Here are some links to a few of the many interesting resources for using math history in teaching mathematics:
1) From Berlinghoff and Gouvea, Math through the ages: A gentle history for teachers and others: sections on the history of Renaissance Italian intrigue & the solution of cubics; and a section on the Pythagorean Theorem.
2) From Olivastro, Ancient puzzles: A section on ancient Egyptian arithmetic.
3) From Classic brain puzzlers: a few examples of early puzzles from different sources.
4) From Joseph, The crest of the peacock: Non-European roots of mathematics: more on ancient Egyptian arithmetic.
5) From Berggren, Episodes in the mathematics of medieval Islam: A section on dust board arithmetic.
6) From Byrne, The elements of Euclid: Excerpt from Oliver Byrne's amazing colour-coded 1847 edition of Euclid (though unfortunately scanned in B&W here!) Here's a link to an online pdf in full colour.
John Mason & Louis Charbonneau led a 1997 CMESG Working Group that focused on history in mathematics learning -- see p. 35 onward in this link.
Irene Percival from SFU wrote her PhD thesis on history in the mathematics classroom, and has produced lots of materials for use in the K-12 math classroom. Here are some links to some of them:
A visual/ cut-out proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
Babylonian arithmetic
2005: Linking history to school math curriculum
Here is a site that illustrates Hindu-Arabic dust board arithmetic, as described in the Berggren excerpt above.
1) From Berlinghoff and Gouvea, Math through the ages: A gentle history for teachers and others: sections on the history of Renaissance Italian intrigue & the solution of cubics; and a section on the Pythagorean Theorem.2) From Olivastro, Ancient puzzles: A section on ancient Egyptian arithmetic.
3) From Classic brain puzzlers: a few examples of early puzzles from different sources.
4) From Joseph, The crest of the peacock: Non-European roots of mathematics: more on ancient Egyptian arithmetic.5) From Berggren, Episodes in the mathematics of medieval Islam: A section on dust board arithmetic.
6) From Byrne, The elements of Euclid: Excerpt from Oliver Byrne's amazing colour-coded 1847 edition of Euclid (though unfortunately scanned in B&W here!) Here's a link to an online pdf in full colour.
John Mason & Louis Charbonneau led a 1997 CMESG Working Group that focused on history in mathematics learning -- see p. 35 onward in this link.
Irene Percival from SFU wrote her PhD thesis on history in the mathematics classroom, and has produced lots of materials for use in the K-12 math classroom. Here are some links to some of them:
A visual/ cut-out proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
Babylonian arithmetic
2005: Linking history to school math curriculum
Here is a site that illustrates Hindu-Arabic dust board arithmetic, as described in the Berggren excerpt above.
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