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9th grade social studies Common Core 6.RP.A.1 resources

Preview of The Great Stock Market Challenge - Complete Math Unit

The Great Stock Market Challenge - Complete Math Unit

Suitable and adapted for grades 5-12Open the Preview to see more detailed informationWatch the movie to see a high speed play through of the presentationThis complete cross-curricular unit has students learn about companies, research stocks, create a portfolio, track their performance, submit their project and write a test. Students will learn about real life financial literacy, trade-offs, decision making, strategies, and apply mathematical concepts.The unit runs about 10-14 weeks long, with an
Preview of Income Inequality & Wealth Distribution Critical Thinking, Math & Social Justice

Income Inequality & Wealth Distribution Critical Thinking, Math & Social Justice

What is income inequality? Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Is wealth being distributed equally in your country? This integrated math, social justice, critical thinking, and economics lesson is designed to introduce the idea of income inequality to students in grades 6-9 at a level they can easily understand- all while having them practice important math skills involving ratios and percentages. This lesson is a useful application for a math unit: percent and ratio practic
Preview of Yellowstone National Park Calculating Distance and Time

Yellowstone National Park Calculating Distance and Time

This activity allows students to practice using a map to calculate distance and time traveled in the park. Students will have to get familiar with the map to make with a unit rate and convert minutes to hours.These are actual calculations I did daily when traveling in the park. This activity is fun from home but also great practice when you are at the park.
Preview of Yellowstone National Park Animal Proportions

Yellowstone National Park Animal Proportions

What a fun way to teach proportional reasoning that applies to the real world? Look no further. Take a dive into Yellowstone National Park and learn more about their animals. The activity requires the student to compare ratios of bison with their babies as well as wolf and bear facts. The lesson even has an activity page where the students can find their own ratios.
Preview of Maps - Compass Rose and Scale Interactive Notebook

Maps - Compass Rose and Scale Interactive Notebook

Using in conjunction with the Powerpoint presentation introducing map compasses and map scales, allow students to interact with the information as they learn. This interactive resource allows students to practice labelling 4 cardinal and 4 intermediate directions, as well as 3 different opportunities to practice reading and converting using a map scale. A key is provided at the end of the document for the first 2 activities.
Preview of The Mystery of the Mile

The Mystery of the Mile

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Teacher Mallory
Looking for a group or individual activity that will send students on a mathematical adventure back in time to the Roman empire? This activity involves experimentation, history, language, and a solid helping of math as students try to figure out why the Romans designated the mile as one of their basic units of measuring length. Mathematical principles involved include measurement, ratios, unit conversion, and more. The activity includes an illustrated worksheet for students and a teacher's guide
Preview of Rigged! Redistricting Activity

Rigged! Redistricting Activity

In this activity students will use proportion and percentages to evaluate the fairness of district drawing procedures in elections. It is a crossover activity with social studies and is intended to leverage the engagement of learning to “rig” an election through partisan gerrymandering. Students will examine models of fictitious states to make generalizations about elections. The project is wrapped up with a loose lesson, involving the ReDistricting Game, which is a particularly interesting gerr
Preview of Maps - Compass Rose and Scale Introduction

Maps - Compass Rose and Scale Introduction

Provide students information about the compass rose and map scale using this free Powerpoint presentation.
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