What types of reading skills do students need to be successful? This informative site focuses on students with learning disabilities. Explore!
How are stories part of our collective culture and memory? Explore the role of the oral tradition for Native American tribes like the Kiowa and how writers like N. Scott Momaday has managed to transfer the oral tradition to the page through his novels about Native American identity in the 20th and 21st century in this video [3:02] from the American Masters film Words from a Bear: N. Scott Momaday. Discussion questions and vocabulary are provided.
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Use images, text, and video to compile a digital scrapbook to share with your friends and family. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Students learn about memory by doing a memory-writing exercise, studying the brain to understand how it affects memory, reading Li-Young Lee's poem ńMnemonic,î and creating projects to demonstrate their understanding.
Writing gets personal when students interview family members in order to write a personal narrative about that person.
When Allied forces reached the concentration camps in WWII, they were not prepared for the devastation that they saw. The soldiers filmed what they witnessed and Frontline used the footage in the documentary Memory of the Camps [57:35] which is included in this source. Also included is a map of the camps and ghettos throughout Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe.
Explore how growing up in the South during the Jim Crow Era influenced Maya Angelou's writing in this video [4:45] from American Masters, Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. The power of memory and the importance of setting inform both the video and discussion questions as students are asked to consider why Maya Angelou chose to write about her own life in her famous autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
Students practice a procedural skill -- knot tying -- to investigate if and in what way sleep affects learning and memory in relation to a learning a procedural skill. Sleeping is a behavior that is natural and essential for our health and well-being. In fact, it is a biological necessity -- we would die without it. Still, sleep is not yet well understood. It is known that sleep is not a time for all body systems to shut down and rest. Some brain activity actually elevates during sleep, and some hormone secretions increase too. Studies show that sleep affects energy, reaction rate, coordination, concentration, and focus. Lack of sleep often results in costly and even deadly consequences.
A neuroscientist explains synaptic processes in the brain and how they enable learning and memory. [4:49]
Learn and practice how to spell vocabulary words using a slideshow presentation. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week (January 4th), we are working on problem-solving.m
Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.Senior Contributing AuthorsRose M. Spielman, Formerly of Quinnipiac UniversityContributing AuthorsKathryn Dumper, Bainbridge State CollegeWilliam Jenkins, Mercer UniversityArlene Lacombe, Saint Joseph's UniversityMarilyn Lovett, Livingstone CollegeMarion Perlmutter, University of Michigan
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Discuss the three basic functions of memory
Describe the three stages of memory storage
Describe and distinguish between procedural and declarative memory and semantic and episodic memory
Choosing how to present your talk is an important aspect of preparing for public speaking. Use these tips to decide the most effective method.
Throughout history, scientists have proposed conflicting ideas on how the brain carries out functions like perception, memory, and movement. Is each of these tasks carried out by a specific area of the brain? Or do multiple areas work together to accomplish them? Ted Altschuler investigates both sides of the debate. [5:20]
Four nineteenth-century landscape paintings that suggest the meaning of the West in American life.
The Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, is the centerpiece of our nation's story. It looms large, not merely because of its brutality and scope but because of its place in the course of American history. The seeds of war were planted long before 1861 and the conflict remains part of our national memory. Geography has helped shape this narrative. The physical landscape influenced economic differences between the regions, the desire to expand into new territories, the execution of the conflict both in the field and on the home front, and the ways in which our recollections have been shaped. Maps enable us to present the complex strands that, when woven together, provide a detailed account of the causes and conduct of the war. These visual images remain a salient aspect of our memory. Photographs, prints, diaries, songs and letters enhance our ability to tell this story, when our nation, as a Currier & Ives cartoon depicts, was about to be "Torn in Two." This exhibition tells the story of the American Civil War both nationally and locally in Boston, Massachusetts, through maps, documents, letters, and other primary sources. This exhibition was developed by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, a nonprofit organization established as a partnership between the Boston Public Library and philanthropist Norman Leventhal.