On the day I was born.....

This is a writing activity we did in Civics class on 9/14/06. Students should find historical and governmental events that happened on the day they were born. They didn't have to limit themselves to the year they were born, just the day.

Links to Help With Graphing Crossword

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/select/dm_slope.html
http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/Algebra1/06Lines/02_plotting.htm
http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/Algebra1/06Lines/05_whatstheslope.htm
http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/Algebra1/06Lines/06_findingslopegraph.htm
http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U4L3GL.html
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/graphlin.htm
http://www.usiouxfalls.edu/~jebuckley/internet_scavhunt.htm
http://1728.com/distance.htm

Please feel free to find other sites that might help you and post them on our blog.

New Slope Calculator

Please go to this website and work on adding positive and negative integers.
http://aaaknow.com/add65_x2.htm

When we finish with this I want you to get your finding slope papers out and using the calculators on your computers change all your fraction answers to decimals.(You do this by dividing the top number by the bottom number). Leave the whole number answers as they are.

After that please go to http://www.1728.com/distance.htm and check all of your answers on your computer.

Remember that this web-site will give you the slope as a decimal.

Finding Slope Applet

http://www.uncwil.edu/courses/mat111hb/demo/applets.html

This will help you find slope when you know two points.

Somerset Math

Use this site to graph equations. Make sure to click edit to erase a line.

http://www.gcalc.net

This is the Thomas Jefferson site for Civics--- http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/socstudies/tjefferson.htm
We're going to be using this site for a few days starting 9/13/06 to study the life and times of Thomas Jefferson. The first day we're going to answer some questions about Jefferson and read one day in "A Day In The Life" section. We're also going to explore the links that are in the reading.

This site helps with graphing: http://www.usiouxfalls.edu/~jebuckley/internet_scavhunt.htm
You can find out about slope and do some practice online.