Honors World History & AP Psychology

Week of: 10/2/2023

Honors World History

AP Psychology

Monday - 2nd

Standard(s): The student will analyze the impact of the age of discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia. a: Explain the roles of explorers and conquistadors. b: Define the Columbian Exchange and its global economic and cultural impact. c: Explain the role of improved technology in European exploration; include the astrolabe. d: Examine the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Africa and on the colonies in the Americas. SSUSH1 Compare and contrast the development of English settlement and colonization during the 17th Century. a. Investigate how mercantilism and trans-Atlantic trade led to the development of colonies. SSUSH2 Describe the early English colonial society and investigate the development of its governance. b. Describe the Middle Passage, the growth of the African population and their contributions, including but not limited to architecture, agriculture, and foodways.

• LT: I  will analyze the Transatlantic Trade.

• SC: I can define Transatlantic Trade. I can explain the difference between an import and an export. I can define mercantilism and salutary neglect. I can explain the relationship between colonies and mother countries. I can describe the Middle Passage. I can explain the impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Africa, the American colonies, and the Caribbean.

Lesson/Activity: Transatlantic trade notes; Middle Passage video + notes; Creation of African American culture reading & annotating

Resources: Unit 4 Google Slides, Unit 4 organizer; Middle Passage video; SSUSH2b teacher notes

Standard(s): Topics 5.3-5.6 - storing, retrieving, forgetting, & biological bases for memory 

• LT: Outline the principles that underlie effective storage of memories. Describe strategies for retrieving memories. Describe strategies for memory improvement and typical memory errors. Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of short- and long-term memory.

• SC: 

Lesson/Activity: notes; activities/demonstrations: Operation Span Task; Memory span; Repeated Exposure vs. deep processing (pennies)

Resources: TOPSS lesson plans and activities; Unit 5 Google Slides; AMSCO AP Psychology textbook, teacher-created Quizlet vocabulary decks

Tuesday - 3rd

Standard(s): The student will analyze the impact of the age of discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia. a: Explain the roles of explorers and conquistadors. b: Define the Columbian Exchange and its global economic and cultural impact. c: Explain the role of improved technology in European exploration; include the astrolabe. d: Examine the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Africa and on the colonies in the Americas. SSUSH1 Compare and contrast the development of English settlement and colonization during the 17th Century. a. Investigate how mercantilism and trans-Atlantic trade led to the development of colonies. SSUSH2 Describe the early English colonial society and investigate the development of its governance. b. Describe the Middle Passage, the growth of the African population and their contributions, including but not limited to architecture, agriculture, and foodways.

• LT: I will analyze the Transatlantic Trade.

• SC: I can explain the difference between an import and an export. I can define mercantilism and salutary neglect. I can explain the relationship between colonies and mother countries. 

Lesson/Activity: Mercantilism definitions; mercantilism document analysis; exit ticket

Resources: 

Standard(s): Topics 5.7 & 5.8 - thinking (problem solving & errors) 

• LT: Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that influence their effectiveness. List the characteristics of creative thought and creative thinkers. Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that create bias and errors in thinking.

• SC: 

Lesson/Activity: notes; activity– Cognitive Distortions and You

Resources: Unit 5 Google Slides; Unit 5 overview; teacher created Quizlet decks; AMSCO Advanced Placement for Psychology textbook  

Wednesday - 4th

Standard(s): SSWH8 Describe the diverse characteristics of societies in Central and South America. a: Explain the rise and fall of the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca Empires. b. Compare and contrast the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan societies, include: religion, culture, economics, politics, and technology. SSWH10: The student will analyze the impact of the age of discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia. a: Explain the roles of explorers and conquistadors. b: Define the Columbian Exchange and its global economic and cultural impact. c: Explain the role of improved technology in European exploration; include the astrolabe. d: Examine the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Africa and on the colonies in the Americas. 

• LT: I will pass the Unit 4 test. 

• SC: I can correctly answer questions about the Maya, Aztec, Inca, and the Age of Exploration.

Lesson/Activity: student self-assessment; remediate necessary topics; review game

Resources: Unit 4 Kahoot or Gimkit 

Standard(s): Topics 5.7 & 5.8 - thinking (problem solving & errors) 

• LT: Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that influence their effectiveness. List the characteristics of creative thought and creative thinkers. Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that create bias and errors in thinking.

• SC: 

Lesson/Activity: Cognition stations rotations

Resources: Unit 5 Google Slides; Unit 5 overview; teacher created Quizlet decks; AMSCO Advanced Placement for Psychology textbook  

Thursday - 5th

Standard(s): SSWH8 Describe the diverse characteristics of societies in Central and South America. a: Explain the rise and fall of the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca Empires. b. Compare and contrast the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan societies, include: religion, culture, economics, politics, and technology. SSWH10: The student will analyze the impact of the age of discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia. a: Explain the roles of explorers and conquistadors. b: Define the Columbian Exchange and its global economic and cultural impact. c: Explain the role of improved technology in European exploration; include the astrolabe. d: Examine the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Africa and on the colonies in the Americas. 

• LT: I will pass the Unit 4 test.

• SC: I can correctly answer questions about the Maya, Aztec, Inca, and the Age of Exploration.

Lesson/Activity: Unit 4 test

Resources: 

Standard(s): Topic 5.9 - intelligence   

• LT: Define intelligence and list characteristics of how psychologists measure intelligence. Discuss how culture influences the definition of intelligence. Compare and contrast historic and contemporary theories of intelligence. Identify the contributions of key researchers in intelligence research and testing.

• SC: Explain abstract vs. verbal measures; speed of processing; fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence; the Flynn effect; stereotype threat; and Savant syndrome. Explain the ideas of different intelligence theorists, including Charles Spearman, Howard Gardner, and Robert Sternberg. Identify the contributions of Alfred Binet, Francis Galton, Lewis Terman, and David Wechsler. 

Lesson/Activity: notes 

Resources: TOPSS lesson plans and activities; Unit 5 Google Slides; Unit 5 overview; teacher created Quizlet decks; AMSCO Advanced Placement for Psychology textbook

Friday - 6th

Teacher planning – no school for students

Teacher planning – no school for students