP
    telepathy and cards
Reminder:
Exam on Friday, 9 Dec
chapter 5 [sensation] and chapter 6 [perception]
includes eye and ear charts

9 Dec

Exam

HW:
Due Tuesday: Worksheets for chapter 7: Consciousness

13 Dec

Collect and discuss Chapter 7 M/C questions

Consciousness: Sleep and Dreams

Introduce "Everybody rides the carousel" activity

  • developmental theories
  • for each stage of the DVD, write the following:
    • Paragraph 1:
      • Explain stage from Erickson's Psychosocial Development perspective
      • Explain the parallel stage with Kohlberg and Piaget
    • Paragraph 2;
      • Connect this to yourself, your life or why it matters.

15 Dec

Return Ch 7. workbooks M/C

Review Erickson, Piaget and Kohlberg, IN PARTICULAR THE TEXT PAGE REFERENCES

Continue "Everybody rides the carousel" activity

For each stage viewed, stop, discuss and write the following:

  • Paragraph 1:
    • Explain stage from Erickson's Psychosocial Development perspective
    • Explain the parallel stage with Kohlberg and Piaget
  • Paragraph 2;
    • Connect this to yourself, your life or why it matters.

WINTER BREAK: JAN 17 TO JANUARY 2

3 Jan

Altered Consciousness and Drugs

HW: Read and summarize Sleep article

5 Jan

Sleep IQ [hand-out 7-4]
 
Sleep Debt [hand-out 7-5]
 
Sleep - the brin's activity [ppt]

Dreams and dreaming

Complete Dream Link questions

Go To
Dream Links page
Alcohol
hand-out 7-13]

Hypnosis Highlights

Review of addictions and drugs

Handout field trip permission slips

HW:
News Report due 9 Jan

9 Jan

Collect News Reports

Collect field trip permission slips - explain current status of field trip - $10 donation

Review Consciousness chapter

HW: [DUE WEDS., 11 JAN]
Read the following article on Daydreaming
  1. Discuss Daydreaming, using information from both the article, text and class discussion [5 points]
  2. Use the language and terms associated with daydreaming [5 points]
  1. Read the following article on Hypnosis
    1. Write a brief summary of the salient points of the article [5 points]
    2. Respond to the question "What are the implications of the author's opinion of hypnosis's impact on top down processing and our perception of reality" [5 points]
    3. Use the language and terms associated with hypnosis, top-down processng and bottom-up processing [5 points]

11 Jan

Review for exam

Prep for Exploratorium

Introduce Learning unit

13 Jan

Field Trip: SF Exploratorium
Field Trip Assignment directions

Alternative to Field Trip Assignment instructions for those who did not go on the field trip

18 Jan

Consciousness exam and Exploratorium paper

Finals Schedule
  • Tuesday [6th period/3rd period]
  • Wednesday [5th period/4th period]
  • Thursday [2nd period/1st period]
Signing up for the AP Exam
Does your university offer units for the AP Exam
HW:
Chapter 8 M/C
Vocabulary

25 Jan

Collect Chapter 8 M/C and vocab

Review Analysis

Review core Learning unit vocabulary

HW:
News Reports due Thursday, 2 Feb.

27 Jan

Review online article prompts, with student model

Introduce and discuss discerning reimforcement and punishment with operant conditioning
Foofoo and friends

31 Jan

Zimbardo DVD: Learning

Review of Classical and Operant Conditioning terms and worksheet

Intrinisciu and Extrinsic behavior and survey

Future consequences survey

HW:
Thurs: News Report due
Friday: after school study sessin for Learning Exam
Monday: Learning Chapter Exam

2 Feb

Collect News Reports

Extending the definition of learning
handout 8-2
Reinforcement schedules
defend by table
handout 8-5
Consequence matrix
 
Rozin's Aversion Responses
 
Distribute review materials
Franklin Learning summary materials
Venn diagram answer sheet
Reminder
Friday - exam study session for 30 minutes after class, incudes:
  • respondant & operant behaviors,
  • effects of punishment,
  • law of effect
Monday - Learning exam

6 Feb

Exam: Learning

HW:
Chapter 9: Memory M/C [odd-even]

8 Feb

New Groups
review exam
Collect M/C sheets
 
HW:Due: Wednesday, 15 Feb
Ch. 9 and Ch. 10 vocabulary examples

10 Feb

Review Chapter 9 exam

Review Memory T/F sheet

Learning and Remembering
Seven Dwarfs activity
Organization by sound, letter & meaning
recall vs. recognition
Vivid Events
Flashbulb memory
biologically significant
accuracy
Serial Position Effect
recalling the U.S. presidents
von Restorff Effect
Visual vs. Auditory
Simmons and Irwin exercise

15 Feb

Collect and discuss Ch. 9 and Ch. 10 vocabulary examples

Continue Learning and Remembering

The Self-Reference Effect

Meaning and Memory

Providing Context
 
Mneumonic Devices
a. "assisting or intended to assist memory"
b. "A word or string which is intended to be easierto remember than the thing it stands for"

17 Feb

Practice tests and responses
Chapter 9: Memory review
Chapter 10: Language and Thinking introduction
Reminder:
Friday, 28 February: Exam on Chapter 9 and 10 and 11
Friday, 24 February: News Reports due

22 Feb

AP Exam correlations

Language
overview
thinking styles
problen solving
Ch. 11: Intelligence
context definitions

Review for exam

24 Feb

Review for Exam on Chapter 9 and 10 and 11

Additional review session 27 Feb at lunch in E-16

28 Feb

Exam on Chapter 9 and 10 and 11

HW:
Ch. 12 and ch. 13 context definitions

2 March

Last meeting of this grade period

Correct Multiple choice portion of the Exam

HW:
T/F for ch. 12-13-14
ch. 14 context definitions

6 March

Ch. 12: review T/F

Biological bases [456-57]
review biological bases for emotion, including instincts, drive-reduction theory, homeostasis,
incentive, and optimum arousal.
P3:8: evolutionary psych - handout 3-2
Theories of Motivation [456-59]
review the three most influential perspectives/theories of motivation:instinct theory (now replaced by the evolutionary perspective),
drive-reduction theory, and
arousal theory.

P12:5: drives: - tip.psychology.org/hull.html
P12:5: arousal: exploration index - handout 12-3

Maslow Hierarchy of Needs [458]
A fourth perspective, Maslow's hierarchy is also presented on page 458.
The theories are then integrated within specific discussions throughout the chapter.

P12:5-6: Hierarchy - handout 12-5, 12-4

8 March

Unit overview

Hunger & thirst [p. 459-67]

physiology & psychology of ‚
p. 10: Body image - handout 12-7
[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]
Sex [p. 467-482]
physiology & psychology of
Adolescent, Orientation & human values
p. 16: attitudes - handout: 12-10
Pain [p. 220-223]
what is it?
Gate-control theory
pain control

10 March

Social motives [p. 483-497]
present social motivation, including the need to belong
(aiding survival, wanting to belong, acting to increase social acceptance, maintaining relationships, fortifying health)
and motivation at work (including a review of industrial/organizational psychology)
p. 18: affiliate - handout: 12-12
Ch. 12 questions
start each question with rubric/outlines of key ideas
define and apply
prepare draft of responses for 3/14

14 March

Review ch. 12 questions

Ch. 13: review T/F

Theories of emotion [p. 499-505]
reviews theories of emotion, including the James-Lange and Cannon-Bard Theories, cognitive theories of Emotion, and two dimensions of emotion (featuring the work of James Russell, David Watson, Auk Tellegen et al).
Chapter 13 writing questions

16 March

Review Chpater 13 writing prompts

Ch. 14: review T/F

Chapter 14 writing prompts

Stress [p. 531-546]
present stress, including sources of stress and stressors, the stress response system, general adaptation syndrome, stressful life events (including catastrophes, significant life changes, daily hassles), perceived control (poverty and inequality, optimism-pessimism), stress and the heart (coronary heart disease, type A and B personalities), as well as stress and susceptibility and disease (psycho-physiological illness, stress and the immune system, stress and aids, stress and cancer, conditioning the immune system).

20 March

Continue ch 14: stress

22 March

Review for unit exam

24 March

Unit Exam

HW:
Complete chapter 15 of the chapter 15-16 vocabulary context sheet

28 March

Review unit exam

Review chapter 15 Vocabulary Context sheet

Present pscyhoanlaytic perspective [pg. 575 - 586]

Answer the following questions:
  1. Define personality, and explain how its study differs from that of other psychological research interests.
  2. Describe the major ideas of the neo-Freudians and today's psychodynamic theorists
  3. Describe the humanistic perspective on personality and discuss the basic ideas of Maslow and Rodgers.

30 March

Review and collect 'questions'

Begin with continued discussion of defense mechanisms [handout 15-4]

Discuss pags 591 - 601 [humanistic perspective and Trait Perspective ] and terror management theory [pg. 614-615]

Keirsey Temperment Sorter II

3 April

Theories and diagnosis of psychopathology
p. 619 - 621 Defining psychological disorders
p. 621 - 623 Medical and bio-psycho-social perspective; introduce the DSM-IV
p.6232 - 625 diagnoising and labeling
p. 627 - 633 Anxiety disorders
What is depression?
Define:
Describe 3 physiological characteristics
Describe 3 pscyhological characteristics
Describe several of the key aspects of the Socio-Cognitive Perspective, as discussed on [p. 600-607] and [p. 640-43], then
Discuss how the socio-cognitive perspective might help us understand depression;
creating a shopping list of key points and associations
The Zung Self-rating Depression scale
 
Revised facts on Suicide quiz
 
HW:
Complete the responses to the two questions above and turn in by Wednesday, 5 April

5 April

Disorders
p. 633 - 653 Mood and Schizophrenic disorders
Practice Exams
 
Take-Home Essay Questions
Due Friday, 7 April

7 April

Chapter 15-16 Unit Exam

Take-Home Essay Questions are due today, at the beginning of class

Also, turn in:

  • Chapter 16 and Chapter 16 context vocabulary sheets
  • the 3-Question Responses from Chapter 15 [March 28 assignment]
  • the 2-Question Responses from Chapter 16 [April 3 assignment]

Complete the Chapter 17 [Therapy] context vocabualry sheet

11 April

Collect the Chapter 17 [Therapy] context vocabualry sheet

Insight, Behaviorial and Cognitves approaches

p. 660 - 664: Insight
p. 664 - 669: Behavioral
p. 669 - 671: Cognitve

13 April

Treatment approaches
p. 660 - 673 Therapy approaches
p. 674 - 685 data evaluating and analyzing psychotherapy
p. 685 - 691 biomedical therapies
Take home exam
Due back on 24 April

14 April

END OF THE 5th GRADE PERIOD: THE HOME STRETCH BEGINS

17 - 21 April

SPRING BREAK

24 April

Collect Chapter 17 Take home exam

Link to AP Exam Preparation Materials

24 April - May 19

Prep for AP Exam

24 April

Collect Ch. 17 take home exam
give out take home answer sheet
Take baseline AP M/C Exam - 2004
 
Essay #1: 2004
complete a rubric w/out book
optional: complete w/book

26 April

Complete essay/free response

Begin Essay/Free Response calibration

Evaluate and score the 3 essay samples

Evaluate and assess class responses

Complete M/C category guide

28 April

Homework
Take your AP Practice exam scoing matrix and use it to complete the following assignment:
  1. Log on as a student to the Myer's 7th edition Web site
    [You can get there by going to Mr. Sovel;'s website and going to AP Psych -> AP Exam Prep
  2. Log on as student, using your full name
    [Be sure that you have me as instructor, using the email address bsovel@pcsedmail.org]
  3. Take quiz 1 for each chapter that you have BLACKED OUT and for ch. 3, 14, 17
  4. You must have these completed no later than Monday, May 1, by 9:00 p.m.
  5. This is a 50 point assignment

Read and rate free response question.

 

Review List of 309

2 May

Take AP M/C Exam - 1994 - FIRST 50

Review Free Responses

4 May

Review Free Responses

8 May

Re-test 2004 M/C

Review Free Responses

Focus: experimentation and research

10 May

AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM - LUCCHESI CENTER

12- 18 May

Final Three Assignments and their time schedules

Prepare your 'Head'

22 - 26 May

Final Assignment #2

Choose your Activity Snack from the list below
Begin preparation for the Friday, May 26 presentation
Visit your Snack at
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/
Outline your initial notes for the one-page explanation paper
SF Exploratorium visit is Wednesday, May 24
We leave from bus circle at 8:30
If staying, come to class as usual

SF Exploratorium 'snacks':

  1. Afterimage
  2. Opponent color
  3. Blind spot
  4. Light and color
  5. Light and shadow
  6. Far out corners
  7. Light and dark
  8. Seeing the grey
  9. Moire patterns
  10. Seeing and perception
  11. Monocular/binocular seeing
  12. Upside down
  13. Taste and smell
  14. Seeing
  15. Relative clarity

31 May - 6 June

Finish Exploratorium 'Snack' presentations

Prepare for Final Exam 'Fractured Fairytale' presentations
Review the use of the DSM manual
Reminder of the definitions and descriptions of
Psychological Disorders
Fairy Tale Rubric

Some suggested support websites to assist in understanding the sypmtoms associated with many psychological disorders may be found at:

If time, enjoy a portion of the pilot of the TV show Monk, our favorite obsessive-compulsive detective

8 June

Final: Present 'Fractured fairy tale and paper
Fairy Tale Rubric

PREP MATERIALS:
Note: many of the following materials have come from experienced AP teachers who share information at the ap-psych digest list.
List of 309
Relatively close match up with our Myers 7e text
You will be completing this during the week of 26 April

Myer's 7th edition text link
sign in as a student to gain access to test questions, review powerpoints and vocabulary
NOTE: you will also need your teacher's email to complete signing up [bsovel@pcsedmail.org]

 

Important Studies Overview
[courtesy of Mr. Charles Schallhorn]

 

Mental Disorders
DSM-IV Codes. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-IV_Codes

Review sites and books:
AP Psychology "Acorn Book" for 2006/2007--contains all the details teachers need and students need for preparing for the AP Exam.

Princeton's AP Review Book Amazon.com
Barron's AP Review Booklet on Amazon.com

150 questions Practice Online Exam and answer sheet
Click on Test Prep on the menu tab
Click on AP Tests
Ap Psychology Network
Look at the index on the left column

 

PSYCHOLOGY Spring Semester (return to top of page)

Semester course overview

Myers, David G. Psychology . Worth Publishers, New York. 1997, [4th edition].

Alloway,T, Wilson, G. Graham, J. Sniffy the Virtual Rat, Thomson - Wadsworth Publishing: 2005. [ISBN:  0534633617]

Electronic Library from school and home

user name: 43-15008

password: bigchalk

Note:

  • Course outline
  • Classroom rules and procedures

25 January

  1. Introduction
    profile
    contacts
  2. Overview
    the 4 perspectives
    news reports
  3. First log-on to computers and eLibrary
  4. History of Psychology
  5. Vocabulary of studies
HW:
News Report #1: due Thursday, 2 Feb.

27 Jan

What is Psychology?

True/False statements and class dsicussion

Critical Thinking considerations

Lecture and notes:
* the four categories of psychology
* writing formats:
  • introduce idea,
  • define and describe concept(s),
  • support with specific evidence or examples

31 Jan

News report prep
how to use and log on to eLibrary
Review and practice Research Methods
Critical Thinking exc [p. 38]
 
Introduce new terms [click here for a typable version of vocab list]
Theory
Hypothesis
Mean
Mode
Median
Range

Statistics Intro

M & M exercise
HW:
News Report #1 [10 points]

2 Feb

Collect News Report #1

Finish statistics intro

Setting up an Hypothesis: new terms
Hypothesis
Independent and Dependent Variables
Experiment and Control groups
Random Sampling/ Random assignment
Hypothesis to an Experiment
Hypothesis paper example
Unit Project:
Hypothesis Paper: Parable to Experiment [25 points
class practice exercise]

6 Feb

Return and Review first News Reports

Review the scoring rubric sheet for the Parable Experiment activity

Jeopardy: Review for Unit Exam

HW:
Due Friday: 2/10: Intro to Psychology Unit Exam [~50 points]
Due Tuesday, 2/15: the Hypothesis Paper: Parable Experiment [25 points]

8 Feb

Review Huypothesis paper due Wednesday, 10 Feb.

Review for Exam
Jeopardy game

10 Feb

Intro to Psychology Unit Exam [~50 points]

Upon completion of exam, you may

  1. work [independently] on the Hypothesis Paper
  2. read and complete Social Psychology vocabulary sheet

15 Feb

Return and review Intro to Psych Exam
New groups

Introduce Social Psychology with the Chapter 18 T/F questions

Atribution theory and questionaire

Collect Hypothesis Paper

17 Feb

PROGRESS REPORT SENT HOME
Grade period ends March 3
Last day late or make-up work accepted is Friday, February 24
Review Attribution Theory terms
Fundamental Attribution Theory Error survey
Discuss Stereotypes and Prejudice
Sterotypes questionaire
reminder: News report #2 due Friday, 2/24

22 Feb

Introduce SOCIAL INFLUENCES

Social Norms
Conformity
Obedience
Milgram 'Obey at any cost!" experiment
 

 

Find News article

24 Feb

Review" Attitude" questionaire results

Introduce Altruism and Kindness assignment
ALTRUISM: An Unselfish Regard for Other's Welfare

Assignment: Perform an Act of Random Kindness
  1. Describe the act
  2. Describe the recipient's reaction
  3. What was your reaction before, during, after

Review "Experiment" paper

Questionaire 'attraction'

Experimental Testing Ethics

28 Feb

2 March

last day of the grade period

http://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit

6 March

Introduce Cognitive Dissonance and Hindsight Bias

Review for exam

8 March

Memory Excursion
Memory: The persistence of learning over time via the storage and retrieval of information
Exercises
7 dwarves p[I, II, III, IV, V]
Presidents - serial effect
Nonsense phrases: visual vs. auditory
problen solving

10 March

Introduce new unit on 'Consciousness

Try to define as idea & as states of:
Include waking and sleeping consciousness
What is consciousness chart
Overview of Subtopics:
  • Biological rhythms,
  • Sleep & sleep disorders,
  • Dreams and Daydreams,
  • Hypnosis

Complete vocabulary in class [Handout]

Introduce Sleep and dream journal project [handout]
note: bring to class every day

HW: Consciousness Crossword Puzzle

14 March

Review and collect X-word puzzles

Discuss
Circadian Rhythms
Stages of Sleep
  • Complete handout during lecture
  • Connect to vocabulary

Sleep disorders

Possible handout activities, if time
Handout 7-2: Sleep IQ
Handout 7-5: Sleep Deficit

Introduce dreams: p. 227-230

16 March

Introduce dreams website
http://www.psywww.com/asc/dreamfaq/node1.html
Explain & start FAQ Jigsaw & Presentation
review scoring rubric
Discuss Sleep Journal Progress
Handout 7-4: Morning vs. Evening People
HW: Assign News Report for 3/24
Require focus on consciousness

20 March

Finish and present Dream website
http://www.psywww.com/asc/dreamfaq/node1.html
presentation scoring rubric
Review sleep journals

22 March

Review sleep journals

Discuss dream notes
lucid dreaming
daydreams
Freud's dream interpretations
 
HW:
Read and summarize "This is your brain under hypnosis" article

24 March

Collect News Report

Discuss Hypnosis
read pages 232 - 239
review for exam

28 March

Unit exam

Complete Chapter 15 [Psychological Disorders] Vocabulary context sheet

30 March

Hand out progress reports
RETURN SIGNED BY 5 APRIL [Wednseday]

Work on the vocabulary examples, items 1 - 10

Phobias

3 April

Collect Progress Reports

Vocabulary context sheet
complete items 18 to 22

What is Normal? What is my primary personality trait?

Keirsey Temperment Sorter II

5 April

Collect Progress Reports

What is a psychological disorder?

 

ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY UNIT ASSIGNMENT
Choose a Disorder from list [you may work alone or with ONE partner]
Describe symptoms, using practical examples
Discuss onset
Discuss treatment methods
Present to class, using a visual aid
Abnormal Psychology Unit Topics
bibliography [at least 3 sources]
1 to 1.5 page paper/script
be sure to connect to hwo it is a psychological disorder [see pages 500-501 in textbook]
be sue that your visual has VISUALS
Due for presentation on 13 April

7 April

Preparation work for Psychological Disorders Project

Use the Disorders Summary Guide to assemble and plan your presentation

Some suggested websites to begin:

11 April

Continue Work on Disorders Project
Use the Disorders Summary Guide to sassemble and plan your presentation
Scoring components:
15 points: Describe your 'Disorder',include symptom, definitions, onset info and a list of anotated examples
10 points: pick two of the examples and provide detailed information
9 points: 3 sources, with formal bibliography cited.
11 points: visual and presentation to the class.

13 April

Disorder Presentations

14 April

END OF THE 5th GRADE PERIOD: THE HOME STRETCH BEGINS

17-21 April

SPRING BREAK

24 April

Begin Personality Unit
Freudian perspective survey

Handout review pages

Introduce terms

  • Id, Ego, Superego
  • Psychosexual stages of development
  • Conscious and Unconscious
  • Free association, manifest content, latent content, transference
  • Suppression, reaction formation

26 April

Review and discuss "what is personality?"

Begin organizing Freudian Summary Sheet

28 April

Work on completing Freudian Summary Sheet

Introduced to the Freudian Collage Project

Begin searching for images

2 May

Free association and Rorshak cards - Class taught by Ms. Altieri

4 May

Begin Collages - Class taught by Ms. Altieri

8 May

TURN IN HEALTH RELEASES FOR EXPLORATORIUM FIELD TRIP

Introduce more perspectives:
Nature vs. nurture
Optimism Survey
Reading Jigsaw: part 1:
Humanistic
Trait
Socio-cognitive
Work on Collage
review rubric

10 May

TURN IN HEALTH RELEASES FOR EXPLORATORIUM FIELD TRIP

Continue work on other Perspecives

Use the following question(s) as a guide for your group presentations:
  • "You are a honest, open and responsible person. Discuss how these characteristics would
    be explained according to the perspective you will be presenting."
  • Hint: From your 'perspective', what factors determine personality?
  • Hint: Which of these factors 'worked' to produce the personality mentioned above?

Work on Collage

Begin Collage presentations

12 May

TURN IN HEALTH RELEASES FOR EXPLORATORIUM FIELD TRIP

Finish Collage Presentations

Turn in Collages and paper

'Perspective' group discussions

16 May

M/C Exam preparation - practice quizzes

16 May - 8 June

FIELD TRIP HAS MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 24
Room for up to 14 more
May 22:
M/C Personality Exam
Penn & Teller video
 
Introduce Perception
 
Myers 7e Perception Powerpoint
May22:
Class demos from Text handout
Review Field Trip Day assignments
May 24:
Those going to the Exploratorium must meet at the bus circle no later than 8:30
Those staying should meet with the substitute in the E-16 classroom
Field Trip Activity and Alternate Field Trip Activity
The Exploratorium paper [and Alternative] will be due Wednesday, May 31
May 26:
Sensation
Cow's Eye Diagram
Annotated Cow Eye diagram
Light and Your Eye

Color Deficient Vision
explaining color blindness
more information
tests for color blindness
The colorblind homepage: more tests

May 31
Field Trip Activity or Alternative Activity papers are Due
Choose Final Exam activity and partner
Sensory Deprivation exercise and quickwrite

 

June 2
 Extending Perception websites:
Change Blindness series
Gradual Change can go unnoticed
Counter-rotating spirals
producing the perception of motion in the opposite direction
Human Factor Psychologists
[see page 209 in Myers 4th edition]
Bad Human Designs
 
REMINDER:
Your Perception Activity shoud include the following elements:
Presentation:
  • Explain the concept
  • demonstrate the concept with the class
  • re-explain the concept by connecting the demonstration to the original explaination
Paper:
  • maximum of two typed pages
  • Explain the concept
  • describe the class demonstration
  • re-explain the concept by connecting the demonstration to the original explaination
 
June 6 and 8: The Final Exam
Final Exam for Perception unit will be, with a partner, to present one of the Activity Snacks listed below, along with a one-page explanation paper.

Presentations will begin on June 6 and finish June 8.
Final Project score sheet

SF Exploratorium 'snacks': Sensation and Perseption hands-on projects

  1. Afterimage
  2. Opponent color
  3. Blind spot
  4. Light and color
  5. Light and shadow
  6. Far out corners
  7. Light and dark
  8. Seeing the grey
  9. Moire patterns
  10. Seeing and perception
  11. Monocular/binocular seeing
  12. Upside down
  13. Taste and smell
  14. Seeing
  15. Relative clarity
 

COMPUTER LITERACY:    Fall Semester (return to top of page)

Note:

Click here for a reminder of the
proper hand position for keyboarding

 

 

24 January

Introduce the Computer Literacy class

Review class procedures and rules

Review course skill content

Complete student profile forms

Set up practice student Log-on to the Casa server

establish personal server directory and password
Practice logging on/off Windows 2000
First log-on to UltraKey

Learn Home Row hand position

26 Jan

Handout Keyboard sheets
color keyboard sheets
discuss fingers connection to the keys
posture
arm position
Color the keyboard sheets

Setting UltraKey typing program

begin practice
Handout: HomeRow sentence sheets
 
Log on to Ultrakey
do baseline speed test
Print out speed test results
Introduce workbook
workbook: pages 10 - 31
focus on pages 10 - 17

30 Jan

Keyboard practice
Keyboard Home Row Quiz
 
Introduce workbook
Type Letter together
Check for 'post-it' changes

workbook: pages 10 - 31

focus on pages 10 - 17

Pages 24-25

page 25, item #12: save as Changes #1

Page 26

page 25, item #6: save as Change #2

Review work book rubrics for pages 10 - 26

Introduce Word Art
Creation
Working with a graphic
Adding color and effects
Inserting a graphic or picture

1 Feb

Practice Keyboarding 
cover keys for half of practice period

Review grade sheets
hand back first score workbook rubric score sheets
Continue with Workbook: Introduction to Word
Make changes to workbook pages
Walk through pages 24 - 26
changes #1 and #2

Today, all students should be done through page 26

3 Feb

Practice Keyboarding 
cover keys for half of practice period
Continue with Workbook: Introduction to Word
finish to page 56

Introduce Lower Row

begin Acronym sentence for [ZXCVBNM,.]
click
LOWER ROW

 

Reminder

Changes to workbook pages
instructions
Complete the following [be sure to add your name to each page]
pages 31 - 39

pg. 39, item #5, save as Tab Leader and print

page 42

pg. 42, item #5, save as Opening and print

pages 47 - 52

pages 54 - 56

pg. 56, item #13, save as Table and print

Review Word feature:
Ruler and Tabs, Tab Leaders [workbook: page 37 - 39]
Auto Correct [Menue > Tools > AutoCorrect]

Today, all students should be through page 56

7 Feb

Practice Keyboarding 
prepare for LOWER ROW quiz
Turn in your Lower Row ACRONYM
Introduce Workbook Quizzes
Begin WORD Quizzes

Be sure to complete the worbook activities to page 56; otherwise the quizzes can be difficult.

9 Feb

Keyboarding
 
Finish Workbook activities
 
Introduce Picture toolbar
background
watermark
wrapping text  
Begin Workbook quizzes

14 Feb

Keyboarding

Continue Workbook quizzes

Review of Tables
borders
lines
If finished with quizzes, go to Paper Points
 
PROGRESS REPORTS SENT HOME

 

 

 16 Feb

 

Keyboarding

Continue with the Workbook quizzes
either finish or correct
Tables continued
Shading
Tabs in cells
Drag and Drop
Paperpoints

21 Feb

Keyboarding
 
Workbook tests
either finish or correct
 
Using rulers and indents
 
More tables
changing cells, columns, rows
 
Begin crossword puzzle: brown version or yellow version

 

23 Feb

PROGRESS REPORT SENT HOME
Due back, with parent signature, Monday, 27 February
Last day late or make-up work accepted is Wednesday, March 1
Grade period ends March 3
Aesop's Fables speed practice

Today is catch up day:

  1. Finish or correct Workbook Tests
  2. Finish crossword puzzle
  3. make-up any missing work
  4. work on Paper Points
Advanced Word features
Lists and Sorting
Lists and columns
Tables and column sorting

27 February

Keyboarding

Begin Exam Practice sheet

1March

Keyboarding

Finish Exam Practice sheet

3 March

Keyboarding
 
Review session
WORD Basics

7 March

Word Processing Exam [125 points]

  • in class
  • must do without assistance from classmates
  • may not use workbook
  • you may use WORD Basics notes
Introduce EXCEL
Do Borders worksheet
Begin Workbook
Page 120 ->

9 March

Keyboarding

Introduce EXCEL
Go to page 120 and walk though intro to EXCEL
Workbook: Sales
pages 120 - 131
pages 132 - 140
pages 142 - 146

13 March

Keyboarding

Review Word Exam and Excel Borders

Begin Excel Multiplication

Begin layout for Millionaire

Continue in workbook, if time

15 March

Finish
Millionaire layout
Borders
Multiplication
Continue workbook
pages 120 - 131
pages 132 - 140
pages 142 - 146

17 March

Keyboarding

Finish
Borders
Multiplication
Continue workbook
pages 120 - 131
pages 132 - 140
pages 142 - 146

Millionaire values

Last day to turn in WORD Exam corrections

21 March

Keyboarding practice 

 
Using Email [with Hotmail],
CREATE an email account,
COMPOSE an email and
practice email ETIQUETTE
  1. go to www.hotmail.com
  2. Use your Diego server User name
  3. Make your password = password
  4. Choose fictional character = Wizard of Oz
  5. At the email page, you are going to send a message to Mr. Sovel
  6. Duplicate the message below
  7. Before you send your message, be sure to CHECK MARK the 'copy message to sent folder' box

To: sovelb@hotmail.com

Cc: [your new hotmail address]

Bcc:

Subject: My First Email from [name your class period] Period

Hello Mr. Sovel,

This is my first email for your class.

Your favorite student,

[type your full name here]

Excel hints

AutoSum [see page 130]
AutoFill [see page 131]

Continue with workbook Excel lessons; complete the following:

Finish
Borders
Multiplication
Continue workbook
pages 120 - 131
pages 132 - 140
pages 142 - 146
PRINT OUT SALES CHART, with a name footer

pages 154 - 162

23 March

Keyboarding practice 

Using Email [with Hotmail]
Address book [part 1]
  • to, cc., bcc
  • sending to more than one address
Send an email To: 2 addresses, with a a Cc. to yourself and a Bcc. to Mr. Sovel

remember your etiquette

To: Friend #1, Friend #2

Cc: Your email address here

Bcc: sovelb@hotmail.com

Subject: sending to many people at once

Hello Mr. Sovel,

I just sent emails to 4 people at once.

Your real favorite student,

[type your full name here]

Continue with workbook Excel lessons; complete the following:

Finish
Borders
Multiplication
Continue workbook
pages 120 - 131
pages 132 - 140
pages 142 - 146
PRINT OUT SALES CHART, with a name footer

pages 154 - 162
Extra Credit: PTA Pizza
 
Add in Millionaire values

27 March

Keyboard Practice

Covered keys - challenge tests
twice at 3 minutes each
Print report
FINISH workbook
pages 120 - 131
pages 132 - 140
pages 142 - 146
PRINT OUT SALES CHART, with a name footer

pages 154 - 162
Extra Credit: PTA Pizza
 
Complete workbook quizzes
directions on the work table

29 March

Keyboarding

Introduce PI Spreadsheet
Do the first measurement ONLY
Millionaire
Set up to next account balance ONLY
Finish
Workbook
PTA Pizza

31 March

Keyboarding

DATA GATHERING DAY:

  • Finish measuring objects for the Pi Spreadsheet activity
  • You may begin constructing the PI spreadsheet
Finish Workbook
pages 120 - 131
pages 132 - 140
pages 142 - 146
PRINT OUT SALES CHART, with a name footer

pages 154 - 162
Finish Emails
you can read email #1 here
you can read
email #2 here

 

IF Time, Find the value of stocks for the second time, at http://finance.yahoo.com

4 & 6 April

Pass out progress report sheets for 2nd period

Collect Signed Progress Reports from 3rd period

Complete all incomplete assignments: the order of priority is

  1. Sales: p. 122 - 146
  2. Charts: p. 154 - 162
  3. Borders and Multiplication sheets
  4. Email #1 and #2: see march 21 and march 23 for the text
  5. Pi Spreadsheet: finish measurements, then move on to constructing the Pi Spreadsheet
  6. PTA Pizza [get the original document from the Read Only Only DIRECTORY]
    Sovel folder -> Computer Classes folder -> Computer Literacy folder -> open PTA Pizza file, then save as to your directory.
  7. EXCEL workbook quizzes
  8. Free time

10 April

Email [with Hotmail]
What is an email attachment?
  • a quick introduction
  • types of files that can be sent
  • how to give them a title
  • how to save and open

To:[your new hotmail address]

Cc: sovelb@hotmail.com

Bcc:

Subject: [name your class period] Attachment

Hi Mr. Sovel,

Here is my attachment.

Your student,

[type your full name here]

Send Mr. Sovel QWERTY sentences as an attachment

Finish ALL Excel work

12 April

Keyboard Practice

Collect any remaining Progress Reports

Introduction to Photo Elements

After introduction, studdents will break into two groups

  1. This group will work independently to complete
    Sales [p. 123-145]
    Charts [p. 154-162]
    Pi Spreadsheet
    Email #1 [21 March], email #2 [23 March] email #3 [10 April]
    [BE SURE TO PRINT OUT WITH NAME FOOTER]
  2. This group will continue on working to complete Mr. Melon Head
    Starter set pieces are located in READ-ONLY DIRECTORY -> Sovel folder -> Photo Elements folder

14 April

 Keyboarding practice

 Photo Elements Tool Bar Introduction
Tools: Lasso, marquee, zoom, ,magic wand
Windows: hints and history
Menu Bar: Select, Image, lower tool bar

After introduction, studdents will break into two groups

  1. This group will work independently to complete
    Sales [p. 123-145]
    Charts [p. 154-162]
    Pi Spreadsheet
    Email #1 [21 March], email #2 [23 March] email #3 [10 April]
    [BE SURE TO PRINT OUT WITH NAME FOOTER]
  2. This group will continue on working on Tool Bar related explorations

END OF THE 5th GRADE PERIOD: THE HOME STRETCH BEGINS

25 April

KeyboardPractice
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs

Remind about keyboard quiz on Thursday

Introduce Internetr Unit
  • ACCESS
  • SHARING
  • COLLABORATION
  • What is a URL?
  • How is a web site like a Portal?

CYBERBEE Scavenger Hunt activity

Download the Cyberbee answer sheet

Go to the Cyberbee Scavenger Hunt page

Direction to Download and begin Scavenger Hunt

  1. Click on Cyberbee Scavenger Hunt answer sheet to OPEN
  2. SAVE AS to your Directory and title it : [your name] Webhound
  3. Retrun to Sovel Webpage on 25 April
  4. Start WORD and open Cyberbee Answer Sheet
  5. OPEN Explorer and link to Cyberbee Scavenger Hunt page
  6. Be sure to include answer and URL [web address] on you answer sheet

27 April

Ms. Thompson, Casa Librarian, introduces

KeyboardPractice
Entire keyboard quiz

Continue Scavenger Hunt

If you finish, print out answer sheet, then
Webhound Scavenger Hunt activity
Download the Webhound Scavenger Hunt
Use it to explore the different sights for the answers to the questions
Put the answers on the
Webhound Answer Sheet

1 May

If everything is in, you may try Funschool

Continue CYBERBEE Scavenger Hunt activity
Open your Cyberbee answer sheet

Go to the
Cyberbee Scavenger Hunt page
How search engines search
 
Internet Search techniques
What is meant by an 'advanced search'
Exploring advanced search techniques
Using "quotes"
Using AND (+), NOT (-) and *
Practice at
Google and at Student Resource Center

Introduce Search Activity

3 May

Covered keyboard practice

Begin Search Activity
Create 'controversial topics'
Have each student choose and write onto
Evidence Card
Review the purpose of the Evidence Card

STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE TWO SETS OF EVIDENCE CARDS,
to cover two different controversial topics
Explain how to use the Citation sheet
STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE TWO SETS OF CITATION CARDS,
to cover two different controversial topics
Complete Cyberbee and Webhound TODAY
You may also make corrections for a higher score

Cyberbee Scavenger Hunt page
Cyberbee answer sheet

Webhound Scavenger Hunt
Webhound Answer Sheet

5 May

Continue from Wednesday assignments

Complete both Scavenger Hunts

Begin Search Activity
Create 'controversial topics'
Have each student choose and write onto
Evidence Card
Review the purpose of the Evidence Card

STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE TWO SETS OF EVIDENCE CARDS,
to cover two different controversial topics
Explain how to use the Citation sheet
STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE TWO SETS OF CITATION CARDS,
to cover two different controversial topics

9 May

Continue assignments from 5 May

11 May

Review of eLibrary

Electronic Library
user name: 43-15008
password: bigchalk

Student Resource Center
password: gauchos
 
Continue Search Activity
Create 'controversial topics'
Have each student choose and write onto
Evidence Card
Review the purpose of the Evidence Card

STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE TWO SETS OF EVIDENCE CARDS,
to cover two different controversial topics
Explain how to use the Citation sheet
STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE TWO SETS OF CITATION CARDS,
to cover two different controversial topics
Complete Search Engine Survey

15 May

Review of Infotrac

Electronic Library
user name: 43-15008
password: bigchalk
Student Resource Center
password: gauchos
 
Continue Search Activity
Create 'controversial topics'
Have each student choose and write onto
Evidence Card
Review the purpose of the Evidence Card

STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE TWO SETS OF EVIDENCE CARDS,
to cover two different controversial topics
Explain how to use the Citation sheet
STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE TWO SETS OF CITATION CARDS,
to cover two different controversial topics
Complete Search Engine Survey

17 May

Keyboarding: begin using 'speedskins'
Ultrakey [10 minute warmup]
Aesop's Fables speed practice
Finish Evidence Card and Citation sheet activities
 
When finished, ask Mr. Sovel for the Controversial Essay sheet

19 May

Ultrakey practice
 
If over 25 wpm, go to Funschool

If under 25 wpm, continue Ultrakey Practice
 
Continue with Citation sheet and Evidence Card
when complete the Search Engine Response sheet
Go to Read only directory and complete 'Resume Preparation' sheet
save into your directory

23 May

Keyboard Practice
Ultrakey - 10 minutes
Covered keys practice - 10 minutes
Finish with Citation sheet and Evidence Card
when complete the Search Engine Response sheet
Move on to the
first controversial topic form
then,
Controversial Topic Research form
you may want to use this
neutral citation sheet
Build Your Resume
Finish and print your Resume Preparation sheet
Follow the form shown by your teacher to create a formal Resume

25 May

Keyboarding
 
Finish with Citation sheet and Evidence Card
when complete the Search Engine Response sheet
Move on to the
first controversial topic form
then,
Controversial Topic Research form
you may want to use this
neutral citation sheet
 
Build Your Resume
Finish and print your Resume Preparation sheet
Follow the form shown by your teacher to create a formal Resume

30 May

Keyboarding
UltraKey speed tests
uncovered
covered
 
Finish resume

1 June

Keyboarding 

Finish resumes

Finish Millionaire

5 June

Keyboarding
 
Finish resumes
 
Business Cards
Go to Publisher and select Business cards from the Wizard
Follow the steps to create your business card
When it asks you to Pint, choose 'tiled'
Print and turn in
 
Last chanced to finish any missing assignments:
 

Final Exam day

Keyboard speed test
Ultrakey [5-minute warmup]
Ultrakey: 4 minute covered speed test
Aesop's Fables speed practice
Go to section 2: The Farmer and His Sons
Use this for a 5-minute speed test [covered]
Answer the following question:
Do you remember your first few days of high schools? What advice would you give next year's freshmen, in order for them to be successful at Casa Grande?

 

Calendar
Set up for only June, July and August
Print on one page
Insert key dates

Finish Business cards

Yearbooks

 

 

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Reference Links to Support Class and Site Activities
CTAP SURVEY
CA Legislative Information
and CA Ed Code
WASC Log On
Casa Grande HS Library Database's
available to students and families from home

Electronic Library
from school and home

user name: 43-15008

password: bigchalk

Student Resource Center

password: gauchos

Email [with Hotmail]

Sonoma County Library

[take this path to EBSCO]

Try a Google search

Try a Google Scholar search

Yahoo Newspaper Directory

Translate your text and webpages with
Altavista's Babel Fish

Instructions for use

Britannica Online

user name:
!@#CasaGrande

password: Ktwelve

 

Keyboarding Resources
From JeffCo Schools
Keyboard
Practice: Funschool
Right and Left hand Wordlists
Cyberbee Scavenger Hunt page

Cyberbee answer sheet

Webhound Scavenger Hunt sheet

 
 Downloadable Support Software:

Acrobat Reader

for Windows and Macintosh

Stuffit Expander

for Macintosh

WinZip

free evaluation utility for Windows

proper hand position for keyboarding

MS Publisher 2000 Tutorial
CA World History Project

ICONS Research Library: Countries

Issues and Scenario Resources

and

CWHP Resource Sharing

Position Statements: 2003

Calfac and CWHP

user name: mexico

password: yucatan

 

WORLD WAR 1 WEBQUEST
 The News from Mexico
http://www.thenews.com.mx/

Commanding Heights

Country reports provide in-depoth summaries of the listed countries, including economic summaries from 1910 to the present

 

For the Internet System of the Presidency of Mexico, go to
http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/
[be sure to click on the language choice at the left side of screen]

Mexico Current Event Links
For information on
NAFTA and Mexico's Ministry of Economics

The Latin American Information Network: Mexico

 

 

 

 

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Spring 2003

Computer Literacy
Spring 2004
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Spring 2005
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Fall 2005
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