Next Year

Be sure to plan the year out.  It should be reasonably easy for this course.  End with old age, death and dying.

Throughout both courses - for god's sake use the the DISCUSSION QUESTIONS from the red textbook.   So effing useful.

Note start next year with the course layout:  Use a copy of pp468-471 from Themes and Variations in Psychology in order to demonstrate where we are beginning and where we are going with the course.

Adulthood - Stress

11 situations to roleplay - have them include vocabulary explanations from the red psych book

you've been fired

you've witnessed a crime

you get bad medical news

you find out you're pregnant

your computer gets a virus

 you get engaged

your laundry turns pink

you get off a long flight

you are offered a job

your pet runs away

you lose your wallet

Eriksson's Eight Stages of Human Developement

Use this at the beginning of the course next year.

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/human-development.cfm

Mnemonic Device to memorize the eight stages

http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2008/08/episode-67-mnemonic-device-for-eriksons-eight-stages-of-development/