History: The Road to Pearl Harbor

Notes from today's class | Website we looked at together in class

History: Upstanders list

Erika: Thurgood Marshall

John: Frederick Douglass

Will: Rigoberta Menchu

Adam: Dorothea Dix

Mirella: Pierantonio Costa

Kenzie: Anuradha Koirala

Maggie: Jimmy Carter

Hannah: Temple Grandin

Melissa: Ernest Guevara

Mara: John Stryker

Briana: Shirin Ebadi

Alexandra: Paul Farmer

Billy: Carl Wilkins

Sophia: Arn Chorn Pond

Julia: Annie Bessant

Myriam: Miep Gies

Molly: Dr. Terrence Roberts

Kevin: Vanita Gupta

Sarah: Yinka Jegede-Ekpe

Camilla: Julian Assange

Isabel: Nelson Mandela

Amanda: Susan B. Anthony

Emily: Martin Luther King Jr.

Biyce: John F. Kennedy

Manyi: Rosa Parks

Caroline: Rachel Lloyd

Meghan: Abraham Lincoln

Movie List for 2010-2011

These are the films I wrote down on the board during the course of the school year because they popped into my head. This is not my list of favorite movies, though some of my faves are here. Not all of these are appropriate for everybody; some (many?) are disturbing, violent, overly artsy, too slow, or otherwise not right for you.

In no particular order:
Raising Arizona; Do the Right Thing; RIZE; The Prestige; When We Were Kings; There Will Be Blood; Walk the Line; The Poseidon Adventure; Back to the Future; Memento; Soul Power; GoodFellas; American Beauty; The Big Lebowski; This is Spinal Tap; Crumb; Good Hair; Wall-E; Seven; Winged Migration; Shogun Assassin; Crumb; Half Nelson; Dark Days; The Trigger Effect; House of Cards; Rififi; Hoop Dreams; Kinsey; Face/Off; La Vie en Rose; Cool Hand Luke; True Grit (2010); Bridesmaids; How to Train Your Dragon; Before the Devil Knows You're Dead; King of New York

Click here for last year's list. [Yes, I know there are repeats.]

AP Psych: B, E & G Block final project

We've finished watching Lars and the Real Girl or Easy A, and while, yes, it was fun, it also presented a number of examples of ideas that you read about during our studies this year, especially social psych. In this final project – the last one of the year for you seniors – you will collaborate with other AP Psych students on-line to create a document that showcases your ability to contrast the social psych concepts in Lars and the Real Girl or Easy A with those in another film of your choosing.

Step 1: Figure out with whom you want to work. 3 or 4-person groups, please.

Step 2: As a group, select a movie from this list. Try to watch it as a group, if possible.

Step 3: Create an on-line document in which you all (no social loafing allowed!) discuss what the two movies (Lars and the Real Girl/Easy A and the film of your choice) have in common in terms of social psych. The final product's form is up to you: a Google Doc, a wiki, a blog, a conversation over e-mail or Facebook...whatever's clever. Please do not write a synopsis of the film. I can easily read one on imdb.com. Be sure to include relevant terms from our studies of psychology, social psych in particular.

In your final product, it should be clear that every group member's voice is included. Remember that your task is to uncover the psychology on display, not to provide a critique or analysis of the movie's narrative or direction. This is due Friday, May 27. Each student should have 400-500 words of input.

Yes, these instructions are pretty loose, but I want to give you enough leeway to come up with a final product that is original and insightful.

AP Psych: C Block final project

Analysis of “No Texting Day”

Your project – the final one for you seniors – is to respond to the following prompts. You may work solo or in groups of up to four. The format of your written narrative is up to you. You may have a conversation over Facebook and print it out, write a “normal” paper, or somehow create a series of “texts.” The ultimate form of your work is up to you; however, each person shuld have 400-500 words of their own. This is due in my hand or inbox by Friday, May 27 by 11:59 PM.

What was the purpose of NTD? Did you (individually) and we (as a group) succeed or fail to reach the goals of NTD? Explain your reasoning.

If you had to do it again, what changes would you make? How might you apply the experience of creating NTD to future group projects?

AP Psych: Let your voice be heard!

Take your time working on this. It's important.