Historical Topics Homework and Schedule

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Historical Topics in Mathematics for Middle School Teachers

SUMMER TERM 2007

Tentative Class Schedule: Updates posted daily after class
DAY	DUE	CLASS	HOMEWORK
WEEK ONE
M, 6/25		African Number Systems Thales	Email Assignment HW #1- 4 Class Biography Project 1 & 2
T, 6/26	Email Assignment	Pythagoras Fibonacci Archimedes	HW #5 - 11 Lesson Plan 1 Proposal
W, 6/27	HW #1 - 4	Hypatia Napier Heron	HW #12 - 17
R, 6/28	Lesson Plan 1 Proposal (hard copy or electronic submission) HW #5 - 10	Pascal Newton LaGrange	HW #18 - 22
WEEK TWO
M, 7/2	Biographies 1 & 2 (electronic submission only) HW #12 - 17	Germain Gauss Galois	HW #23 - 28 Class Biography Project 3 & 4
T, 7/3	HW #18 - 22	Noether Ramanajan Euclid	HW #29 -34 Lesson Plan 2 Proposal (graduate only)
W, 7/4	Fourth of July Holiday
R, 7/5	Lesson Plan 1 (graduate) Lesson Plan 2 Proposal (graduate only) (hard copy or electronic submission) HW #23 - 28	Descartes Fermat	July 5 handout
WEEK THREE
M, 7/9	Lesson Plan 1 (undergraduate) Biographies 3 & 4 (electronic submission only) HW #29 - 34	Agnesi Banneker	July 9 handout Class Biography Project 5 & EC
T, 7/10	July 5 HW	Somervile Lovelace Venn Dodgson	July 10 handout
W, 7/11	Biography 5 & EC (electronic submission only) July 9 & July 10 HW	Kovalevsky End of Term Fun	July 11 handout
R, 7/12	Lesson Plan 2 (graduate) July 11 HW EC: HW #11	Lesson Plan Presentations (graduate)	Have a nice summer!