Today on 09/26/2012, we decided to discuss interest rate and the correlation that can be made through both math and social studies. We have decided that we would be able to correlate interest rate into math as well as into our Econ/Government course. This will allow students to not only understand the function of interest rates but also how students may be able to use interest rates in the real world.

Thank you,
Jeff Kreiling

September 5th, 2012

During our PLC time we worked our ability to integrate the Cartesian Plane into our Social Studies classes. Rene Descartes is who developed the Cartesian Plane which can be used in both math and Social Studies. In math this is used primarily in helping to graph different coordinates which are usually listed as (X,Y). Rene Descartes was also a French philosopher during the which ties in well when discussing the different philosophers in World History during the Scientific Revolution. During this time great strides were made in mathematics.

World History class will be able to incorporate the Cartesian Plane when discussing the Age of Exploration through the next week to two weeks. The Cartesian Plane is an excellent visual aid to use with students in describing maps and also coordinates during the Age of Exploration. We also discussed using charts in order to use statistics in the classroom for weather changes and also populations such as the "Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire".

Kreiling, Trueblood, Libal