Sigmund Freud
by
Maria High School
Chicago, Illinois
Psychology Lesson Plan (12th grade)
Length of Time: 1 Week
Standards (The National Standards for the Teaching of High School Psychology):
Content Standard 1: Define personality
Performance Standard 1.1: Define personality.
*Personality is defined as "an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting."
Content Standard 2: Theories of personality
Performance Standard 2.1 Identify the psychodynamic perspective.
*Discuss Sigmund Freud's view of the mind. Review the concepts of a conscious, preconscious, and
unconscious mind.
*Present the Freudian concepts of free association and a slip of the tongue.
*Explore how the id, ego, and superego interact according to psychoanalytic theory.
*Explain how defense mechanisms are helpful.
*Discuss Freud's psychosexual stages of development:
Students will participate in the following:
Read David Myers textbook chapter on Sigmund Freud
Technology Required: Computers in Media Center (Freud Scavenger Hunt)
LCD Projector connected to laptop
PowerPoint Software
Assessment Tool: Formal (Test)
Informal (class discussion, Freud scavenger hunt with a partner)