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title: Crack the Code of Math Literacy with Our New Ciphers Lessons
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# [Crack the Code of Math Literacy with Our New Ciphers Lessons](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/crack-code-math-literacy-ciphers-lessons)

 Written by [Claire Podulka](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/author/claire-podulka) | October 24, 2016

Our new set of differentiated math literacy lessons gives students the opportunity to put their math knowledge to the test in creating and breaking codes.

**[Ciphers](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lesson_library/units/286): **How can people use math to encode and decode messages? (CCSS.MP7) In these lessons, students read about different kinds of mathematical ciphers, analyze one example of a cipher, and then create and use their own ciphers to encode messages.

This set also includes a new pair of Direct Instruction lessons on Mathematical Practice 7:

- **Finding and Making Use of Structure** ([Grades 3-5](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lesson_library/lesson/15501?unitId=286); [Grades 6-12](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lesson_library/lesson/15502?unitId=286))

We've also got two new multimedia Additional Reading Practice lessons based on videos from our partners at [We The Voters](http://wethevoters.com).

- **[Run Rep Run](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lesson_library/lesson/15458): **a short documentary about the first campaign of a young Latina politician running for state representative in Massachusetts (CCSS.RI.9-10.6)
- **[So You Think You Can Vote?](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lesson_library/lesson/15457): **a video exploring the history of the expansion of suffrage in the United States, particularly focused on the Voting Rights Act and current voting limitations (CCSS.RI.11-12.8)

Use these lessons to get your students engaged in thinking about U.S. politics during this election season, and for related resources and activities, be sure to check out ThinkCERCA's [Teach the Election site](https://info.thinkcerca.com/teach-the-election).

**[Don't have an account yet? Try for free in your class today >>](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/users/sign_up?role=teacher)**

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