This document discusses rigid motions of shapes in a plane, which include rotations, reflections, and translations. Rotations involve turning a shape around a fixed point, reflections involve flipping a shape across a line, and translations involve sliding a shape to a new location without changing its orientation or size. The document provides examples of performing each type of rigid motion on basic shapes like circles, angles, and trapezoids using index cards and tracing paper. It observes that under rigid motions, properties like line segments, angles, and parallel lines are preserved.