Atlantic School's Trip to Washington, DC 
February 13th-17th, 2006
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Ford's Theatre

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Word Problems Scavenger Hunt Fact or Fiction Site Information

Word Problems

  1. Abraham Lincoln was born February 12 1809, he died in April 14 1865, he was president in 1860.  What percent was he president in his life?

  2. Booth was captured 12 days after having killed the president. He traveled 3 miles every hour for 12 hours a day. How far did he travel in the 12 days?

  3. There are 6 shows showing at the fords theater. There are 3 Manhattan shows. What percent is Manhattan? 

     

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    A Christmas Carol    December 18

    2005

    Sunday

    7:30 PM           Ford's Theatre

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    A Christmas Carol    December 20

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    7:30 PM           Ford's Theatre

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    A Christmas Carol    December 21

    2005

    Wednesday

    7:30 PM           Ford's Theatre

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    A Christmas Carol    December 22

    2005

    Thursday

    7:30 PM           Ford's Theatre

    Washington

    DC

    A Christmas Carol    December 23

    2005

    Friday

    2:30 PM           Ford's Theatre

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    A Christmas Carol    December 24

    2005

    Saturday

    2:30 PM           Ford's Theatre

    Washington

    DC

    A Christmas Carol    December 24

    2005

    Saturday

    7:30 PM           Ford's Theatre

    2.                  Washington

    3.                    DC

     

Answers to Word Problem

Scavenger  Hunt

Use the following web site links to answer these scavenger hunt question.

http://www.fordstheatre.org/Pages/history/history.htm

  1. Ford's Theatre re-opened it's doors in 1968 after having been closed for _______ years.

  2. Ford's subsidized ticket program has been a virtual part of community outreach since _______.

  3. Nearly _______ students attend our productions each season on discounted tickets.

http://www.fordstheatre.org/Pages/history/history.htm

  1. On the evening of ___________, Abraham Lincoln, his wife and two guest attended the production, Our American Cousin.

  2. The government bought the Theatre in the year __________  and over the next 90 years, it was an office building, a warehouse and a museum.

  3. Theatre entrepreneur, John T. Fords leased  The First Baptist Church in the year ________ and made it into a music hall.

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Fact or Fiction

  1.  Is Fords Theater a working Theater?

  2. Was John Wilkes Booth shot there?

  3. Did Abraham Lincoln  get shot at Fords theater?

  4. Did John Wilkes Booth die  on stage after he shot Lincoln?

  5. Was the theater built in 1985?

Answers to Fact or Fiction
Information about the  Ford's Theater

        Fords theater was where Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. The site was originally home to a church building established in 1833 as the First Baptist church in Washington.  In 1861, after the congregation vacated the building, John T. Ford  took it over and renovated it as a theater. He first called it "Ford's Athenaeum." It was gutted by fire in 1862, and was rebuilt, opening the following year as "Ford's New Theatre".  Just five days after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House ,Lincoln sat in the "State Box" watching  Our American Cousin.
           A well-known actor, John Wilkes Booth,  desperate to aid the dying Confederacy, stepped into the box and shot Lincoln in the head. He then jumped onto the stage, breaking his leg, and cried out "Sic Semper Tryannis", which is the Virginia state motto,  before escaping through the alley.
           The theater was eventually taken over by the U.S. military and during the period served as the home of the Records of the War Department records on first floor, the National Library of Medicine on second floor, and the Army Medical Museum,  1866-1887. In 1887 the medical uses were eliminated and it became a War Department clerk's office. The building collapsed in 1893 and killed 22 of those clerks, injuring another 68. This led some to believe that the former church turned theater and storeroom was cursed, and its many tragedies confirmed this. The building was repaired and used as a government warehouse until 1931. It languished for another 30 years until Congress approved funds for its restoration, which was completed in December 1967. Since 1970 Ford's Theatre has been both an active theater and a historic site remembering the assassination of the 16th U.S. President. The museum beneath the theater contains portions of the Olroyd Collection of Lincolniana.


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Answers

Answer to Math Word Problem.

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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

  1. 103 years

  2. 1977

  3. 25,000

  4. April 14, 1865

  5. 1866

  6. 1861

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Answers to Fact and Fiction

  1. True

  2. False, no Abraham Lincoln was shot there

  3. True

  4. False, no he fell on stage

  5. False, it was built in 1833

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Citation

Emerson, Rae. "About Ford's Theatre." Ford's Theatre. US Government; Ford's Theatre Society. 03 Mar. 2006 <http://www.fordstheatre.org/Pages/history/history.htm>.