Interdisciplinary Unit 1: "Getting to Know You"

Our Ninth Grade classes have developed composite sketches of themselves that they have posted to this web site. They hope you and/or your classes will review their work and send a return message by e-mail that tells us about yourself, your environment, and your views on issue that are important to you.

Our student-authors will include some or all of the following elements in their introduction. Feel free to use the same template in your greeting to us!

• Tell us some of the "vital statistics" about yourself: name, age, local community, state, and country.
• Relate some of your non-academic interests: music, sports, favorite TV shows or movies, and recreational activities.
• Discuss what your favorite subject is in school and why.
 

Try to touch on one or more of the following school-related topics:

Social Studies: What issues in the news do you feel are important and why?
What type of government do you live under? Who are the leaders of your government? Are they doing a good job (US writers: Feel free to evaluate the job of the current President and Congressional leaders. Also, tell us something about your state leaders and local government. Have they had an affect on your lives? In what way?)

Science: What interests do you have in the scientific field? How does science improve your lives (technology, agriculture, medicine)?

Language Arts: Do you enjoy reading, poetry, or writing? Who are some of your favorite authors? What magazines do you like to read?

Mathematics: Calculate how far you are from us in Hagerstown, Maryland, USA. How long would it take for us to visit you by plane? By car? By foot? What is the population of your state/region/nation? Is your area densely populated or sparsely populated? What is the population density? If you have other mathematical applications to getting to know you, be sure to let us know?
 

We are looking forward to reading your submissions!

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