Description

🦃 Stuff Your Brain — Not Just the Turkey! | Thanksgiving AP Psychology Review Quiz + Lesson Plan 🍁

Looking for a fun and content-packed Thanksgiving activity that still hits AP-level rigor? This one’s a total crowd-pleaser! Students follow one unforgettable Thanksgiving day with Aunt Carol, Uncle Leo, and Grandma June — a family full of psychological phenomena!

Your class will laugh, learn, and apply key AP Psychology concepts through 30 clever, story-based multiple-choice questions — all wrapped in a Thanksgiving theme your students will love.

💡 What’s Included

✅ 30-Question Thanksgiving-Themed AP Psychology Quiz (story format with emojis)
✅ Separate Answer Key with Brief Explanations
✅ Mixed Vocabulary Word List for quick review or warm-up
✅ Ready-to-Use Lesson Plan (group review + quiz + reflection)
✅ Printable Word Doc format

🎯 Concepts Covered

• Major Schools of Thought (Cognitive, Humanistic, Eclectic)
• Research Methods (Operationalizing, Correlation, Longitudinal Study)
• Brain Structures (Amygdala, Hippocampus, Hypothalamus, Thalamus, Limbic System)
• Sensation & Perception (Bottom-Up Processing, McGurk Effect, Sensory Adaptation)
• Memory & Forgetting (Encoding Failure, Proactive Interference, Implicit Memory, Repression)
• Thinking & Problem-Solving (Functional Fixedness, Mood-Congruent Memory)

🍂 How to Use It

🧠 Begin with a “Vocabulary Feast” — students quiz each other in groups using the vocab list.
🦃 Then, give the 30-question quiz (about 30 minutes).
🍁 Wrap up with a class discussion & answer review using the included key.

Perfect for:

• Pre-Thanksgiving review day
• Sub plans before break
• Fun formative assessment
• Engaging end-of-unit activity

💬 Why Teachers Love It

“My students were actually laughing during a review quiz — and still learning! The story format made every term stick.”

“Perfect for the short week before Thanksgiving! Funny, relevant, and academically solid.”

🧡 Save Time & Spread Gratitude

Let this ready-to-go resource do the heavy lifting so you can enjoy your own holiday!
Your students will thank you — and maybe even remember what the hippocampus does this year. 😉