As a project to do in the month of February and in an effort to prepare students to move from finding equivalent fractions to recognizing fractions as tenths, hundredths, and their decimal equivalence, I created a Black History Timeline Project.  Students were put in teams of 3 and asked to create a number line from 0 to 3 wholes with tenths and hundredths labeled.  The end product would be a timeline of major events that involved and impacted blacks in America from the early 1600’s up until the Civil War.  To do this project, students needed to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers, multiply fractions, add fractions, and make equivalent fractions.  They were then given several event cards with various fractions that they needed to get to a denominator of 100 and then place them on their number lines.  After they had placed all of their events down, they were asked to identify 2 events that they felt had the greatest impact on Blacks in America, and explain why.  Images from the project are displayed below, but the project can be downloaded here.

• This aligns with CC.4.NF.5 (4th grade math)

 

Black History Timeline – Math Project Resources