homework for June 4th

One page for Math - see handout
converting fractions and percentage to find out how much in a sample group.

eg. 25 % of 500 people like Smarties for dessert

How many people?


25% = 0.25 0.25 of 500 (of means x multiply)

0.25 x 500
=125

Take it a step further??? If 25% is 125 how much is 100% find out using ratios...

25 100?
___ = ____
125 n

25n = 100x125
25n = 12500
n = 12500
_____
25

Complete Fort York research: www.fortyork.ca
Bring in permission form/money for Wedensday's Fort York trip.

Info about the historical site of Fort YorkHere is a timeline:

9000 B.C. – Native people occupy this region at the end of the last ice age.
1615 – The French explorer Étienne Brûlé is the first European to visit the Toronto area.
1759 – The French abandon nearby Fort Rouillé when the British captured Fort Niagara.
1793 – Lieutenant Governor John Grave Simcoe builds Fort York at the mouth of Garrison Creek and founds the Town of York.
1813 - April 27th, 2750 Americans defeat 750 British, Canadians and Natives in the battle of York.
1813 - during a short occupation, Americans burn York’s parliament buildings and Government House
1813 - Americans raid an undefended York in July and torched the barracks at Fort York
1814 - during its reconstruction, the Fort drives off a third U.S. attack as part of the successful defence of Canada.
1814 - British forces avenge the loss of York’s public buildings in 1813 by burning those in Washington.
1834 - the Town of York becomes the City of Toronto.
1837 to 1841- Toronto defences are improved during the rebellion crisis.
1850’s to 1920’s - railways and lake-fill radically change the Fort’s place on the waterfront.
1860’s - Fort York is strengthened to meet threats of American attack.
1870 - Britain transfers Fort York to the Canadian Military which uses the site until 1932.
1903 to 1914 - citizens fight encroachments on the Fort by a streetcar line and a packing plant.
(from the tour package)

There are three main themes we will investigate on this trip.Choose 1 theme you would like to concentrate on:
 - Significant events have occurred in places, where today you may not suspect.
- The last war to touch the shores of Canada occurred in the area of this walk.
- How do people today remember, mark and celebrate events of the past?
here are some Internet Sources
Historical Plaques of the City of Toronto
http://www.waynecook.com/atoronto.html

Canadian Heritage Gallery http://www.canadianheritage.ca/galleries/warsbattlesrebellions0500.htm
(visuals related to War of 1812, including painting identified in walking tour stuff)