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This The Lowdown — U.S. Gun Homicides: Visualizing the Numbers interactive also includes:
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Is gun violence a big issue in America? Pupils explore gun deaths by type, race, and age group in a Math at the Core: Ratios interactive. The class tries to determine whether America is a safe place to live and use bar graphs and pie charts to arrive at their answers.
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- Compare current data with that presented in the infographic
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- The topic may not be appropriate for everyone
- Requires a free PBS login to access the infographic
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- Allows pupils to save their responses online
- Provides time allotments for each aspect of the task
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