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The following project is currently under progress by Rhode Island teachers. Although in some activities, the teachers have borrowed and adapted ideas from other teachers and current programs and sources on the Internet, the work is their own. The activities are displayed here in their original form , unedited as they have submitted them. In most cases, these are ongoing projects. The names, school districts, and email addresses of the authors are included. Please feel free to contact the authors with any suggestions, comments, or even participation.Teaching and learning are cooperative efforts.
COUNT ON US: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS OF DEMOGRAPHY
Project Overview
This interdisciplinary unit is divided into three parts.
- Part I, Fundamental Population Concepts, is an overview of the terms and concepts used by demographers when they study populations. Part I introduces those concepts through the examination of World and Country demographic data.
- Part II, U.S. Population Trends, highlights past, present, and future characteristics of the U.S. population. The principal source of data in Part II is the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Part III, Applied Demographics, focuses upon several uses of demographic data in the business world:
- selecting business sites
- targeting specific markets
- promoting economic development.
- Although the concepts and skills developed in these three parts are sequential and grow steadily more complex, each section is designed to stand alone.
- The resources of the World Wide Web are integrated into each section of this unit.
- In Part I students are introduced to the Web, in Part II they practice retrieving specific information from the Web, and in Part III they use the Web to find data to support their solution to a hypothetical problem.
AUTHORS:
- Malone, Lyn ride1219@ride.ri.net Barrington Middle School - Barrington, Rhode Island world geography, Connections grade 8
- Miller, Nancy ride1223@ride.ri.net Barrington Middle School - Barrington, Rhode Island math, Connections grade 8
- Telford, Althea ride1229@ride.ri.net Barrington Middle School - Barrington, Rhode Island language arts/Connections grade 8