Day 1: Pythagoras and Introduction to the Pythagorean Theorem

Name: Date:

Guided Practice:
Independent Practice:
Part I- Time Pattern Graphic Organizer

Directions: Using the Google Slides presentation shown in class (also available on Google
Classroom),fill out the following graphic organizer by writing what event occured during that
specific date. Then, develop sentences for each date and explain in detail their significance to the
development of the Pythagorean Theorem.

Sentence Starter ideas:

In the year 1900 BC…

Part II: Practicing solving problems with the Pythagorean Theorem

Day 2: Name: Date:

Part I- Guided Practice

Directions: Choose two articles from the following links that you would like to read. One must
be about the Ancient Egyptians and the second one must be about the Ancient Babylonains.
(1) https://www.wowstem.org/post/ancient-mathematics-triangles-in-egypt- Ancient
Egyptians
(2) https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/the-babylonians-were-using-pythagoras-theorem-ov
er-1000-years-before-he-was-born/ - Ancient Babylonians
(3) https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/32650/20210805/babylonian-theorem-ancient-city
-calculated-triangles-1000-years-before-pythagoras.htm- Ancient Babylonians
(4) https://mathstat.slu.edu/escher/index.php/The_Pyramids- Ancient Egyptians

Part II:
Directions: After reading the two articles, fill out the graphic organizer you have been assigned.
In the graphic organizer you will compare how the Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Babylonians
used the pythagorean theorem in their civilizations.

Red Group: Comparison Matrix and developing their own criteria to compare and contrast

Ancient Egyptians Criteria Ancient Babylonians

Blue Group:
Yellow group:

Ancient Egyptians Criteria Ancient Babylonians

How did they use the

pythagorean theorem?

Part II: Independent Practice

Using the following sentence starters create sentences comparing and contrasting how the Ancient
Egyptians and Ancient Babylonian used the pythagorean theorem in their civilizations.

The Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Babylonians are similar because…

The Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Babylonians are different because…

Day 3: Real life application of Pythagorean Theorem
Name: Date:

Part I: Definition Frame

Directions: Using the article “Real Uses of The Pythagorean Theorem”
(https://sciencing.com/calculate-mean-horizontal-angles-7618561.html), complete the following
definition frame about one topic (Architecture and Construction, Laying Out Square Angles,
Navigation or Surveying).

Definition Characteristics

Examples Non- examples

Part II: Practice Problem:

John leaves school to go home. He walks 6 blocks North and then 8 blocks west. How far is John
from the school? Here is how you can model this situation.
The distance from school to home is the length of the hypotenuse.

Let c be the missing distance from school to home and a = 6 and b = 8

Day 3: Independent Practice
Name: Date:

Part I: Comparing and Contrasting

Directions: Based on what you have learned from yesterday’s lesson on how the Babylonians and Ancient
Egyptians used the pythagorean theorem, compare and contrast it to what you have learned today about
how we use the pythagorean theorem in today’s society.
- Based on your assigned group, use that graphic organizer to compare and contrast

Red Group: Comparison Matrix and developing their own criteria to compare and contrast

Ancient Civilizations Questions Today’s Society

Blue Group:

Yellow group:

Ancient Civilizations Criteria Today’s Society

How did they use the

pythagorean theorem?

Part II: Using the following sentence starters create sentences comparing and contrasting how ancient
civilization used the pythagorean theorem compared to how we use it today.

What makes the use of the pythagorean theorem similar from ancient civilizations and today’s society
is…
What makes the use of the pythagorean theorem different from ancient civilizations and today’s society
is..
 Real Life Applications of the Pythagorean Theorem

Guided Notes:
Pythagoras
- Greek
- Made significant contributions to mathematics ( ), religion,
astronomy, and philosophy
- He lived in for a few years to learn about mathematics,
religion and culture from the Egyptians
- Traveled to increase his knowledge
- Developed Pythagoras’s School
○ Instituted strict rules
○ Left no writing behind of his lectures or teachings
- Proved the Pythagorean theorem
Ancient Egyptians
- Used the Pythagorean Theorem around
- Ancient Egyptians learned that they had to use to create
stable buildings so that they would not collapse
- The Egyptians used right triangles to build houses, shelters, temples and

- Method: Egyptians learned that if they used a rope and tied 3 knots on one side, 4 knots
on another, and 5 knots on the last side it would be a perfect right triangle because
- which is known as the Pythagorean Triple.

Ancient Babylonians

- A was discovered in Iraq from 3,700 years ago and it proved

that the Ancient Babylonians used the pythagorean theorem
- The clay tablet is called “Si, 427” and was created during
- The Ancient Babylonians used the theorem to divide land and create
.

Recap: What is the Pythagorean Theorem?

What is the Pythagorean Theorem?

A theorem attributed to Pythagoras that the square of the of a right

triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

The Pythagorean Theorem is a special formula is is only used for Right Triangles

This formula is often recognized as

We often break down the formula down in different parts and assign it for each part of a right
triangle

Hypotenuse is the longest side of the right triangle is assigned =

There are two other sides to the right triangle and are often referred to as “legs”

Each leg corresponds to a and b → Leg 1 =

Leg 2 =
 Vocabulary: The Pythagorean Theorem and Ancient Civilizations

Definitions from Oxford Languages

- Civilization: the process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social
and cultural development and organization.
- Compare: estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between.
- Geometry: the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of
points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogs.
- Hypotenuse: the longest side of a
right triangle, opposite the right
angle.
- Pythagorean Theorem: a theorem
attributed to Pythagoras that the
square of the hypotenuse of a right
triangle is equal to the sum of the
squares of the other two sides.
- Pythagorean Triple:are any three
positive integers that completely
satisfy Pythagorean theorem.
- Philosophy: the study of the
fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as
an academic discipline.
- Pyramid: a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that
meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
- Right angles: an angle of 90°, as in a corner of a square or at the intersection of two
perpendicular straight lines