The US Census
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.
This lesson mentions enslaved people.
Vocabulary
- statistic
- data
- tax
- constitution
- depiction
- decennial
- funding
- real estate
- undocumented
- enumerator
PDF Content
- warm-up
- reading
- vocabulary review
- comprehension questions
- census questions
- statistics practice & research
- discussion questions
Task Content
- Warm-Up(Reference)
- Vocabulary Preview A(Matching)
- Vocabulary Preview B(Matching)
- Read & Listen(Reference)
- Quote(Reference)
- True or False(True or False)
- Comprehension(Open-Ended Questions)
- Vocabulary Review A(Type in the Blanks)
- Vocabulary Review B(Multiple-Choice)
- Census Questions A(Open-Ended Questions)
- Census Questions B (Pair Activity)(Reference)
- Statistics(Reference)
- Statistics Prediction(Open-Ended Questions)
- Statistics Research(Open-Ended Questions)
- Discussion(Reference)
- Personal Response(Speaking Task)