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“I Spy” Geometry in Primary Sources
BIG Question: What might
primary sources tell us about
geometry?
Determine what 2-D and 3-D shapes you
see and think about what questions you can
ask to get the big picture.
Key Vocabulary
*line
*line segment
*parallel lines
*intersecting lines
*perpendicular
*angles ~ right, acute, obtuse
*vertex/vertices
*polygon
*triangle ~ right, equilateral, isosceles, acute,
obtuse, scalene
More Key Vocabulary
*quadrilateral
*parallelogram
*square
*rectangle
*trapezoid *rhombus
*pentagon *hexagon
*octagon
*decagon
*rectangular prism
*cube
*circle
*cylinder
*cone
*sphere
What 2-D and/or 3-D
shape(s) do you see?
What additional 2-D and/or 3-D
shapes do you see now?
Describe who or what you see in
this image now?
When do you think this image was taken?
Describe who or what you see in this image
now?
When do you think this image was taken?
How does geometry in primary sources show that math is all around us?
Bubley, Esther (1943). Washington, D.C., A Geometry Class at Woodrow Wilson High School . Library of Congress: American Memory America
from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
What might
primary
sources tell us
about
Geometry?
Bubley, Esther (1943). Washington, D.C., A Geometry Class at Woodrow Wilson High School . Library of Congress: American Memory America
from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
What might this last image tell us about geometry in
primary sources?
Does it show “how” math is all around us?
Remember to
for math all around you, everyday!
The End 