Unit 5 Altered States of Consciousness

Essential Questions
How do we experience consciousness?
Why do we alter our state of consciousness?
Topics & Activities

1. Sleep and Dreams
Overview (How good is your note taking?)

Video The Mind Awake and Asleep

• Paired reading activity:
• Advice about sleep. & Why we sleep.

PP Lecture on Dreams

REM Sleep: Pilot Light of the Mind?

2. Hypnosis
Video: The Mind Hidden and Divided

3. Drugs and Altered States

Myers PowerPoint
Reading activity and class discussion.

Assessment:

1. Writing Assignment: My Theory of Dreams

Weblog Entry:
What purposes are served by sleeping, day dreaming, dreaming and using drugs and alcohol?