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Each Citizen Math lesson is designed to be taught over two days and fits seamlessly into your core curriculum

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Timber

What’s the best strategy for cutting down trees?

Grade 8
Cones, Cylinders, Spheres
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

House of Pain

Why are so many Americans dying from opiate overdoses?

Algebra 2
Rational Functions
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

You're So Fined

How do municipal fines affect people with different incomes?

Grade 8
Solving Linear Systems
Great anytime, including at the beginning of a unit before students have any formal introduction to the topic.

False Flags

How accurate should government surveillance be?

Algebra 2
Probability (Adv.)
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Pair-Alysis

How much choice is too much choice?

Grade 7
Probability & Statistics
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Safely Rest

How should Arlington National Cemetery plan for its future?

Grade 8
Solving Linear Equations
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Connected

Do social networks make us more connected?

Algebra 1
Quadratics & Solving
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Hereby Sentence

Is there racial bias in who gets the death penalty?

Algebra 1
One-Variable Statistics
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Out of Left Field

Should Major League Baseball stadiums be standardized?

Algebra 1
Quadratics & Solving
This complex task is best as a culminating unit activity after students have developed formal knowledge and conceptual understanding.

Mercury Rising

How have global temperatures changed?

Algebra 2
Trig. Functions
This complex task is best as a culminating unit activity after students have developed formal knowledge and conceptual understanding.

Good Cop, Bad Cop

How should police departments address excessive use of force?

Algebra 1
One-Variable Statistics
Great anytime, including at the beginning of a unit before students have any formal introduction to the topic.

Sweet Tooth

How much Halloween candy should you eat?

Grade 8
Functions
Great anytime, including at the beginning of a unit before students have any formal introduction to the topic.

Rise and Shine

What time should school start in the morning?

Algebra 2
Trig. Functions
This complex task is best as a culminating unit activity after students have developed formal knowledge and conceptual understanding.

Pandemic

How do viruses spread through a population?

Algebra 2
Exponential Functions (Adv.)
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

To Have and to Hold

Is it a good idea to rent a storage unit?

Grade 7
Equations & Expressions
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.