Curated OER
Peak Load Growth Along the Wasatch Front: What's Driving Electricity Demand in Utah?
Students study how electricity is used in Utah. They create an advertising plan to educate consumers about peak cycles and energy costs for the cycling service of electricity. They present their advertising plan to the class for...
Curated OER
The 2004 Utah Priorities Poll
Students participate in a lesson that focuses on a state survey for Utah. The survey is intended to find the public opinion of how the state is doing in the public eye. They analyze the survey and create their own to research the status...
Curated OER
Becoming Human
In this evolution learning exercise, students access a specific website and then answer questions about human evolution based on what they discovered at the website. This learning exercise has 19 short answer questions and 3 essay...
Other
Economics Help: The Impact of an Ageing Population on the Economy
An informative analysis of what an aging population means for the future, both negative and positive, and government and economic strategies that could be employed to lessen the detrimental effects. Includes embedded links to more...
PBS
Pbs: Nova: The Impact of Aging Populations
An interview with Paul Hewitt, an expert in aging and public policy. The discussion focuses on the impact that aging populations around the world will have on economies, social structures, and government policies.
United Nations
Unpi: World Population Ageing 1950 2050 [Pdf]
Graphically displays the growth of the world's population with projections for 2050. Study's changes in such statistics as median age for particular countries, age demographic shifts, and the disparity between "developed" and...
US Census Bureau
Population Pyramids
Visual representations of population distribution by age and sex for any country.
United Nations
Stats Division: Indicators on Youth & Elderly Populations
United Nations world population statistics on percent of youth and elderly in every country. Organized into a chart.
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Age Data
This website has data available on age at the following levels: National, State, County, and other. Other statistical sections are "International Data," "Baby Boomer," "Older (55+) Population," and "Elderly (65+) Population."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Patronage/populism: Politics of Gilded Age
This collection uses primary sources to explore the politics of the Gilded Age.
Other
Texas Population Growth, Projections, and Implications [Pdf]
A report analyzing the population changes that have occurred in Texas since the middle of the 20th century, and the expected projections for the future. It breaks the numbers down by race and ethnicity to show that Hispanics will...
Other
Suburban Stats: Current Population Demographics and Statistics for Texas
A collection of tables using US Census Bureau data showing the demographics for Texas in recent years. The population is broken down by race, age, gender, type of household, and duration of residency in one place.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History by Era: The Age of Jackson
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read about the growth of the United States in population, economy, territory during the Age of Jackson. Named after the dynamic president, Andrew Jackson, the age encompassed much more than Jackson's...
Smart History
Smarthistory: Jewish History to the Middle Ages
Summarizes Jewish life in the Middle Ages with a focus on the Diaspora, the widespread dispersion of Jews outside of the Land of Israel. With links to additional resources.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Life Tables, Survivorship, & Age Sex Structure
This article describes tools ecologists use to describe the present state of a population and predict its future growth.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Population Structure
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how population pyramids and survivorship curves relate to population structure.
Other
Oxford Journals: Population Ageing in the United States of America: Implications
Scholarly article in the International Journal of Epidemiology, published in August 2002. It examines the implications for government policy that aging will have in health care, elder care, and income supports.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Population Growth Project
In this collection of nine lessons, learners use data from the U.S. Census to create population growth models and to examine the impact of changes in population factors such as age, demographic, etc.
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University: American Populism, 1876 1896
Using essays, primary source documents, images, and video this site explores the American Populist political movement in the early 1890s.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Us History: Native Populations & European Exploration
AP U.S. History learning module explores the encounter and interactions between European explorers and Native populations in America. Complete set of resources, interactive material, assignments and assessment.
Other
Medieval Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages
Bestiaries, illustrated volumes of animals and birds, were an expression of the intersection of the natural and religious worlds in medieval art and science. At this large database on the subject, you can learn about the symbolic content...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Cellular Respiration and Population Growth
Two lessons and their associated activities explore cellular respiration and population growth in yeasts. Yeast cells are readily obtained and behave predictably, so they are very appropriate to use in middle school classrooms. In the...
Other
I Scoop: Industry 4.0 to Society 5.0: Big Societal Transformation Plan of Japan
Society 5.0 aims to tackle several challenges by going far beyond just the digitalization of the economy towards the digitalization across all levels of the Japanese society and the (digital) transformation of society itself. One of the...
Northern Illinois University
Illinois in the Gilded Age: 1896: The Cross of Gold
This is a very informative look at the politics involved in the campaign of 1896 where one of the main issues was the conflict between the gold standard and free silver. Read about the results of the election and the defeat of Populist...