History+of+Mathematics+Project

==== If you are looking for a excellent way to include history and literacy into your math class, I recommend assigning students a history of mathematics project. I am providing an example here, which included researching and then writing about seven different mathematicians from all different parts of world and all different time periods. There needed to be one mathematician for each of the following areas of mathematics: number theory, algebra, geometry, calculus, discrete mathematics, statistics and probability, and measurement. This type of project could be useful in upper-level math classes so that students can start to see connections amongst the various math subjects. However, I think that this project could also be tweaked to fit almost any class. For example, rather than having students find information on different mathematicians they could, instead, find information on a particular math concept and how that concept has changed over time given the contributions of various mathematicians. The possibilities are definitely endless. The sample project that I am including also contains a works cited page which will provide students with an excellent list of resources for doing their research. [|History of Mathematics Project.doc] ====