TCIS

Week 24

AP Psychology students: Can you define psychological abnormality or disorder? Be very specific and caring with your definition. Why is it so difficult to define? How does the APA define psychological abnormalities or disorders? What’s good about their system? Dangerous? Why do all of you not have one (even though in times of stress, sometimes it might feel like one)?http://www.psych.org/research/dor/dsm/index.cfm Also search for famous people, from historic figures to current pop stars, with psychological disorders. What types did/do they have? What were/are their symptoms? Did/do their disorders help or hinder their careers? Did/Does this change the pejorative value of being labeled abnormal? http://www.geocities.com/coverbridge2k/artsci/famous_people_depression.html http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/resources/psychdis.html http://www.rdc.ab.ca/scottpsych/website/frames/disorder.htm Also your AP Exam Prep. Binder is always due.

Week 22

Grade Nine History Students: How did Daoism, Confucianism, and Legalism fit the needs of the Shang, Zhou, and Qin Dynasties? Read the passages in the document below, who did these passages benefit? How so? http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CHPHIL/LEGALISM.HTM 

How and why did feng shui's popularity increase in the Han Dynasty? What is it and how can you use it today even if you don’t believe in it? http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/fengshui/fengshui.html http://circle-of-light.com/fengshui/fs-tips.html

How did Imperial Confucianism fit the needs of the Han Dynasty? What was it and how was it like a cult? Who did it benefit? http://academics.hamilton.edu/asian_studies/home/TempleCulture.html http://www.friesian.com/confuci.htm

And history students also please download and prepare for your Civil Service Entrance Exam: Download rubric.The Five Classics.doc

The Han Dynasty’s Mandate of Heaven is shining on you. You get a full extra week before your first quarter exam. We test on Monday. Here’s a revised review sheet to help you prepare. Download Grade9Qtr1Rev.Sheet

How were Tang poetry, Song paintings, and Yuan neoconfuciansim expressions and reflections of the times? What needs did they address?

http://www.hornbill.cdc.net.my/e-class/oldchina/qt_inte.htm

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/painting/4ptgnsla.htm

Please download and print Sec. 3 & 4 extra notes and the review sheet for the Chapter 8 Test: Download Ch8review Download Ch8 Sec3 NotesDownload Ch8 Sec4 Notes

 Using historical fiction, dramatize one of the following scenarios in one paragraph. Use the class vocabulary and independent research. Design a cover sheet and staple a historical fiction rubric to the back.

1)You are a Japanese courtesan in feudal Japan. You find yourself tangled in a drama similar to one in the Tale of Genji. What's the problem? How will you survive?

2) You are a Japanese Samurai. A shogun is asking you to rebel against your corrupt lord, but the Bushido teaches you loyalty. You feel confused. What will you do?

3) You are a Korean Landlord. You have gained an audience with Sejong the Great. You respect and admire him, but his agricultural reforms will decrease your profits. Do you dare negotiate? What will you do?

 http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/omori/court/court.html

Also: Both originating in India, why did Theravada Buddhism thrive in Thailand and Mahayana Buddhism in China? Was one sect better than the other? Did the sects match the cultures? Or was it just historical luck? http://www.acay.com.au/~silkroad/buddha/c_image.htm

For the sake of discussion, in your opinion, who was more influential, King Asoka or Xuan Zang? The Monsoon Trade Winds or the Silk Road? http://www.buddhistcouncil.org/Asoka.htm http://www.wku.edu/~yuanh/China/monkey.html

Week 22

AP Psychology Students: What are the biggest stressors in your life? Do you have a type A or B personality? How does this effect your stress reactions or responses? When stressed, what defensive and active coping strategies do you sometimes use? And your teacher? From Chapter 12, what theory of emotions best describes stress?

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/stress.html

http://www.9types.com/newtest/homepage.actual.html

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/chud/1997/00000028/00000001/00424477

http://www.scre.ac.uk/resreport/rr109/6.html

Week 21

AP Psychology students: How intelligent are you? According to Spearman, Thurstone, Garnder, Strenberg, and Goleman what are your strengths? What are the dangers of limiting intelligence to IQ? While we all agree that your educators should teach to your multiple intelligences, should they assess them equally? Should your essay score equal someone else’s drawing score? Should universities use the SAT or portfolios for admissions? What is the best way to measure and use aptitude and achievement in high school assessments and university admissions? And what about your teachers, should they be tested? When? How? Any data proves that existing practices work? What is the best way to teach to all the students' intelligences>

Week 21

Grade 9 History Students: What aspects of ancient African society might be root causes of today's ethnic/clan problems in Africa? How has trade and colonialism exacerbated these divides? How has African art perpetuated the importance of ancestral worship? Is there a link between ancient divination practices and modern clan conflicts? And here's your chapter review sheet: Download Ch7review And your Hist. Fic. rubric. Staple it to the back of your project: Download Rubric.His.Fic 

 

Week 18

AP Psychology Students: Please take the personality test linked below. What did you learn? How could this be useful? How did Jung’s theories differ from Freud’s? Where do you think personality comes from? Or what is it? Whose theories are best?

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

Try some more personality tests or intelligence tests. Is one approach better than the other? Do you have a favorite?

http://www.nedprod.com/Niall_stuff/intelligence_test.html

http://www.psychtests.com/cgi-bin/tests/transfer.cgi 

http://www.intelligencetest.com/test/signupuser.php 

http://www.mindandmuscle.net/content/page-304.html 

http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=6 

http://hlavolamy.szm.sk/download/iq-tests-logic-games.htm 

Week 18

Grade 9 History Students: Is repetitive struggle a part of Arab Islamic life? How has the Sunni and Shiite split affected the Islamic world both immediately after Muhammad's death and during current conflicts? Which group has been more faithful to the word of Allah? Are Islamic civilization’s nepotism and sexism faithful to the Islamic religious principles of honesty and justice? How is Islam better than its predecessors? http://religion-cults.com/Islam/islam.htm

And please download and print the attachment below for Ch. 6: Download Ch6review

Week 16

AP Psychology Students: Whose experiment presentation did you find the most fascinating? Why? If you could do yours again, what would you change? What was most difficult and most rewarding about yours? And begin reviewing for your Midterm Exam. Rewrite ALL your previous FRQs with the correct answers. Redo ALL previous MCs what is the correct answer?, and why did I get it wrong? Plus redo ALL your notes following the 3-source-protocol. And here's a review sheet for organizing some of the content. Download Sem.Review. After completing these four steps, see me for more review ideas.

Week 16

Grade 9 History Students: Please download and print the following: Download CHAPTER 5 notes and Download Ch5review. The Midterm Exam will be short answer questions from previous chapter tests and one new essay question. Begin organizing your previous work and make sure you have the correct answers. And please answer the following questions: What factors contributed to the rise of the democratic Roman Republic? How did it end? And who were the initial Roman Emperors? How did their dictatorships begin? How did they often succeed each other? Who most exemplified the virtues of Cincinnatus? The least?

What do the following mean (then & now): “Long live the Republic.” “Crossing the Rubicon.” “Stabbed in the back.” “When in Rome.” “All roads lead to Rome.” “The power and the glory.” “Tour of duty.” “Spoils of war.” “Bread and Circuses.” “Render untor Ceasar what is Ceasar. Render unto God what is God’s.” “Fiddle while Rome burns.” Can you place them in the history of Rome’s rise and fall. What can a civilization today learn about rises and falls from Rome’s history?

http://www.romanemperors.com/ 

Week 13

AP Psychology Students: Answer the following questions: How developed are you, according to Piaget, Freud, Erickson, and Kohlberg? At what stages are you? Which models are best and why?http://classweb.gmu.edu/awinsler/ordp/theory.html

Download, print, and begin the following review sheets and rubric: Download review.Dev.Theories.doc Download Sem.Review.doc Download rubric.6th Annual TCIS Science Fair - Upper School.doc

How is your adolescence going? Why can it be such a stressful period? How about your personal development? Are you on schedule? Read the linked articles. Do you think adolescents are growing up too fast? Or not fast enough? Has adolescence changed or do the theories still apply? What would different kinds of psychologists say? What do you think about your experience?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/your_kids/preteen_adolescence.shtml

Please read this attachment on early adulthood too since it's where you may be headed next. What sounds exciting to do in your 20s? What are you not looking forward to? Will your 20s be the same or different that described? Download NYTimes August dev. psych. 20s