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Psychology Common Core CCRA.R.3 resources
High School Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions on Ed Gein
Keep students interested around Halloween or anytime with this engaging nonfiction reading passage and questions about the gruesome horror movie inspiration with facts of a real-life killer, Ed Gein. After all, the movies Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs were based on his horrific deeds. This high school reading comprehension passage may be printed or used on the computer with Google Worksheets, or Easel access. Your kids will love it or hate it, but indifference is
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10th - 12th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Moral Dilemmas: Class and Small Group Critical Thinking Activity for ELA
Moral Dilemmas are a great way to get students thinking in a critical manner. When presented with a scenario that has no "right" answer, what should you do?This resource contains a page about one of the original moral dilemmas, the Trolley Problem. After working through and discussing this dilemmas, students can analyze five other dilemmas in small groups. These five moral dilemmas are all difficult scenarios that have no good outcome, and students must be able to defend their choices. Perfect f
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9th - 12th
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I Know Who I Am, Do You? Workbook #1
This product is the first in a line of three workbooks that are designed to help students in high school/secondary school learn how to make effective decisions through the lens of their culture. With a focus on examples across the African and Caribbean Diaspora, "I Know Who I Am, Do You?" workbook series provides a window into self and community through personal and social activities. The activities provided range from writing assignments to art pieces to the use of digital tools that help Black
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8th - 10th
A Clockwork Orange Resource for Teachers and Students
This a complete resource for Anthony Burgess' classic dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange, a cautionary tale about what happens when a person is stripped of his free will. The book is challenging and provocative, more appropriate for upper level accelerated students and college students.Included in this resource: Author background, social and historical context for the book, chapter reading questions, student-centered activities and projects, discussion/writing prompts, whole-class activities,
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Social Dilemma - 12th ELA - Unit Bundle - 30+ Days of Printables
Help your high school English students think critically about technology and their use of technology in the classroom with this print and go, versatile thirty day unit plan that incorporates informational texts, dystopian excerpts, and poetry. This resource includes a teacher guide and a detailed lesson plan. In addition, it includes thirty days' worth of guided reading questions, printables, and writing prompts. Each lesson includes a writing prompt tied to the day's lesson, a set of guided rea
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11th - 12th
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde--A Complete Teaching Unit
This Unit contains everything an Instructor would need to teach this classic piece of English literature. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde can be read by middle school students with significant assistance given by the Instructor. High school students may require some assistance with this short novel, but little or no assistance need be given to college students. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is one of those unique stories that can be used in a history, literature, or psychology class, as it reaches across
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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End of Year ELA Project: A Psychological Profile of Sherlock Holmes
I loved studying Sherlock Holmes in school, and I bet your kids will too! Engage students with this comprehensive project, which explores the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, focusing on his iconic character Sherlock Holmes. Students will combine insights from literature and psychology to analyze Holmes' traits, habits, and motivations, ultimately determining if he fits the diagnostic criteria of a psychopath, sociopath, or neither.IMPORTANT! Students should read "A Study in Scarlet" before star
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8th - 12th
Teacher-Student Resource for David Malouf's Ransom
This teacher-student resource is for David Malouf's novel Ransom, a moving imagining of the last book of the Iliad and Priam's journey to beg Achilles for the return of Hector's body. The resource includes background about the origins and key events of the Trojan War for students who may be unfamiliar with it. Study guide questions are designed to enhance comprehension and promote higher-level thinking and discussion. Quizzes for each of the four reading segments are included. Answer keys ar
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9th - 12th
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Brave New World Movie Guide | Worksheet | Questions | Google Slides (TV - 1998)
This Brave New World Movie Guide | Worksheet | Questions | Google Slides (TV - 1998) is designed to help students create a deeper understanding of Aldous Huxley's famous dystopian civilization. Compare how kids are raised in the 'civilization' to how kids are raised today. Explore the concepts of pain, conditioning and promiscuity as virtue. Finally identify the effects of 'soma' on the civilization and possible replacements for 'soma' today.Please take note that this is the 1998 TV version of t
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10th - 12th
Also included in: Dystopian Future Movie Guide Bundle | Huxley & Orwell
Bilingualism Close Reading Comprehension Passage, Questions & Activities
In this super-powered resource, the superpower of ‘bilingualism’ is discussed using a non-fiction reading passage. Students read and learn about how being able to speak and understand multiple languages makes your brain stronger. The way bilinguals filter and process sound, noises, and words is discussed, unfolding in a way that shows how the brain of bilingual is different from others. Students will also read about how the brain of a bilingual learns language in both hemispheres of the brain an
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6th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Character Analysis Project: Social Work Treatment Plan
We all know that students get much more invested in an assignment when it feels like a real, authentic task, which is what I LOVE about this project! Students take on the role of social workers to help diagnosis and plan treatment for characters struggling with their mental health. This assignment asks students to complete all parts of a social work treatment plan in order to analyze what their characters are going through. The different sections provide opportunities for citing evidence, summar
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9th - 12th
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Psychoanalytic Theory with Fitzgerald, Gatsby, and Pooh
Lesson includes a Google Slides Presentation introducing information regarding Psychoanalytic Theory:Sigmund Freud's theory applied to LiteraturePsychoanalysis DefinedIntro to Author PsychoanalysisDiscussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and desiresDiscussion of Character PsychoanalysisTwo options for the lesson are provided: One utilizing Google's Peardeck Add-On and one without the add-on.Guided notes and discussion points are provided for students to facilitate discussion about Fitzgerald and
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10th - 12th
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The Psychology of Memory Method of Loci Close Reading Comprehension Passage
In this super-powered resource, the real-life superpower of ‘memory’ is discussed using a non-fiction reading passage. Students read and learn about how the human brain can be trained to remember a surprising amount of information. The ancient Method of Loci (a memory palace) is discussed, unfolding in a way that imparts life-long memory strategies on readers. Through the scaffolded comprehension tasks and vocabulary activities, learners will interact with and connect to the topic in a way that
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6th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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High School Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions in Google Docs
Are you looking for High School Reading Comprehension and Questions that pique student interest because they roll their eyes at everything the class reads? This gruesome nonfiction reading passage fuses the fiction of horror movies with the facts or a real-life killer, Ed Gein, and is sure to grab the high schooler's attention. After all, the movies Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs were based on his horrific deeds. Your kids will love it or hate it but indifference
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10th - 12th
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Scapegoating & The Crucible
After previously discussing how The Crucible is a cautionary tale of the dangers of groupthink and scapegoating, students will demonstrate their research skills that they have been developing all semester and complete the tasks within this assignment. Students will define scapegoating and give three examples of scapegoating not related to The Crucible (this is where the research component comes in). Student will also be asked about the actions of the characters in the play and who is ultimately
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9th - 12th
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Write a Psychological Assessment of Edgar Allan Poe
Looking to have students analyze multiple texts? This psychological assessment of Poe requires students to summarize a text Poe wrote to a friend, make an inference about his possible mental disorder, make an inference about writing style and what that says about Poe, and analyze characteristics and archetypes to determine a treatment.This four paragraph essay gives specific directions for each paragraph. It also requires students to use evidence from a letter Poe wrote to a friend, biographical
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7th - 12th
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The Bell Jar (Synthesis) Report/Evaluation: Psychological Character Diagnosis
This is a synthesis-level literary analysis/research + writing activity to conclude a unit blending Abnormal Psychology and Sylvia Plath's novella/autobiographical bildungsroman, The Bell Jar. Students really get into it, as it asks them to apply knowledge of the novel and main character as well as to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize that understanding into an A.P.A. style psychiatric diagnostic report of the main character, Esther Greenwood.
The PowerPoint is a total of 10 graphic, engaging s
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Mindful Intelligence (Multiple Intelligences)
Level: Grade 5-8thTime Frame: 7 DaysLearning Dimension: ScienceSummary:Howard Gardner Ph.D. has a Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983). He states that regardless of which subject you teach/learn, every student should be presented with learning tools/materials to reinforce mastery of the content. Linguistic, Logical/Mathematical, Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intra-personal, Existential, and Naturalist (9). Over the course of two weeks, students will be learning about t
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Tell Tale Heart / By Edgar Allan Poe / In the Light of Psychoanalysis
This presentation is a lively analysis of the famous short story "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. This short study follows and applies the rules of psychoanalysis to this short story to present it in a different light and to add a different dimension to the reading and understanding of this short story.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Editable Templates and Timers for Highly Effective ELA Lesson
Perfect Slides Template for an Observation!Includes templates and timers for Highly Effective ELA Lesson1. Aim, Do Now, Vocabulary2.Learning Target3.Mini Lesson, Formative Assessment 4. Peer Work5. Group Work6. Exit
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6th - 12th, Staff
Sons and Lovers / By D. H. Lawrence / A Psychological Analysis
The novel "Sons and Lovers" is considered as David Herbert Lawrence’s Magnus Opus. Though first considered as obscenity, the novel has then been given due credit. Throughout his life, Paul has been shown unusually much love from his mother, Mrs. Morel. Combined with his hatred for his father, Paul has given critics reason for believing that the novel follows Sigmund Freud’s psychological theory of the Oedipus complex. Furthermore, the life of D.H. Lawrence has in many ways coincided with Paul’s
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12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Macbeth Act 3 Scenes 1-4 Class Activities
Step-by-step instructions and activity explanations to teach students after reading act 3 scenes 1-4 to facilitate analysis of the text from a literary standpoint as well as cross-curricularly using psychology. These activities and classroom instructions include individual, small group work, as well as whole class work and discussion.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Bell Jar Reading Guide
The PowerPoint is over 65 pages and is a chapter-by-chapter reading guide created for all twenty chapters. It includes:Biographical background on Plath and Rosenberg video link with questions. Reading comprehension questions and practice identifying literary devicesAnswer key provided for chapter work 40 vocabulary words with definitionsThree nonfiction pieces with questions from Psychology Today, “Dying for Melodrama: Why Does Sylvia Plath Still Seduce the Adolescent Psyche?” TIME magazine, “Of
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9th - 12th
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The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls Reading Questions and Essay topics
This reading guide is aligned with common core questions, focusing on the author's choices and thoughtful annotations, not just content recall. There are also four essay questions that focus on larger issues: children's rights, parenting styles, and psychological development, requiring students to research laws, psychology and use specific references from the text to support their claim.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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