Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Who is the culprit?

Name: Nicholas Shan

Content Area: Mathematics

Grade Level: 9-12

CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

Prove theorems involving similarity

Prove geometric theorems

Students will reason abstractly and quantitatively

Students will construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
Big Ideas:
Making a position in life requires reasoning strong enough to support their position. With that in mind, knowing how to reason
and how to critique the reasoning of others is key.

Unit Goals and Objectives:

In this unit, students will learn methods of proofs and what proofs are
Students will learn how to properly reason and critique the reasoning of others both in related content as well as in daily
life events
Students will be able to spot major gaps or leaps in proofs and reasoning examples

Unit Summary:
In this unit, students will learn how to prove something is true or false through a clear logical line of reasoning. Students can
adopt methods of logical reasoning in other content areas as well. This will later by applied in working out proofs of theorems.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: A simple quiz or quick think
to determine how much experience
students have with proofs and reasoning.

Formative: During the lesson, I will ask

students to either identify a method of
reasoning or to ask them what line of
reasoning should be inserted at an
indicated point.

Summative: Students take a test asking

students to prove something. The proofs
will cover both mathematical topics as
well as none mathematical concepts.

Lesson 1
Student Learning
Objective:
Students know and
recognize the
different methods of
reasoning

Acceptable Evidence:
Students can identify
what method of
reasoning is used
when given an
argument or proof

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities: Students will fill out guided notes during

lectures and participate when working on examples. They will
then practice coming up with their own examples of logical
arguments using different methods.

Acceptable Evidence:
Students turn in the
webercise assignment
completed.

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities: Students will follow a number of links on

the webercise worksheet and answer a number of questions
and/ or complete a number of activities.

Acceptable Evidence:
Students will create a
graphic organizer with
a number of different
methods of proofs,
define them, and give
an example for each
method.

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities: Students will work individually or in

assigned groups depending on their preferences. They will
create a graphic organizer. Instructions are provided online
along with the template.

Lesson 2
Student Learning
Objective:
Students know how to
use the internet as a
resource.

Lesson 3
Student Learning
Objective:
Students are familiar
with the different
methods of proofs

Unit Resources:

Wikipedia: A good place to start for basic or background information.

Kumon: A company that provides academic assistance. Note that this may not be free.
WebMath: An online source of help for math
Khan Academy: A good source of supplementary material
Wolframalpha: Use this site to check your answers.
Takshilaeducation: Another source of online help
Mathway: Similar function as Wolframalpha

Freemathhelp: Another source of online help

Cymath: Another source of online help
Geogebra: Similar to a graphing calculator. Mainly used for graphing which is sometimes used in proofs as well as you will see.

Useful Websites:
For useful websites, look at the sites listed in the unit resources section.