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Standard
Mathematics (5 titles)
MGSE9-12.G.GMD.1 Give
informal arguments for
geometric formulas. a. Give
informal arguments for the
formulas of the circumference
of a circle and area of a circle
using dissection arguments
and informal limit arguments.
b. Give informal arguments
for the formula of the volume
of a cylinder, pyramid, and
cone using Cavalieris
principle
MGSE9-12.A.CED.1 Create
equations and inequalities in
one variable and use them to
solve problems. Include
equations arising from linear,
quadratic, simple rational, and
exponential functions (integer
inputs only).
Title & Review (5 titles per Subject Area) Activity/Application
The Fractal Murders Students could read
By Mark Cohen this title as a class,
and then create a
(Muddy Gap Press, 282pp, 2002) comic strip to show
Ages: Young Adult the ways that Julie
coped with the
This clever mystery pits a private eye against a difficulties of
murderer who is systematically slaying top learning Algebra.
American mathematicians. The link? The
victims are all proponents of fractal geometry,
the discipline that analyzes geometric shapes
to identify patterns and predict behaviors in
complex systems. Jayne Smyers, an assistant
math professor, noticed the pattern of death
among fractal specialists when she sought
responses to a paper. Three of the
mathematicians died in the preceding six
months--two were murdered and one was an
apparent suicide--prompting Smyers to consult
Pepper Keane, a Colorado private eye. Keane,
a former Marine and federal prosecutor,
narrates this tale of finding his own patterns in
the cutthroat world of "publish or perish"
academics. Keane has a past that fleshes out
his motivation, a wry wit, and an enemy who
does everything to keep him permanently
clueless. A consistently absorbing first novel.
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2. Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra Students can read
By Wendy Litchtman the title, and then
make variable
(Harper Collins, 208pp, 2007) equations using
Ages: Young Adult other students in
their class or school.
Tess loves math because it's the one subject Students will share
she can trustthere's always just one right these equations by
answer, and it never changes. But then she creating a video.
starts algebra and is introduced to those pesky

MGSE9-12.F.IF.3 Recognize
that sequences are functions,
sometimes defined
recursively, whose domain is
a subset of the integers.
(Generally, the scope of high
school math defines this
subset as the set of natural
numbers 1,2,3,4...) By
graphing or calculating terms,
students should be able to
show how the recursive
sequence a1=7, an=an-1 +2;
the sequence sn = 2(n-1) + 7;
and the function f(x) = 2x + 5
(when x is a natural number)
all define the same sequence
MGSE9-12.N.CN.1
Understand there is a complex Adventure
number i such that i2 = 1, By Hans Magnus Enzensberger
and every complex number
has the form a + bi where a
and b are real numbers.
and mysterious variables, which seem to be
everywhere in eighth grade. When even your
friends and parents can be variables, how in
the world do you find out the right answers to
the really important questions, like what to do
about a boy you like or whom to tell when
someone's done something really bad?
Will Tess's life ever stop changing long
enough for her to figure it all out?
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3. Do the Math #2: The Writing on the Wall Students can read
By Wendy Litchtman the book then act as
Tess and list at least
(Harper Collins, 224pp, 2008) five patterns they
Ages: Young Adult notice in the real
world. This
Eighth grade, like algebra, has become pretty information will be
complicated for Tess. For one thing, there are presented as a word
the patterns she's noticing everywherelike cloud.
how charming-on-the-outside Richard keeps
playing scary pranks on her, and how annoying
copycat Lynn always has to follow what
everyone else is doing. Then there's the pattern
of graffiti that keeps appearing on the wall by
her schoolcould those numbers be a code
meant for Tess? Is it up to her to find out what
they mean? And most importantly, if Damien
keeps up with his pattern of waiting for her
after school, does it mean he likes her? Or is
that just a coincidental system? Tess looks for
formulas to help her figure it all out, but she's
afraid there may be none. Sometimes you have
to make up your own solutions. Sometimes,
you just have to risk it.
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4. The Number Devil: A Mathematical Students can write a
create a comic strip
from the point of
view as the Number
(Picador, 264pp, 2010) Devil to help others
Ages: 11-15 understand complex
numbers.
MGSE9-12.A.APR.5 Know
and apply that the Binomial
Theorem gives the expansion
of (x + y)n in powers of x and
y for a positive integer n,
where x and y are any
numbers, with coefficients
determined using Pascals
Triangle.
MGSE9-12.G.GPE.4 Use
coordinates to prove simple
geometric theorems
algebraically. For example,
prove or disprove that a figure
defined by four given points
in the coordinate plane is a
rectangle; prove or disprove
that the point (1, 3) lies on
the circle centered at the
origin and containing the
point (0,2). (Focus on
quadrilaterals, right triangles,
and circles.)
In twelve dreams, Robert, a boy who hates
math, meets a Number Devil, who leads him to
discover the amazing world of numbers:
infinite numbers, prime numbers, Fibonacci
numbers, numbers that magically appear in
triangles, and numbers that expand without. As
we dream with him, we are taken further and
further into mathematical theory, where ideas
eventually take flight, until everyone - from
those who fumble over fractions to those who
solve complex equations in their heads - winds
up marveling at what numbers can do
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5. The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Students can read
this book and create
Mathematics an infographic on
By Norton Juster how a single point
can use lines to
(Chronicle Books, 80pp, 200) become a square,
Ages: 8-12 triangle or
Once upon a time there was a sensible straight parallelogram. They
line who was hopelessly in love with a must state the
beautiful dot. But the dot, though perfect in geometric theorems
every way, only had eyes for a wild and that prove this.
unkempt squiggle. All of the line's romantic
dreams were in vain, until he
discovered...angles! Now, with newfound self-
expression, he can be anything he wants to be--
a square, a triangle, a parallelogram....And
that's just the beginning! First published in
1963 and made into an Academy Award-
winning animated short film, here is a
supremely witty love story with a twist that
reveals profound truths about relationships--
both human and mathematical--sure to tickle
lovers of all ages.
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Science (5 titles)
SCSh1. Students will evaluate 1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Students would read
the importance of curiosity, By Rebecca Skloot the book then there
honesty, openness, and would be a small
skepticism in science. a. ( Broadway Books, 381pp, 2001) group discussion
Exhibit the above traits in Ages: High School about ethics vs. the
their own scientific activities. greater good of the
b. Recognize that different Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists world. The groups
explanations often can be know her as HeLa. She was a poor black would make a
given for the same evidence. tobacco farmer whose cellstaken without her presentation (Prezi
c. Explain that further knowledge in 1951became one of the most or Powtoon). One
understanding of scientific important tools in medicine, vital for student from each
problems relies on the design developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene group would then
and execution of new mapping, and more. Henrietta's cells have been share their groups
experiments which may bought and sold by the billions, yet she stance via their
reinforce or weaken opposing remains virtually unknown, and her family presentation tool
explanations. can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal with the whole class
SCSh3. Students will identify New York Times bestseller tells a riveting
and investigate problems story of the collision between ethics, race, and
scientifically. a. Suggest medicine; of scientific discovery and faith
reasonable hypotheses for healing; and of a daughter consumed with
identified problems. b. questions about the mother she never knew.
Develop procedures for
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summary statistics. e.
Develop reasonable
conclusions based on data
collected. f. Evaluate whether
conclusions are reasonable by
reviewing the process and
checking against other
available information.
SCSh7. Students analyze how
scientific knowledge is
developed. Students recognize
that: a. The universe is a vast
single system in which the
basic principles are the same
everywhere. b. Universal
principles are discovered
through observation and
experimental verification. c.
From time to time, major
shifts occur in the scientific
view of how the world works.
More often, however, the
changes that take place in the
body of scientific knowledge
are small modifications of
prior knowledge. Major shifts
in scientific views typically
occur after the observation of
a new phenomenon or an
insightful interpretation of
existing data by an individual
or research group. d.
Hypotheses often cause
scientists to develop new
experiments that produce
additional data. e. Testing,
revising, and occasionally
rejecting new and old theories
never ends.
SCSh8. Students will
understand important features
of the process of scientific
inquiry. Students will apply
the following to inquiry
learning practices: a.
Scientific investigators
control the conditions of their
experiments in order to
produce valuable data. b.
Scientific researchers are
expected to critically assess
the quality of data including
possible sources of bias in
their investigations
hypotheses, observations, data
analyses, and interpretations.
c. Scientists use practices
such as peer review and
publication to reinforce the
integrity of scientific activity
and reporting. d. The merit of
a new theory is judged by
how well scientific data are
explained by the new theory.
e. The ultimate goal of
science is to develop an
understanding of the natural
universe which is free of
biases. f. Science disciplines
and traditions differ from one
another in what is studied,
techniques used, and
outcomes sought
SB3. Students will derive the
relationship between single-
celled and multi-celled
organisms and the increasing
complexity of systems. d.
Compare and contrast viruses
with living organisms.
SB2. Students will analyze
how biological traits are
passed on to successive
generations. a. Distinguish
between DNA and RNA. b.
Explain the role of DNA in
storing and transmitting
cellular information. c. Using
Mendels laws, explain the
role of meiosis in
reproductive variability. d.
Describe the relationships
between changes in DNA and
potential appearance of new
traits including Alterations
during replication. Insertions
Deletions Substitutions
2. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of Students will start
the Origins of the Ebola Virus off by creating a
By Richard Preston word cloud with
their original
(Anchor, 448pp, 1995) thoughts and
Ages: High School feelings concerning
the Ebola virus.
The bestselling landmark account of the first They will then read
emergence of the Ebola virus. A highly the book and write a
infectious, deadly virus from the central paragraph to
African rain forest suddenly appears in the compare/contrast
suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. their original
In a few days 90 percent of its victims are thoughts with facts
dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers from the text. They
and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak will also justify their
of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells feelings using
this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising citation from the
account of the appearance of rare and lethal book.
viruses and their "crashes" into the human
race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to
ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is
scarier than fiction.
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3. I Am Legend After reading,
By Richard Matheson students will create a
comic strip that
(Tor Books, 320 pp, 2 edition 2007) shows the process of
Ages: High School how mutation.
Robert Neville may well be the last living man
on Earth . . . but he is not alone. An incurable
plague has mutated every other man, woman,
and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures
who are determined to destroy him. By day, he
is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities
through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By
night, he barricades himself in his home and
prays for dawn...
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Mutagenic factors that can
alter DNA. High energy
radiation (x-rays and
ultraviolet) Chemical f.
Examine the use of DNA
technology in forensics,
medicine, and agriculture
SB4. Students will assess the
dependence of all organisms
on one another and the flow
of energy and matter within
their ecosystems. a.
Investigate the relationships
among organisms,
populations, communities,
ecosystems, and biomes. b.
Explain the flow of matter
and energy through
ecosystems by Arranging
components of a food chain
according to energy flow.
Comparing the quantity of
energy in the steps of an
energy pyramid. Explaining
the need for cycling of major
nutrients (C, O, H, N, P). c.
Relate environmental
conditions to successional
changes in ecosystems. d.
Assess and explain human
activities that influence and
modify the environment such
as global warming, population
growth, pesticide use, and
water and power
consumption. e. Relate plant
adaptations, including
tropisms, to the ability to
survive stressful
environmental conditions. f.
Relate animal adaptations,
including behaviors, to the
ability to survive stressful
environmental conditions.
SCSh6. Students will
communicate scientific
investigations and
information clearly. a. Write
clear, coherent laboratory
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4. The 5th Wave: The First Book of the 5th Students will read
Wave Series the book and create
By Rick Yancey an electronic
timeline of each
(Speak, 512pp, 2015) major event and
Age: 12-18 state how the Earths
ecosystem changed.
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. Then students will
After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after list how Cassie and
the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th the other characters
wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. adapted to the
changes. A few
Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a students will share
lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from their list with the
Them. The beings who only look human, who class.
roam the countryside killing anyone they see.
Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To
stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes,
until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and
mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only
hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving
herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust
and despair, between defiance and surrender,
between life and death. To give up or to get up.
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5. A Short History of Nearly Everything Student will read
By Bill Bryson excerpts from the
book covering the
(Broadway Books, 544pp, 2004) Big Bang. They will
Ages: High School then create a
reports related to scientific
investigations. b. Write clear,
coherent accounts of current
scientific issues, including
possible alternative
interpretations of the data. c.
Use data as evidence to
support scientific arguments
and claims in written or oral
presentations. d. Participate in
group discussions of scientific
investigation and current
scientific issues. The Nature
of Science
flowchart or timeline
In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked using Prezi to depict
the Appalachian Trailwell, most of it. In A how things
Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the happened per
most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Bryson.
Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his
greatest challenge: to understandand, if
possible, answerthe oldest, biggest questions
we have posed about the universe and
ourselves. Taking as territory everything from
the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson
seeks to understand how we got from there
being nothing at all to there being us. To that
end, he has attached himself to a host of the
worlds most advanced (and often obsessed)
archaeologists, anthropologists, and
mathematicians, travelling to their offices,
laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or
tried to read) their books, pestered them with
questions, apprenticed himself to their
powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly
Everything is the record of this quest, and it is
a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and
always supremely clear and entertaining
adventure in the realms of human knowledge,
as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has
never been more involving or entertaining.

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Social Studies (5 titles)
This book covers all standards 1. A Peoples History of the United States Since this book
in the US History course. The By Howard Zinn covers so many
link takes you to all those topic, I would use
standards: (Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 784pp, this text as a
2015) reference throughout
Ages: High School the course. One way
https://www.georgiastandards would be
.org/standards/Georgia%20Pe Since its original landmark publication in compare/contrast the
rformance%20Standards/Unit 1980, A People's History of the United States viewpoint from the
ed-States-History.pdf has been chronicling American history from district approved
the bottom up, throwing out the official textbook and the
version of history taught in schoolswith its viewpoint from this
emphasis on great men in high placesto book. To accomplish

SSWH15 The student will be
able to describe the impact of
industrialization, the rise of
nationalism, and the major
characteristics of worldwide
imperialism. a. Analyze the
process and impact of
industrialization in England,
Germany, and Japan,
movements for political
reform, the writings of Adam
Smith and Karl Marx, and
urbanization and its affect on
women. b. Compare and
contrast the rise of the nation
state in Germany under Otto
von Bismarck and Japan
under Emperor Meiji. c.
Describe the reaction to
focus on the street, the home, and the, this, half the class
workplace. would create a word
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its cloud from the
scholarly research, A People's History of the district text and the
United States is the only volume to tell other half, a word
America's story from the point of view of cloud from A
and in the words ofAmerica's women, Peoples History.
factory workers, African-Americans, Native The class would
Americans, the working poor, and immigrant view the different
laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, word clouds and
many of our country's greatest battlesthe note the
fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, discrepancies.
child-labor laws, health and safety standards,
universal suffrage, women's rights, racial
equalitywere carried out at the grassroots
level, against bloody resistance.
Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival
through President Clinton's first term, A
People's History of the United States, which
was nominated for the American Book Award
in 1981, features insightful analysis of the
most important events in our history.
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2. The Communist Manifesto Students will read
By Karl Marx the book and the
class will be
(International Publishers Co, 48pp, New separated into two
edition 2014) groups. One group
Ages: High School would create a trailer
on the positive
The Communist Manifesto, originally titled effects on women.
Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: The other group
Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) is a would create a trailer
short 1848 book written by the German on the negative
Marxist political theorists Karl Marx and effects on women.
Friedrich Engels. It has since been recognized As a class, there
as one of the world's most influential political would be a
manuscripts. Commissioned by the Communist discussion on
League, it laid out the League's purposes and whether the effects
program. It presents an analytical approach to benefit women.
the class struggle (historical and present) and
the problems of capitalism, rather than a
foreign domination; include
the Russo-Japanese War and
Young Turks, and the Boxer
Rebellion. d. Describe
imperialism in Africa and
Asia by comparing British
policies in Africa, French
policies in Indochina, and
Japanese policies in Asia;
include the influence of
geography and natural
resources.
SSWH7 The student will
analyze European medieval
society with regard to culture,
politics, society, and
economics. a. Explain the
manorial system and
feudalism; include the status
of peasants and feudal
monarchies and the
importance of Charlemagne.
b. Describe the political
impact of Christianity;
include Pope Gregory VII and
King Henry IV of Germany
(Holy Roman Emperor). c.
Explain the role of the church
in medieval society. d.
Describe how increasing trade
led to the growth of towns
and cities.
prediction of communism's potential future
forms.
The book contains Marx and Engels' Marxist
theories about the nature of society and
politics, that in their own words, "The history
of all hitherto existing society is the history of
class struggles." It also briefly features their
ideas for how the capitalist society of the time
would eventually be replaced by socialism, and
then eventually communism.
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3. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life Students will read
By Alison Weir the book and give
examples of the
(Ballantine Books, 441pp, 2nd edition 2001) manorial system and
Ages: High School feudalism; include
the status of peasants
Renowned in her time for being the most and feudal
beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two monarchies. The
kings and mother of three, Eleanor of examples should
Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the include proper
Middle Ages. At a time when women were citation from the
regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor book. (Since the
managed to defy convention as she exercised book is so long, I
power in the political sphere and crucial would have
influence over her husbands and sons. In this predetermined pages
beautifully written biography, Alison Weir as required reading.)
paints a vibrant portrait of this truly The examples will
exceptional woman, and provides new insights be presented as a
into her intimate world. Eleanor of Aquitaine Prezi, video or
lived a long life of many contrasts, of splendor infographic.
and desolation, power and peril, and in this
stunning narrative, Weir captures the
woman and the queenin all her glory.
With astonishing historic detail, mesmerizing
pageantry, and irresistible accounts of royal
scandal and intrigue, she recreates not only a
remarkable personality but a magnificent past
era.
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SSWH14 The student will 4. A Tale of Two Cities Since this book is a
analyze the Age of By Charles Dickens difficult read, I
Revolutions and Rebellions. would most
a. Examine absolutism (Dover Publications, 304pp, Unabridged definitely speak with
through a comparison of the edition 1998) an ELA teacher
rules of Louis XIV, Tsar Peter Ages: High School about a cross
the Great, and Tokugawa curriculum Collab.
Ieyasu. b. Identify the causes It was the time of the French Revolution a Students would read
and results of the revolutions time of great change and great danger. It was a the book and use
in England (1689), United time when injustice was met by a lust for citations from the
States (1776), France (1789), vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made book to identify the
Haiti (1791), and Latin between the innocent and the guilty. Against causes and results of
America (1808-1825). c. this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' the French
Explain Napoleons rise to great story of unsurpassed adventure and Revolution. Students
power, the role of geography courage unfolds. will then create an
in his defeat, and the Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the electronic concept
consequences of Frances Bastille, Dr. Alexandre Manette is reunited map to display their
defeat for Europe d. Examine with his daughter, Lucie, and safely work. Class
the interaction of China and transported from France to England. It would discussions would
Japan with westerners; seem that they could take up the threads of take place in the
include the Opium War, the their lives in peace. As fate would have it ELA class.
Taiping Rebellion, and though, the pair are summoned to the Old
Commodore Perry. Bailey to testify against a young Frenchman
Charles Darnay falsely accused of treason.
Strangely enough, Darnay bears an uncanny
resemblance to another man in the courtroom,
the dissolute lawyer's clerk Sydney Carton. It
is a coincidence that saves Darnay from certain
doom more than once. Brilliantly plotted, the
novel is rich in drama, romance, and heroics
that culminate in a daring prison escape in the
shadow of the guillotine.

SS4H2 The student will
describe European
exploration in North America.
a. Describe the reasons for,
obstacles to, and
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5. Encounter Students will read
By Jane Yolen the book and use it
along with the
(HMH Books for Young Readers, 32pp, 1996) textbook to list 4
Ages: 6-9 pros and 4 cons of
accomplishments of the
Spanish, French, and English
explorations of John Cabot,
Vasco Nez de Balboa, Juan discovered were the Taino Indians. Told from
Ponce de Len, Christopher
Columbus, Henry Hudson,
and Jacques Cartier. b.
Describe examples of
cooperation and conflict
between Europeans and
Native Americans.
the Christopher
When Christopher Columbus landed on the Columbus landing
island of San Salvador in 1492, what he from the point of
view of the natives.
a young Taino boys point of view, this is a Students will then
story of how the boy tried to warn his people get into small groups
against welcoming the strangers, who seemed and create a video to
more interested in golden ornaments than share with
friendship. Years later the boy, now an old classmates.
man, looks back at the destruction of his
people and their culture by the colonizers.
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