Crack the Code of Math Literacy with Our New Ciphers Lessons

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: 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; Grades 6-12)

We've also got two new multimedia Additional Reading Practice lessons based on videos from our partners at We The Voters.

• Run Rep Run: 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?: 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)

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