u/Weekly-Surprise1197

I am a social studies specialist, but I'll be teaching math this summer in a juvenile detention center. I feel comfortable with math, but definitely rusty on actually teaching it. I did ELA and social studies in this setting last year, so I'm familiar with the setting at least. My biggest concern is that I will have kids ages 12-21 in one room with very little resources. Any ideas on things to teach/focus on?

My first idea is mental math/speed math and looking at math in the "real world" like budgeting, etc. The kids I'll teach come and go so quickly and have such varying skill levels and disabilities that it's hard to imagine getting to do an actual unit on anything. Plus, we have limited to no computer access for the kids; most of the time, kids will just have paper and a pencil to work with, maybe a calculator if I get lucky. Any and all ideas, tips, and advice are greatly appreciated!

Through a series of unfortunate events outside my control, my whole schedule for the end of the year has been upended. I'm teaching 8th graders about the Civil War and need to condense my unit.

I have 3 days to intro the Civil War before we watch Glory next week (cannot move, it's in our curriculum). We just finished the causes of the War last week, so my kids do have a background.

Does anyone have any simple documentaries that do a good overview of the Civil War? Thinking no longer than 90 minutes to fit in. I have lots I love, but they're all uber specific to one small aspect of the war. I'm worried if I try to lecture, I'm going to want to tell all my stories and run out of time.