Write a 500-750 word reflection on how media you have seen/used/participate in has depicted Canada and how it has shaped your understanding and knowledge of the country. You will be assessed on your specificity of topic (5 points), how detailed your reflections are (5 points), and for structure and style (5 points). A rubric will be posted.

For this assignment, I would like to see you focus on your personal experience with Canada in the media. The best reflections focus on just one media example and provide detail thoughts on how that piece of media made you think or feel about Canada and then how it compares to your actual lived experience in Canada. Since this assignment is about sticking to your own experience, you are not expected to do any external research or citation.

Please let me know if you have any questions, preferably in this thread so others can see the questions in case they have it too.

Read Chapter 3. 

Optional reading topics: math examples from Pages 95 to 101; Theon’s Side and Diagonal Numbers from Pages 111-116 excluding Eudoxus of Cnidos; The Quadratrix of Hippias from Pages 130-134.

1. (1pt) Describe Thales’ influence upon mathematics (pages 86-90).  Minimum 50 words.

2. (2pts) Describe two discoveries the Pythagoreans made (pages 90-100 skip math examples).  Minimum 100 words.

3. (1pt) Describe Zeno’s paradox and what mathematical concept needs to be used to explain it (pages 101-102).  Minimum 50 words.

4. (2pts) How did the discovery of incommensurable magnitudes produce a crisis in the development of mathematics? (pages 109-117 skip math examples)  Minimum 100 words

5. (3pts) Three Construction Problems of Antiquity (Minimum 150 words) :

a. Describe each of three construction problems of antiquity and what instruments are allowed to use? (pages 120-121)

b. Who made progresses on theses problems (pages 122-127)?

c. Are these problems solved and what math subject was used (pages 122 and 126)? 

6.  (1pt) Describe Plato’s influence upon mathematics (pages 134-136). Minimum 50 words.

For resubmission, send me an e-mail. After I clear your submission, you will be able to resubmit.

Grading Rubrics:

(1). lose a half point for every two grammar or spelling mistakes.
(2). lose one point each day past the due day for any late submission.
(3). lose a half point for each 20 words less than the minimum.

(4). lose a half point for any key item that is not covered in your answer.

Here is the link to the book: https://jontalle.web.engr.illinois.edu/uploads/298/HistoryMath-Burton.85.pdf