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Instructional Guide: Course Outline
Department: Mathematics
Course Title: Geometry
Course Length: 2 semesters
Unit #3: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Chapter 3
Unit Length: 10 class periods
Instructional Objectives:
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Identify the relationship between two lines and two planes
Name angles formed by a pair of lines and a transversal
Use the properties of parallel lines to determine congruent angles
Use algebra to find angle measures
Find slopes of lines
Use slope to identify parallel and perpendicular lines
Write and equation of a line given information
Solve problems by writing equations
Recognize angle conditions that occur with parallel lines
Prove that two lines are parallel based on given angle relationships
Find the distance between a point and a line
Find the distance between two parallel lines
Instructional Resources:
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Text: Glencoe Geometry, 2005
Protractor
Compass
Graph paper
Scientific calculator
Smart Board
Document camera
Biblical Integration: Please see this section in Unit 1.
Assessments:
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Class participation/discussion/presentations (Grammar thru Rhetoric)
Overhead/class questions (Grammar thru Rhetoric)
Partner work (Grammar & Logic)
Homework (Grammar & Logic)
Writing in Math (Logic & Rhetoric)
Quiz (Grammar, Logic & Rhetoric)
Test (Grammar, Logic & Rhetoric)
Geometry, Unit #3
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Student Activities:
 Board work (Grammar thru Rhetoric)
 Calculator activities (Grammar & Logic)
 Individual & team projects (Grammar thru Rhetoric)
 Modeling “real-world” problems (Grammar thru Rhetoric)
 Homework (Grammar & Logic)
 Team Problems (Logic & Rhetoric)
 TI-83 Graphing calculator explorations (Grammar)
Geometry, Unit #3
Revised 5/13/2009 rco
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