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A Navy of Six
Reading a table In March 1794, Congress authorized six frigates to be built. Compare Constitution to the other ships by reading the table and answering the questions below. 
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| Which ship was launched first? United States | | (b) | About how many months sooner than the next ship was it launched? About four months | | 2. | (a) | Which ships were launched in the same year as Constitution? United States and Constellation | | | (b) | Where were they built? Philadelphia and Baltimore | | 3. | (a) | Which ship was the most expensive to build? Constellation | | | (b) | How much more expensive was she than Constitution? $11,493 | | | (c) | Which of these two ships carried more guns? Constitution | | 4. | (a) | What was the total cost to America to build all of these ships? $1,485,101 | | | (b) | About how many years did it take to build them? About 3 years |
Have on Hand– photocopies of blank worksheet
Blank Worksheet (pdf) | | Math
Ask the class to use the information in the table to create a math problem to exchange with classmates. For example, if you had $600,000, which ships could you afford to build? Let the problem makers show the answers on an overhead projector.
Kitty Flammang
Curriculum Program Support Teacher
School District of Beloit, WI | | to top
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