Objective: Calculate political representation as a percent of population.
Procedure:
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1) Students will write a letter to the President of the Board of Aldermen explaining what their objective is and ask him/her to provide them with a breakdown of the Board. The breakdown would be:
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Female
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Male
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Hispanic
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African-American
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White
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2) Students will obtain the population of New Haven.
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3) Teacher will lead the students in the solution of a problem involving ratio and percent.
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4) Students will use the information from 1 and 2 above to calculate the number of Hispanics in office as a percent of their total population.
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5) Students will write their answer as a %, a ratio and a fraction.
Homework: Complete this assignment again using the African American Information.
Note to teacher: Depending on the amount of time you have available, you may want to collect this information yourself and make it available to the students.