World History: 1500 - 2001

Caro

Saturday, September 27, 2008

The Week Ahead: Psychoactive Drugs



Monday (9/29)
Psychoactive Drugs
-Pre-frontal Cortex - Video
-Notes: Introduction and The Stimulation of the Brain
-HW: Add bio of memory to brain map (brain map will be turned in with notes for the unit essay exam)

Tuesday (9/30)
Psychoactive Drugs
--Stimulants: cocaine
---Notes and Video clips
HW: Read pages 118-122 in Reader

Wednesday (10/1)
Psychoactive Drugs
--Stimulants: cocaine
---Notes
--Stimulants: Methamphetamines
---Notes and videos
HW: NONE!

Thursday (10/2)
Psychoactive Drugs
-Stimulants: Methamphetamines
---Notes/Videos
HW: Handout: Marijuana

Friday (10/3)
Psychoactive Drugs
--Marijuana
---Notes and Video
HW: Read pages 130-134 in Reader take notes on studies and affects/effects of LSD

Monday (10/6)
Psychoactive Drugs
--Hallucinogens: Ecstasy & LSD
---Notes and Review HW
--Alcohol
---Notes/Video clips
HW: Read pages 135-139 in Reader

Tuesday (10/7)
Psychoactive Drugs
--Antidepressants
---Notes
Addiction and Recovery
HW: Handout/TBA

Wednesday (10/8)
Psychoactive Drugs
Addiction and Recovery
--Video: Intervention
HW: 'Reflective Psychological Response' to episodes seen in Intervention

Thursday (10/9)
Psychoactive Drugs
--Addiction (video)
--Review/Round table talk on drug use and abuse
HW: STUDY for Unit Exam

Friday (10/10)
NO SCHOOL! -- I will be at school and available for appointments

Monday (10/13)
Review for Biological Essay Exam
HW: STUDY!

Tuesday (10/14)
Biological Unit Essay Exam
HW: Socratic Seminar Readings (located in Reader): per selected topic (you will sign up for a topic in class)

Wednesday (10/15)
Socratic Seminar
HW: Read pages 155-163 in Reader AND respond to questions on page 161 and page 163 under 'Consider This'

10 comments:

joey mann said...

excuse my ignorance mr caro, but what exactly do you mean by " add biology of memory to brain chart?"

Mr. Caro said...

Joey!

Sorry, the hippocampus and the amygdala. Both play key roles in memory.

joey mann said...

oh alright! thank you mr caro!

Mr. Carlisle said...

Psychoactive drugs?!?!

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Mr. Caro said...

Here comes the fax machine madness!

Anonymous said...

Fax Machine.



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Well, I cannot believe no one has commented on your weird movies.

That one.. that is on this post.. is highly disturbing. Well.. I did only watch the first 30 seconds.. but.. weird stuff..

Anonymous said...

mr caro!

this must have taken so long to type out!!

Amy Merchant

Mr. Caro said...

Rachael! Tell Mr. Carlisle to turn off his fax machine already!

Amy, thanks for noticing! It does take a long time.

Cheers!

Anonymous said...

*fax machine noise*

Anonymous said...

so that's what the noise was all about in carlise's class, second period I.B. World History, the whole class was kind of dumb struck and then we continued with the lesson and carlisle said to ignore the disturbence after a few chuckles