In this lesson, students will learn that they are citizens of a classroom and a school. They will learn that people in the past can serve as models of how to live as a good citizen.
In this unit, students briefly review geography, including vocabulary terms, reading maps and correctly labeling maps. Students learn and analyze motives for European exploration and settlement America in the 17th century and learn about the French, Spanish, English, Puritans, Pilgrims, Catholics and Quakers (why each group came and where they settled). Additional files are located at the bottom of the page. The lesson can be found by clicking the 'Download' link.
This unit is designed to help students understand the role of parabolas in Algebra and the world around us. Students will be able to create quadratic functions, solve quadratic equations and change quadratic functions to be to go through certain coordinate points. The performance assessment is designed so that students can demonstrate their understanding of quadratic functions. They will be able to use their understandings to create parabolas.
In this lesson, students create, identify, and interpret maps of their local environments, communities, and state.
In this lesson, students will understand the interaction of supply and demand.
Students will understand what effects the coefficients a, b, and c have on the graph of a standard quadratic equation of the form y=ax^2 +bx+c.
In this unit, students learn utilization of maps and their elements and learn about physical and human characteristrics of communities.
In this unit, students are introduced to how people earn money, save money, spend money, and donate money.
In this unit, students will focus on levels of development in Africa and investigate why many parts of Africa are underdeveloped. Students will examine how physical geography impacts development, the effects of European colonization on African development, and contemporary issues (famine, conflicts, diseases, and political instability / corruption) that hinder development. Students will then use this information to compare levels of development in African countries, explain why the developmental levels vary, and develop strategies to encourage development in struggling countries.