ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Census Figures	2
Geographic Distribution	2
Geography	2
Geography Instruction	2
Migration Patterns	2
Social Studies	2
Class Activities	1
Data Collection	1
Demography	1
Elementary Secondary Education	1
Geographic Concepts	1
Geographic Location	1
Geographic Regions	1
History Instruction	1
Income	1
Interdisciplinary Approach	1
Learning Activities	1
Local History	1
Map Skills	1
Migration	1
National Surveys	1
Secondary Education	1
Teaching Methods	1
United States History	1
More ▼

Source

OAH Magazine of History	1
Social Education	1

Author

Koman, Rita G.	1
Riggs-Salter, Cathy	1
Salter, Christopher L.	1

Publication Type

Guides - Classroom - Teacher	2
Journal Articles	2
Guides - Classroom - Learner	1

Education Level

Audience

Practitioners	2
Teachers	2
Students	1

Location

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

Geographic Inquiry and the U.S. Census.

Peer reviewed

Riggs-Salter, Cathy; Salter, Christopher L. – Social Education, 1989

Focuses on how census data is used by geographers to identify spatial patterns and analyze relationships between the physical environment and human activities. Shows how census data may be used to enhance geographic education. Includes geography activities on migration and per capita income that use census data. (LS)

Descriptors: Census Figures, Class Activities, Data Collection, Geographic Distribution

People and Places in the Past: Using Census Data as an Interpretative Teaching Tool.

Peer reviewed

Koman, Rita G. – OAH Magazine of History, 1993

Presents a classroom lesson in which students interpret historical cause and effect through the analysis of U.S. census data. Recommends the use of local historical census data to help students learn about their community's experience. Includes a map and charts of census data. (CFR)

Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Concepts