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Born Gay

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Is a person's sexual orientation determined at birth? With the informative website, scholars prepare for a debate about the topic. They learn the top pro and con arguments and read through a historical timeline of homosexuality. They...
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Defining Crime and Deviance

For Students Higher Ed
In this Defining Crime and Deviance activity, students answer nine questions about crime according to several theorists and schools of thought.
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Evolution, Genes, and Behavior

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the roles of genes and evolution on behaviors. In groups, they identify the relationships among DNA, genes and chromosomes. They evaluate the different theories of language acquistion and how evolved tendencies interact...
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Know Thyself: Reflections of the Adolescent Identity Crisis in Rock and Roll

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders define themselves through music. In this psychology lesson, 12th graders identify James Marcia's 4 states of identity and identify songs that reflect each of the states.
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Sigmund Freud

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online interactive history activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Sigmund Freud and his work. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive activity. 
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Anthropology and Sociology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the combined subjects of anthropology and sociology and explain how the disciplines would study the same issue. On poster board, they locate or draw pictures related to the two subjects. Once this is completed, students...
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Empowered Barbie

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students access prior knowledge of vocabulary on feminism and psychoanalytic theory, and gender schema.  In this Empowered Barbie lesson, students recreate a Barbie doll.  Students write a reflection on how they changed...
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Personality

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this psychology worksheet, students complete 5 short answer questions about personality. They explore Freud and Maslow's theories.
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Personality

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this psychology instructional activity, students answer a quiz with 10 multiple choice questions on personality and different humanistic theories.
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Emotion

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this psychology worksheet, students complete 5 short answer questions on neural pathways of emotion. They explain what aspect of emotion is similar across all cultures.
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La Belle Époque [1871-1914]:

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Progress through various aspects of the  "The Beautiful Era" in this presentation. Political, technological, and scientific contexts surround the time of innovation and change in the world landscape. The short length of this slide...
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Development

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this psychology worksheet, learners complete 5 short answer questions on human's developmental stages and Kohlberg's theory.
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Motivation

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this psychology review worksheet, students complete 5 short answer questions on human motivation, homosexuality and Maslow's Theory.
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PSYC 2207 (Speech): Lecture One

For Teachers Higher Ed
A great way to introduce a speech pathology or psychology class, this lecture takes students through various theories on speech perception and speech production. Students will find the information applicable and easy to digest, and...
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Sensation and Perception

For Students 9th - 12th
In this psychology worksheet, students complete a 5 short answer quiz on sensation and perception. They explain how the five body senses are used to collect information about the environment.
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Writing Up a Spanish Storm: Using Creative Thinking for Creative Writing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners in a Spanish class are introduced to the techniques of creative writing. In groups, they focus on the pre-writing section of creative writing and keep a folder of their works throughout the lesson plan. They end the lessons by...
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Anger (Part 1): Identifying Our Style

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify the two common sources of anger. In this psychology instructional activity, students discuss productive ways to express anger. They complete a reflection worksheet at the end of the instructional activity.
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Human Development

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers brainstorm about the physical, emotional, and social developmental milestones of human beings. They complete a timeline as a class that begins with birth and ends with death. Students identify whether each milestone is...
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Crime and Punishment Essay Questions

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer and essay questions about Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Protagoras

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Protagoras by Plato. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet. 
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The Memory Play in American Drama

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take a closer look at a memory play. In this American drama lesson, students read Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie and analyze it as a memory play. Students discuss the linear and non-linear aspects of the play prior to...
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Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the stages of moral development. In this psychology lesson, students explore Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development as they read, respond to, and evaluate a moral development scenario.
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Colonial America

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study the Salem Witch Trials and the different theories for the hysteria.  In this American History channel, 11th graders explore primary source documents to understand the stories of various people involved in the...
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New World Meets Old

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate understanding of basic facts about Christopher Columbus and different theories regarding his background. They try to solve the mystery of Christopher Columbus' background and write an essay offering their own opinion.