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