GRADE SEVEN: the required elements

The original math bold as agreed for this year
  • Topics:
    • Euclid, Book I, selected proofs
  • History:
    • Hellenistic mathematics (Archimedes, Apollonius)
  • Suggested Integrative Projects (one required):
    • The machines of Archimedes, Heron, and Ctesibius
    • The swath of trigonometry from Ptolemy to Baghdad
    • The logic of Aristotle's Isagoge
    • Astronomical allignments in Teotihuacan
    • The heliacal rising of Venus and the Mayan calendar
    • Neoplatonism and Euclid in Byzantium
    • Early translations of Euclid in Baghdad, with shades of Babylon
    • Indian numerals and zero, place value notation
Revised 07 November 2000 by William Irwin Thompson
Amended 21 August 1002 by Ralph Abraham