In which I decide where I'm going with my joint Math-Language Arts-Social Studies Unit

I realized that circles have relationships mathematically (like the big idea from the new draft curriculum: Circles of all sizes contain and share important relationships) but that they also have symbolic and practical purposes within societies and that some of the mathematical properties (no corners, no beginning, not end) have let to these uses.

So, to that end, I plan on having a unit that connects the direct democracy of the Athenian Assembly with their circular buildings and the Aboriginal sharing circles where everyone has a voice to (as well as the concept of the medicine wheel) to the shape of the Canadian parliamentary chambers and talk about how the shape might influence the discourse and the way politicians interact with each other.