Transcript What are two different ways you could compare the size of Rouen

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Nell Bang-Jensen is a teacher and theater artist living in Philadelphia, PA. Her passion for arts education has led her to a
variety of roles including developing curriculum for Philadelphia Young Playwrights and teaching at numerous theaters and
schools around the city. She works with playwrights from ages four to ninety on developing new work and is especially
interested in alternative literacies and theater for social change. A graduate of Swarthmore College, she currently works in
the Artistic Department of the Wilma Theater and, in addition to teaching, is a freelance actor and dramaturg. In 2011, Nell
was named a Thomas J. Watson Fellow and spent her fellowship year traveling to seven countries studying how people get
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What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?
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What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?
In medieval times, the English occupied portions of France, including the city of
Rouen in northwest. As a sort of halfway point between Paris and the English
Channel, Rouen was at the time, the second largest city in France.
Today, centuries after French rule was restored, Rouen boasts numerous art
museums and some modern architecture alongside its well-preserved Gothic
buildings. The cathedral, for example, managed to remain intact despite the
city withstanding serious damage during WWII.
What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?
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Thinking/
Web Search
What are the different ways of talking about the size of a city? If you
were to explain how big the city or town you live in is to someone who
wasn’t from there, what kinds of measurements would you use?
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Map Search
Find Rouen and Paris on a map. Does this help you compare their sizes?
Why or why not?
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Web Search
What is a square mile? How is it different from a regular mile? Which do
you think cities would be more likely to be measure in and why?
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Web Search
How big (geographically) is Rouen? How big (geographically) is Paris?
How could you write a formula to compare their sizes?
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Web Search
How many people live in Rouen? How could you write a formula to
compare its population size to Paris?
What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?
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Minutes
What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?
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Thinking/
Web Search
What are the different ways of talking about the size of a city? If you
were to explain how big the city or town you live in is to someone who
wasn’t from there, what kinds of measurements would you use?
2
Map Search
Find Rouen and Paris on a map. Does this help you compare their sizes?
Why or why not?
3
Web Search
What is a square mile? How is it different from a regular mile? Which do
you think cities would be more likely to be measure in and why?
4
Web Search
How big (geographically) is Rouen? How big (geographically) is Paris?
How could you write a formula to compare their sizes?
5
Web Search
How many people live in Rouen? How could you write a formula to
compare its population size to Paris?
What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?
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Thinking/W
eb Search
What are the different ways of talking about the size of a city? If you
were to explain how big the city or town you live in is to someone who
wasn’t from there, what kinds of measurements would you use?
What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?
2
Map Search
Find Rouen and Paris on a map. Does this help you compare their sizes?
Why or why not?
What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?
3
Web Search
What is a square mile? How is it different from a regular mile? Which do
you think cities would be more likely to be measure in and why?
What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?
4
Web Search
How big (geographically) is Rouen? How big (geographically) is Paris?
How could you write a formula to compare their sizes?
What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?
5
Web Search
How many people live in Rouen? How could you write a formula to
compare its population size to Paris?
What are two different ways you could compare the size of
Rouen and Paris today?