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Cross-Curricular Psychology
Lessons
Sean Tischler
Salesianum School
Wilmington, De
[email protected]
Why Cross-Curricular Lesson
Plans
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The students have always given
positive feedback!
Great way to market your class! Went
from a ½ semester course with about
an average of 20 students. Now a full
year course with 86 students.
We are already doing it!
Psychology and World History
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Genocides and Social Psychology
Why is Social Psychology Important to
studying World History?
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Milgram’s Study on Obedience- Why did
the German population “follow along”?
Stanford Prison Study
Solomon Asch and Conformity
Psychoanalysis and Joseph Stalin
Psychology and Biology
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Great lessons for Human Anatomy
Explain how rods and cones function differ
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Marker Activity
After-Image Flag
Name the four basic taste sensations and
list factors that modify the sense of taste.
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Starburst Activity/Dry Tongue
Super Taster Activity
Psychology and Biology
Great lessons for Human Anatomy
Describe how the equilibrium organs help
maintain balance.
Trace the visual pathway to the optic cortex.
Describe the Somesthetic senses
Another great lesson is the interplay between
conditioning and physiological responses.
Psychology and Weird
Science
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Fun lesson for Post-AP Anatomy
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A wrap up of strange sensory experiences
Students are amazed by Oliver Sacks writings.
Synesthesia
Psychology of Optical Illusions and Auditory
Illusions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JVJsPpg1-8
Different ESP Activities
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Letter under the chair
Moving the cards on the PowerPoint
slide
Reading the students minds
Great way to end the year for students!
Pick a Card..Any Card
Is the card gone?
Psychology and American
History
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Social Psychology and Groupthink
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Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Second Gulf War
Psychology in American
Government and Politics
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Fun Post-AP Government Activities
concerning political behavior
Mere Exposure Effect
Confirmation Bias
Group Polarization
Belief Bias and Perseverance
Availability Heuristics
Psychology and Literature
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Ordinary People
Jekyll and Hyde
Lord of the Flies
1984
Romeo and Juliet
Other Ideas
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Carl Jung and Archetypes
Jung Collective Unconscious Wizard of
OZ and the Dark Side of the Moon