2021 Workshop Talk | 1:00:23 | 7-12, Academics & Curriculum, Math, Quadrivium
Summary
The workshop will explore using Diophantus, Nicomachus, and Euclid as the foundation for an algebra scope and sequence, focusing on the middle school years. We will look at how the material in Diophantus’s Arithmetic and Euclid (particularly book VII) map naturally to the pre-algebra and Algebra I curriculum, and talk through sample lessons to share those great texts with middle schoolers.
Speaker
William Carey has been involved in the life of Ad Fontes Academy since he was in high school. He assisted his father at the weekly Latin Club and took Ad Fontes students to many certamina and conventions. At the University of Virginia he studied the classics, focusing on Latin. Fresh from college, he joined the Ad Fontes faculty where he taught Latin, calculus, formal logic, physics, and (for a few months) senior thesis. After five years of teaching, Bill took a sabbatical writing computer programs for a defense contractor to better understand how adults think about and use mathematics. Drawn back to the classroom, Bill is in his sixth year of his second tour at Ad Fontes teaching math and science. He is joyfully married to Maren Carey, also a teacher, and attends Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Haymarket, Virginia.
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