Flatland: An Integrated

Math & Language Arts Unit

Presentation by:Topher Wallaert and

Thom Johnson

The Movie

http://www.flatlandthemovie.com/

Starring: Martin Sheen and Christen Bell

Unit Goals• The Purpose of this unit is to help students see

the relevant link between Math class and the world around them.

• Students will be challenged to understand the ramifications their choices have on their Body, Mind, and Soul.

The Lessons

Math• Lesson 1 – Shapes• Lesson 2 – Perimeter• Lesson 3 – Area • Lesson 4 – Relationship

between Perimeter and Area

• Lesson 5 – Volume

Language Arts• Plotting Flatland• Two Dimensional• Pick Your Shape• Identifying the Different

Parts

• What is the Third Component?

Math Class Example:Topher – What goes here?

Language Arts Example:Socratic Seminar: I Corinthians 12:12 – “The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body.”

Class, in the story we see three different shapes in Flatland. What is the purpose of each group of shapes?

How do they work together?

How are they autonomous?

What parallels can we make between the story of Flatland and the Apostle Paul’s wisdom?

Day 4 – Identifying the Different Parts

Resources:Math

• Styrofoam shapes • Shoebox• Shapes brought to class

by students• Worksheets

Language Arts• Flatland by Edwin A.

Abbott • Flatland the Reading

Guide • Flatland the Movie

Integration• Prior to both classes, the students will be

required to read Flatland.• The Language Arts class will purposely use

the language of the Math class in order to help students see the correlation.

• Both classes will refer to the novel and movie as it is appropriate.

Assessment

Math• Students will be required to

write for 5 minutes in their Math journals regarding the lesson of the day.

• Students will be given problems/worksheets to complete on a daily basis to insure that the formulas are understood.

Language Arts• Students will be required to

write a 5 to 10 minute reflective journal at the end of each class. This journal will be a dialectic conversation between student and teacher.

Instructional StrategiesMath

• Topher – What goes here?

Language Arts• Group Discussion• Socratic Seminar• Modified Lecture• Group Discovery

Class Layout

Differentiation

Math• Notes will be given to any

student who may need them.

• Extra time will be given to any student who might need it.

• More challenging questions will be given to any student who would like the challenge.

Language Arts• Tag Students – Stretch a

Standard• Slow Students –given an

outline of the class notes to be covered and would fill in important data along the outline.

• ESL Students – given notes with blank spaces in them.