Social studies
Bill of Rights Scenarios: Which Right Is at Stake?
Students read about five Bill of Rights amendments, match seven made-up scenarios to the right involved, and discuss why rights have limits.
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Mathematics
Limits on Paper: Tables, Patterns, Algebra
Students estimate limits from tables of values, compare left and right limits, and find limits by substitution and factoring.
Social studies
Mali Empire and Mansa Musa: Gold, Salt and Sources
Students read about the Mali Empire, answer questions about trade and Mansa Musa, and evaluate what three different kinds of historical sources can and cannot tell us.
Science
Population Growth Math: Doubling Time and Rates
Students use the rule of 70, percent growth and birth and death rates to calculate how fast populations grow, then interpret a sample growth table.
Health & physical ed.
Safe Bodyweight Circuit: Effort Scale and Safe Limits
Students try an optional five-station bodyweight circuit with firm safe limits, rate their effort on a 1–10 scale, and analyze a sample effort log.
English language arts
The Sandwich Incident: Point of View in Humor
Students read an original humorous first-person story, analyze how the narrator’s point of view shapes what we know, and rewrite a scene from another character’s view.