The US Census

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Int – High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Students will read a brief history of the US Census and discuss its functions. They will also learn how to express statistics using percentages. Includes a research task on data that the US government collects.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
politics & government
organizations & institutions
US
interpretive

Vocabulary

statistic
data
tax
constitution
depiction
decennial
funding
real estate
undocumented
enumerator
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A spinning paper plane