Activity
US Department of Commerce

How Are Single-Parent Households Distributed Across the United States?

For Teachers 7th Standards
There sure are a lot of single-parent households in the country. After selecting one of four US regions to investigate, pupils create dot plots and box plots on the percentage of single-parent households with male parents and female...
Activity
US Department of Commerce

Diversity: Languages Spoken in the United States

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
High schoolers begin a discussion on diversity and determine the percent of the population that speak another language at home in the US. Classmates make a prediction of the percentage of people that speak another language at home in...
Activity
US Department of Commerce

Diversity: Census Questions Over Time

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
The story of race in the United States continues to evolve, and the numbers show it. Using data from the last two census counts, learners consider recent demographic shifts. They then analyze the information to hypothesize: What could...
Activity
US Department of Commerce

Exploring Sampling Variability - Higher Education Attainment Across The United States

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
More education in statistics is always beneficial. Given cards that provide the proportion of adults with bachelor's degrees in 10 random US states, scholars individually determine the sample percentage of states in which more than 30...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Electoral College

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
A cross-curricular resource that takes the electoral votes and allows your learners to organize and analyze the data. Young voters can determine which states are more influential and interpret the dotplot provided for more data....
Activity
US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Factfinder for the Nation [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Census Bureau offers detailed information on the history of census taking in the U.S., what questions are asked, how data is gathered, and how it is used.