Month 1 of 10 · Weeks 1–4
September: Welcome / Foundations and Documents
September builds the routines that carry the year: annotation, an analysis notebook, a lab notebook and a writing portfolio. We read the earliest American voices, from Native oral tradition to colonial and enslaved writers, review the algebra that Algebra 2 builds on, learn to measure and describe motion, and study how geography, Native nations and colonization shaped early America.
Goals this month
Reading & writing
Build reading routines, cite strong evidence, compare accounts and points of view in early American texts, and write a literary analysis essay with MLA citations
RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.9, RI.11-12.6, W.11-12.2, W.11-12.9, L.11-12.4b
Math
Review linear equations, inequalities and absolute value; use function notation, domain, range and rate of change; transform parent functions; graph piecewise functions and find inverses
HSA-REI.B.3, HSA-CED.A.4, HSF-IF.A.2, HSF-IF.B.6, HSF-BF.B.3, HSF-BF.B.4a
Science
Work safely, measure in SI units with significant figures, and describe one-dimensional motion with graphs and the kinematic equations, including free fall
HSN-Q.A.3, HS-PS2-1
Social studies
Source primary documents, connect geography to settlement, and explain Native nations, the Columbian Exchange, the English colonies, slavery and colonial self-government
C3 D2.His.1.9-12, D2.His.11.9-12, D2.Geo.2.9-12, D2.Geo.4.9-12
Weeks
- Week1Stories of BeginningsRoots ver and cred · Linear equations and inequalities review · Lab skills and measurement · Sources and U.S. geography · 5 day plans
- Week2Encounters and AccountsRoots duc and pel · Functions, domain, range and rate of change · Position, velocity and motion graphs · Native nations and contact · 5 day plans
- Week3Covenants and ColoniesRoots fid and pac · Parent functions and transformations · Acceleration and velocity-time graphs · Jamestown and the colonial regions · 5 day plans
- Week4Voices in Chains and in PrintRoots ject and voc · Piecewise functions and inverses · Kinematic equations and free fall · Slavery, self-government and the Great Awakening · 5 day plans
Student games this month
Roots of Truth and Force Equation Engine Measure Up Source and Map Function Forge Motion Line Early American Voices Faith, Peace and Voice Roots Transformation Station Colony Builder