World History & AP Psychology

Week of: 4/8/2024

Honors World History

AP Psychology

Monday

Standard(s): SSWH18 Examine the major political and economic factors that shaped world societies between World War I and World War II. a. Determine the causes and results of the Russian Revolution from the rise of the Bolsheviks under Lenin to Stalin’s first Five Year Plan. 

• LT: I will explain the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution.

• SC: I can identify the problems Russia experienced during WWI. I can identify the events of the Russian Revolution. I can explain the growth of communism in Russia, from Lenin’s rise to power to Stalin’s 5 Year Plans.

Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep; Russian Revolution overview notes; Russian Revolution Choose Your Own Adventure activity

Resources: Unit 7 Google Slides; Unit 7 organizer

Standard(s): Topic 8.8, 8.9 & 8.10 - Insight + Biomedical Therapies 

• LT: Describe major treatment orientations used in therapy and how those orientations influence therapeutic planning. Summarize effectiveness of specific treatments used to address specific problems from a biological perspective. Compare and contrast different treatment methods.

• SC: Describe the treatment orientations: humanistic and psychodynamic. Describe the characteristics of individual therapy, group therapy, rational emotive method, Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic method, and the client-centered method.

Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep; Unit 8 vocabulary quiz; lecture notes 

Resources: Unit 8 Google Slides; Unit 8 organizer; TOPSS lesson plans; teacher created Quizlet vocabulary decks; AMSCO AP Psychology textbook; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition

Tuesday

Standard(s): SSWH18 Examine the major political and economic factors that shaped world societies between World War I and World War II.  b. Describe the rise of fascism in Europe and Asia by comparing the policies of Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolf Hitler in Germany, and Hirohito in Japan. c. Describe the nature of totalitarianism and the police state that existed in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Italy and how they differ from authoritarian governments. d. Explain the aggression and conflict leading to World War II in Europe and Asia; include the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the Spanish Civil War, the Rape of Nanjing in China, and the German violation of the Treaty of Versailles. 

• LT: I will analyze the global Great Depression. I will analyze the impact of totalitarian dictators. 

• SC: I can describe Germany’s Weimar Republic & the rise of anti-semitism. I can define fascism and totalitarianism. 

Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep; WWI & Russian Revolution quiz; Weimar Republic guided reading

Resources: Unit 7 Google Slides; Unit 7 organizer

Standard(s): Topic 8.3 & 8.5 - Somatic Symptom Disorders & Schizophrenia 

• LT: Discuss the major diagnostic categories, including dissociative disorders, somatic symptom and related disorders, and trauma- and stressor related disorders and their corresponding symptoms. Discuss the major diagnostic categories of schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, and their corresponding symptoms.

• SC: 

Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep; lecture notes 

Resources: Unit 8 Google Slides; Unit 8 organizer; TOPSS lesson plans; teacher created Quizlet vocabulary decks; AMSCO AP Psychology textbook

Wednesday

Standard(s): SSWH18 Examine the major political and economic factors that shaped world societies between World War I and World War II.  b. Describe the rise of fascism in Europe and Asia by comparing the policies of Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolf Hitler in Germany, and Hirohito in Japan. c. Describe the nature of totalitarianism and the police state that existed in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Italy and how they differ from authoritarian governments. d. Explain the aggression and conflict leading to World War II in Europe and Asia; include the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the Spanish Civil War, the Rape of Nanjing in China, and the German violation of the Treaty of Versailles. 

• LT: I will analyze the global Great Depression. I will analyze the impact of totalitarian dictators. 

• SC: I can describe Germany’s Weimar Republic & the rise of anti-semitism. I can define fascism and totalitarianism. 

Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep; Great Depression notes; global Great Depression document analysis 

Resources: Unit 7 Google Slides; Unit 7 organizer

Unit 8 multiple choice test

• Case studies due

• Students allowed to use index card reference sheet

Thursday 

Standard(s): SSWH18 Examine the major political and economic factors that shaped world societies between World War I and World War II.  b. Describe the rise of fascism in Europe and Asia by comparing the policies of Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolf Hitler in Germany, and Hirohito in Japan. c. Describe the nature of totalitarianism and the police state that existed in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Italy and how they differ from authoritarian governments. d. Explain the aggression and conflict leading to World War II in Europe and Asia; include the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the Spanish Civil War, the Rape of Nanjing in China, and the German violation of the Treaty of Versailles. 

• LT: I will analyze the impact of totalitarian dictators. 

• SC: I can define fascism and totalitarianism. I can explain the difference between fascism and communism. I can compare and contrast the regimes of Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito. I can identify the policies of the Nazi Party and describe the Holocaust. 

Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep; totalitarianism notes; Totalitarianism case study: Joseph Stalin

Resources: Unit 7 Google Slides; Unit 7 organizer

Standard(s): Topic 9.3- Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience

• LT: Identify the contributions of key researchers in the areas of conformity, compliance, and obedience. Explain how individuals respond to expectations of others, including groupthink, conformity, and obedience to authority.

• SC: Explain the contributions of major social psychologists Stanley Milgram, Solomon Asch, and Philip Zimbardo. 

Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep; Unit 9 lecture notes; Ash’s line study demonstration; obedience demonstration; violating social norms project

Resources: Unit 9 Google Slides; Unit 9 organizer; TOPSS lesson plans; teacher created Quizlet vocabulary decks; AMSCO AP Psychology textbook

Friday 

Standard(s): Standard(s): SSWH18 Examine the major political and economic factors that shaped world societies between World War I and World War II.  b. Describe the rise of fascism in Europe and Asia by comparing the policies of Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolf Hitler in Germany, and Hirohito in Japan. c. Describe the nature of totalitarianism and the police state that existed in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Italy and how they differ from authoritarian governments. d. Explain the aggression and conflict leading to World War II in Europe and Asia; include the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the Spanish Civil War, the Rape of Nanjing in China, and the German violation of the Treaty of Versailles. 

• LT: I will analyze the impact of totalitarian dictators. 

• SC: I can define fascism and totalitarianism. I can explain the difference between fascism and communism. I can compare and contrast the regimes of Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito. I can identify the policies of the Nazi Party and describe the Holocaust. 

Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep; “The Path to Nazi Genocide” documentary from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum with questions; timeline analysis of Nazi laws and decrees

Resources: Unit 7 Google Slides; Unit 7 organizer; US Holocaust Memorial Museum teacher resources

Standard(s): Topic 9.4- Group Influences on Behavior and Mental Processes

• LT: Describe the structure and function of different kinds of group behavior. Predict the impact of the presence of others on individual behavior.

• SC: Explain the bystander effect, social facilitation, social inhibition, group polarization, deindividuation, diffusion of responsibility, in-group/out-group bias, reciprocity norms, social norms, social traps, prisoner’s dilemma, conflict resolution, and superordinate goals

Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep; Unit 9 lecture notes; deindividuated activity from TOPSS;  bunker activity

Resources: Unit 9 Google Slides; Unit 9 organizer; TOPSS lesson plans; teacher created Quizlet vocabulary decks; AMSCO AP Psychology textbook