PERSONAL INTEGER BOOKLET
DUE DATE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Choose 10 important dates to you. Five of the dates must be before you were born, and five of
the dates must be after your birth. You must have 10 different years for the dates. They
could be Elvis’ birth date, or the year Michael Jordan won his first NBA Championship, or the
year your grandmother came to the United States.
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The year you were born will correspond to zero on the number line.
The dates after your birth will be positive numbers
The years before your birth will represent negative numbers, according to how many
years before your birth they were.
For example, if you were born in 1993, that would be zero. If your brother was born in 1995,
that would be +2 on your number line. Your mother’s birth in 1958 would correspond to –35 on
the number line because it was 35 years before your birth. Ignore the fact that she may have
only been 34 years old when you were born. We’re only interested in the years matching up.
You will create a product using pictures, drawings, or internet clips. Each tic mark on your
number line must contain three things:
 the actual year
 the corresponding integer
 Picture, drawing, or clipart
Before completing your final project, all students should complete the draft worksheet. This
will help guide you through the final project.
You will be graded on the accuracy of the placement of numbers, and to a lesser degree on your
creativity and presentation.
Things to turn in:
1. Draft sheet (with all your work/events written out)
2. Product (booklet, visual timeline, poster, anything you want! YOU MUST GET IT APPROVED
BY MRS. MCMANUS if you want to do something other than a booklet, visual timeline, poster).
Name:_________________________
Block:___________________
DRAFT Sheet--Must be turned in with your final draft!
Due Friday, September 25, 2015
Events before Your Birth…
Step 1: List 5 events before you were born.
Step 2: List the years those 5 events took place.
(Note: The 5 events must come from 5 different years!)
Step 3: Write the integer that corresponds to that event.
(For example: If you were born in 1995, and if you have an event from 1990, the corresponding integer
would be –5 because it happened 5 years before you were born. If you have an event from 1989, the
corresponding integer would be –6 because it happened 6 years before you were born.)
Step 4: Obtain 5 pictures and/or clipart that correspond to each event.
Year of Event
Event
Year of Your Birth…
Step 5: Fill in the chart below related to your birth.
Corresponding Integer
(Fill in the year of your birth. The corresponding integer is 0).
Step 6: Obtain 1 picture and/or clipart that correspond to the event.
Year of Birth
Event
Corresponding Integer
Your Birthday
Events after Your Birth...
Step 7: List 5 events after you were born.
Step 8: List the years those 5 events took place.
(Note: The 5 events must come from 5 different years!)
Step 9: Write the integer that corresponds to that event.
(For example: If you were born in 1995, and if you have an event from 2000, the corresponding integer
would be +5 because it happened 5 years after you were born. If you have an event from 2001, the
corresponding integer would be +6 because it happened 6 years after you were born.)
Step 10: Obtain 5 pictures and/or clipart that correspond to each event.
Year of Event
Event
Corresponding Integer