Med Science IV
September 2017
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayWeek 1
Course Objectives / 31
Topic/Theme
· Class/PRIDE expectations
Activities
· Syllabus/ PRIDE
· Mental Health “Find Somebody” activity / 1
Topic/Theme
· Course Objectives
Activities
· Pick a card List
· Intake Questionnaire
Week 2
Defense of Learning
Self Perception
Student Case Study / 4
*No School*
Labor Day / 5 Topic/Theme
· Defense of Learning Introduction
Activities
· Portfolio set up
· Begin Student Case Study / 6 Topic/Theme
· D. of L: Student Case Study
Activities
· Art Therapy “self- concept” drawing & discussion
· Reading The Psychology Book Gestalt Self-Awareness (114-117) / 7 Topic/Theme
· D. of L: Self Concept cont.
Activities
· Concepts of Self discussion/ppt
· Vocabulary
· Class experiment on self- perception / 8 Topic/Theme
· D. of L: Personal Worldview
Activities
· Psychology of Perception debate/survey
· Worldview ppt/notes
· Student belief statements
Week 3
Mental Wellness
Social Determinants
Worldview / 11 Topic/Theme
· Introduction to Mental Wellness
Activities
· Brainstorm characteristics of mental health
· Continuum of Mental Wellness (notes & ppt.) / 12 Topic/Theme
· Mental Wellness
Activities
· Text Reading and Annotating of the World Health Organization’s Summary Report on Mental Health (12-21) / 13 Topic/Theme
· Barriers to Mental Wellness
Activities
· Social Determinant discussion
· Text Reading and Annotating of World Health Organization’s Online Summary Report on Mental Health (pages 29-32) / 14 Topic/Theme
· Barriers to Mental Wellness
Activities
· Personal Social Determinants activity: 4 corners & commonalities / 15 Reflection and Assessment:
· Defense of Learning reflection
· Assessment quiz on Mental Wellness –definitions, barriers.
Week 4
Psychology of emotions
Coping with emotions
*APA =American Psychology Association / 18 Topic/Theme
· Psychology of Emotions
Activities
· Notes/discussion on types of emotions & theories
· Writing: emotional metaphors / 19 Topic/Theme
· Psychology of Emotions
Activities
· Facial recognition data & Poster labeling (APA)
· PANAS Positive & Negative Affect identification (APA) / 20 Topic/Theme
· Psycho-neuroimmunology
Activities
· Psychology of emotions
Activities
· Chemicals of emotion science & art activity
· Reading The Psychology Book Emotions are a Runaway Train (pgs. 196-199) / 21 Topic/Theme
· Conditioning of Emotions
Activities
· Cartoon Rating experiment in psychology (APA) / 22 Activities
· Management of emotions
Activities
· Chemicals of emotion science & art activity
Week 5
Stress Management / 25 Topic/Theme
· Stress Management
Activities
· Questionnaire Assessing Student Worries
· Analysis of surveys
· Name that Stressor Collaboration / 26 Topic/Theme
· Autonomic Nervous System
Activities
· Anatomy and physiology labeling and notes
· Graphing and activity on student’s stress response / 27 Topic/Theme
· Stress Management
Activities
· ANS experiment (Pulse and Blood Pressure and Written Anxiety Scenario)
· Annotation/ discussion of American Psychological Association Survey
· Type A and Type B classifications / 28 Topic/Theme
· Stress Management and Jungian Theory
Activities
· Discussion and Creative writing on Archetypes
· The Psychology Book reading Jung and Archetypes pgs 104-107
· Introduction of stress management technique: Soul Collage Cards / 29 Topic/Theme
· Stress Management
Activities
· SOUL COLLAGE CARDS construction
October 2017
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayWeek 6
Resiliency & Coping Skills / 2 Topic/Theme
· Stress Management
Activities
· Text reading: Harvard Health Publications Understanding the Stress Response
· Biodots and Journaling
· ANS experiment (Pulse and Blood Pressure and Written Anxiety Scenario) / 3 Topic/Theme
· Coping Skills
Activities
· Game of Life Choice Activity APA / 4 Topic/Theme
· Resiliency
Activities
· Brainstorm and notes on Resiliency
· Begin DVD Homeless to Harvard with discussion notes / 5 Topic/Theme
· Resiliency
Activities
· Finish DVD Homeless to Harvard with discussion notes
· Journal application / 6 Reflection Day
· Students complete their own Coping and Stress Program choosing from a variety of skills
Week 7
Intro to Psychology
Careers in Psychology / 9 Topic/Theme
· Introduction to Psychology
Activities
· “Why do they do what they do?” Observation activity.
· Lecture notes / 10 Topic/Theme
· Types of Psychology
Activities
· Video clip You Tube Crash Course in Psychology
· Compare and contrast activity / 11 Topic/Theme
· Careers in Psychology
Activities
· Online reading of different careers in mental health
· Development of questions for mental health career panel / 12 Topic/Theme
· Careers in Psychology
Activities
· Career panel of mental health careers Q & A / 13 Topic/Theme
· Careers in Psychology
Activities
· Case Study analysis and matching game
Week 8
Experimental Psychology
Research Methods / 16 Topic/Theme
Evolution and History Psychology
Activities
· / 17 Topic/Theme
· Psychology as Science
Activities
Activities
· Evaluation using the 4 approaches: intuition, authority, rationalism & empiricism / 18 Topic/Theme
· Psychology Research Methods
Activities
· Cause and effect observations
· Reading The Psychology Book William Wundt’s observational psychology (32-35) / 19 Topic/Theme
· Experimental Psychology
Activities
· Errors in Methodology experiment Activity 1.3 APA TOPSS in Research Methods and Statistics / 20 Topic/Theme
· Experimental Psychology & ethics
Activities
· Reading on Kohlberg’s Theory on Ethics The Psychology Book 292-293
· Socratic seminar on ethics cases
Week 9
Research & Ethics
Nonhuman subjects in Psych research and ethics / 23 Topic/Theme
· Nonhuman Subject Research in Psychology
Activities
· Brainstorm medical inventions
· Attitude survey & debate on ethics of testing
· Introduce ethical evidence for argument: Social Contract; Utilitarianism; Divine Mandate / 24 Topic/Theme
· Animal Research Psychology
Activities
· PPT/discussion on sequence of research methods
· Name that Study activity / 25 Topic/Theme
· Ethics/Research
Activities
· Reading “Animal Testing and Medicine” by Rachel Hajar, M.D. National Center of Biotechnology Information, UC National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health (NIH), Jan-March, 2011
· Cubing vocabulary exercise
· Pros and cons mini-paper / 26 Topic/Theme
· Animal behaviorism
Activities:
· DVD on animal behavior
· Observation notes of lab & environmental behavior / 27 Topic/Theme
· Animal behaviorism
Activities:
· Final Socratic seminar and debate using ethical evidence
November 2017
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayWeek 10
Behaviorism / 30 Topic/Theme
· Behaviorism
Activities
· Brainstorm reasons for behaviors
· PPT/discussion on Classical Conditioning
· Textbook reading and annotation Ivan Pavlov pages 60-61 / 31 Topic/Theme
· Classical vs. Operant Conditioning
Activities
· Student pairing experiment on Conditioned response
· Compare and contrast Classical vs. Operant through DVD clip and The Psychology Textbook on John Watson vs. BF Skinner pages 68-71 and 80-85 / 1 Topic/Theme
· Skinner Box
Activities
· Students will create and construct a simple Skinner box using only classroom material and their fellow students as the “rats” in mock experiment / 2 Topic/Theme
· Review
Activities
· Assessment of Skinner Boxes
· Group review for unit test / 3
Assessment Test on Research methods/Behaviorism
End of 1st Quarter
Week 11
PERSONALITY and Assessments / 6 Topic/Theme
· Personality Components
Activities
· “If you could see inside my brain” activity
· Personality reading and discussion from The Psychology Book Personality and Existenialism / 7 Topic/Theme
· Psychological Testing
Activities
· Projective vs. Objective Testing
· PPT and examples
· Validity of testing case studies / 8 Topic/Theme
· Defense of Learning Personality Testing
Activities
· Projective Test #1: Thematic Apperception Test
· Sharing of results and reflection / 9 Topic/Theme
· Defense of Learning Personality
Activities
· Four Humors reading The Psychology Textbook pgs 18-19
· Four Humors Personality Testing
· Reflection / 10
*No School* Veterans’ Day
Week 12
Trait Theories
Myers-Briggs / 13 Topic/Theme
· Trait Theory
Activities
· Introduction of Trait theory
· Students work in groups to create a 5 minute skit or video on one of the 5 traits / 14 Topic/Theme
· Myers-Briggs Testing
Activities
· Background on Myers-Briggs testing
· Online questionnaire on Myers-Briggs and Trait theory
· Reflection and career Myers-Briggs match / 15 Topic/Theme
· Personality Reflections
Activities
· RORSCHACH Testing information
· Students create their own “ink blot” Rorschach test using India ink / 16 Topic/Theme
· Trait Theory
Activities
· Students meet with groups to finish and practice skits / 17 Topic/Theme
· Trait Theory
Activities
· Skit or video sharing on trait theory to class
Thanksgiving / 20
*No School* / 21
*No School* / 22
*No School* / 23
*No School* / 24
*No School*
Week 13
Psychodynamic Theory & Freud / 27 Topic/Theme
· Psychodynamic Theory
Activities
· PPT Freudian Theory
· DVD Life of Sigmund Freud
· Symbol activity / 28 Topic/Theme
· Psychodynamic Theory
Activities
· Unconscious vs. Conscious discussion and creative writing
· Personality ID, Ego and Superego
· Mini Case Studies on dominance of 3 personality forces / 29 Topic/Theme
· Psychodynamic Theory
Activities
· Freud’s theory of Child Development Lecture & Discussion
· Reading The Psychology Book on psychoanalysis pages 94-99 / 30 Topic/Theme
· Defense Mechanisms
Activities
· Lecture Introduction
· Readings on examples of D.M.
· Student assignment of character creation using at least 4 defense mechanisms in cartoon or diary format / 1 Topic/Theme
Assessment
Activities
· Quiz on Freudian theory
· Presentation of Defense Mechanism characters
December 2017
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayWeek 14
Maslow and Humanistic / 4 Topic/Theme
· Humanistic Theory
Activities
· PPT and DVD on Maslow’s theory
· Humanism and Motivation discussion
· Students examine case studies to ID deficiency of needs / 5 Topic/Theme
· Humanistic Theory
Activities
· Textbook Reading The Psychology Book pages 138-139 and discussion of deficiency vs. growth needs
· Students fill in examples of their own needs for each level of the Hierarchy of Needs / 6 Topic/Theme
· Motivational theories
Activities
· Students complete motivational chart on future goals and discuss barriers to goals
· PowerPoint on Motivation Theories / 7 Topic/Theme
· Motivational Theories
Activities
· You Tube clips on modern motivational philosophies
· Questionnaire on Locus of Control
· Reflection / 8 Topic/Theme
· Psych Theory Voting
Activities
· Students will review the theories of psychology and choose which theories or theorists they identify with most. Students will complete a summary for their Portfolio
Week 15
Social Cognitive
Race/Gender Introduction / 11 Topic/Theme
· Social Psychology Intro
Activities
· Activity on Adolescent identity: Cognitive, Moral and Social
· Piaget & Erikson ppt / 12 Topic/Theme
· Social Psychology and relationships
Activities
· Students create theories on romantic relationships and discussed on reality vs. social constructions / 13 Topic/Theme
· Social Conformity
Activities
· The Psychology Book reading on conformity pgs. 224-226
· Group theory statement quiz and class discussion
· You tube video on group think / 14 Topic/Theme
· Prejudice and discrimination Behavior
Activities
· Vocabulary on culture, race, ethnicity
· Discussion of Bias theories
· Video clip on blue eyed classroom experiment in the 1960s / 15 Topic/Theme
· What is gender?
Activities
· Attitude assessment
· Vocabulary terms
· Social affects DVD clip
· Time Magazine reading on the “fluidity of gender in 2017”
Week 16
Culture & Race perspectives / 18 Topic/Theme
· Gender messages
Activities
· Prepare students for gender and race outside observations
· Toys, magazines, TV show assessments / 19 Topic/Theme
· Ending stereotypes
Activities
· Psychological effects of prejudice
· Students create new messages in children’s books or commercials / 20 Topic/Theme
· Marginalization
Activities
· Introduce This I Believe essays and video recordings
· Define ethnography and marginalization
· Students will read excerpts of auto-ethnographies to see how culture, race, gender, and other determinants affect sense of self / 21 Topic/Theme
· Defense of Learning: Ethnography and culture
Activities
· Students create their own ethnography in writing and ppt / 22
Completion of ethnography essay and ppt.
Holiday Break / 25
*No School* / 26
*No School* / 27
*No School* / 28
*No School* / 29
*No School*
January 2018
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayHoliday Break / 1
*No School* / 2
*No School* / 3
*No School* / 4
*No School* / 5
*No School*
Week 17
HOLISTIC
PSYCHOLOGY
Psych
Medicine Shield / 8 Topic/Theme
· Holistic Psychology
Activities
· The Psychology Book reading and discussion on Personality and Holistic – Rene Descartes Reason & Soul pgs 20-21
· Holistic components defined
· Balance Wheel activity / 9 Topic/Theme
· Holistic Healing
Activities
· The Psychology Book reading and discussion
· Case Study identification of holistic deficiencies
· Student self case study on holistic deficiencies / 10 Topic/Theme
· Totem Animals and Medicine Shield
Activities
· Totem Animal objectives discussion
· DVD example
· Totem animal visualization and journaling; animal card activity / 11 Topic/Theme
· Medicine Shield
Activities
· Medicine Shield Construction / 12 Topic/Theme
· Medicine Shield
Activities
· Medicine Shield Construction
· Students will choose Personality artifacts (from I believe essay to Medicine shield) to include in their personal portfolio
Week 18
Presentations & Review / 15
*No School*
MLK Day / 16
Medicine Shield & ethnography class presentations / 17
Medicine Shield & ethnography class presentations / 18
Senior project work day / 19
Senior project work day
Week 19 / 22
Finals Review Day
FINAL REVIEW / 23
Periods 1 and 2 / 24
Periods 3 and 4
FINAL / 25
Periods 5 and 6
FINAL / 26
*End of Semester*
February 2018
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayWeek 20
BIOLOGICAL theory / 29 Topic/Theme
· Biological Theory
Activities
· PPT and Textbook reading on Biological Theory
· Students will watch the DVD series “The Teenage Brain” and complete discussion sheet / 30 Topic/Theme
· Nervous System: Brain
Activities
· Brain simulation exercises
· Medical Terminology and Vocabulary Cards
· Teacher Guidance on Labeling of Brain / 31 Topic/Theme
· Nervous System: Neurons
Activities
· Textbook reading and labeling of neurons
· Students will make neurons and mimic neurochemical reactions through neuron model kits and demonstrations / 1 Topic/Theme
· Neurons
Activities
· Continuation of models / 2 Topic/Theme
· A & Physiology
Activities
· Review of Anatomy/Physiology
· Demonstration of deeper understanding of the parts of the nervous system and their functions through the creation of original metaphors.
Week 21
BRAIN & Perception / 5 Topic/Theme
· Neural Activity
Activities
· Neural Networking demonstration and experiment / 6 Topic/Theme
· Color & depth perception in the brain
Activities
· Perception images
· Visual field (color vision) demonstration / 7 Topic/Theme
· Taste & Smell perception
Activities
· Taste and smell experiment
· Graphing / 8 Topic/Theme
· Brain and Addiction
Activities
· Discussion and Ice Cube addiction Simulation exercise / 9 Topic/Theme
· Unconscious Perceptions
Activities
· Reading The Psychology Book Perception & Hallucination page 192
· Journal visualization on unconscious Desert scenario
Week 22
Learning and Memory / 12
*No School*
Lincoln B-day / 13 Topic/Theme
· What is memory
Activities
· PPT and discussion on memory terms
· Review Anatomy & physiology of Limbic system
· Memory quick exercises / 14 Topic/Theme
· Context & Memory
Activities
· Demonstrating recall activity through comparison groups experiment
· The Psychology Book readings on Learning and Memory: Pages 162-163; / 15 Topic/Theme
· Long term memory
Activities
· Reading:
· Semantic content activity using short reading passages / 16 Topic/Theme
· Memory studies
Activities
· The Magic Number 7 Psychology Book background reading pages 170 – 173
· The Magic number 7 activity with recordings
Week 23
BRAIN
Organic Diseases / 19
*No School*
Washington B-day / 20 Topic/Theme
· Diseases of Brain
Activities
· PPT and discussion
· Examples of brain disorders
· Compare and contrast activity of Burden of Disease / 21 Topic/Theme
· Alzheimers/Dementia
Activities
· DVD The Aging Brain
· Attitude survey and Greeting card activity in community / 22 Topic/Theme
· Alzheimers/ Dementia
Activities
· Mock Simulation of brain changes in aging
· Dementia interview techniques for health care workers / 23 Topic/Theme
· Stroke
Activities
· Anatomy and Physiology notes
· Lateral brain demonstration activity of Right and Left side
Week 24
BRAIN
SIMULATION / 26 Topic/Theme
· Brain Function
Activities
· Students randomly choose a part of the brain to research
· Students begin research on brain location, anatomy & function / 27 Topic/Theme
· Brain simulation
Activities
· Using creativity and team work students will create an outdoor simulation of the brain
· Each student will represent a “brain part” and create a working brain / 28 Topic/Theme
· Anatomy & Physiology
Activities
· Continue work on brain simulation / 1 Topic/Theme
· Anatomy & Physiology
Activities
· Continue work on brain simulation / 2 MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE
(Substitute)
· Brain video clip
· Simulation write up
March 2018