This middle school mathematics and social studies curriculum integrates goals and strategies consistent with the NCTM Standards to help students create mathematical questions; conduct research, record, interpret, and discuss results; and learn about the uses and misuses of math in real world decision-making. It includes lesson plans and activities appropriate for heterogeneously grouped classes; suggestions for assessment; an appendix on cooperative-learning techniques; and a chart correlating the curriculum activities to NCTM Standards. Student handouts are also available for purchase through Educators for Social Responsibility.
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Rachel A. Poliner is an educational consultant, based in Boston, Massachusetts, focused on school reform dealing with personalization, social and emotional learning, management, change, and conflict. A former teacher, she has worked with public and independent schools in New England and across the United States. Her recent efforts include consulting on advisory programs and high school redesign; designing and implementing K-12 social and emotional learning reforms district-wide; shaping faculty culture; and integrating character development, conflict resolution, and service learning through all subject areas. While with ESR, Rachel was a faculty member of ESR/Lesley Universitys joint Masters degree program and developed the Stories Program: Conflict and Character through Literature and Language Arts. She has co-authored various ESR curricula, including Dialogue: Turning Controversy into Community; The Power of Numbers, an integrated mathematics and social studies curriculum; and Conflict Resolution in the Middle School Student Workbook and Journal.
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