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Other

The Texas Economy: The Texas Population Is Constantly Growing

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a recent projection of the population of Texas, and articles analyzing the population growth of Texas and how it correlates to economic growth.
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Website
Other

Carribean Living: The Dominican Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
Carribean Living provides an excellent description of the present day economy in the Dominican Republic. It includes a special section on how the economy is changing.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Rhetorical Landscape: Commercials and Advertisements

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on commercials and advertisements including demographics, targeted audiences, and the three audience appeals: ethos pathos, and logos. It provides links to an analyzing ads assignment with rubric, a demographics...
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Website
US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Migration/geographic Mobility

For Students 9th - 10th
This U.S. Census Bureau site is a first stop on regional shift information, with links to population survey information, population estimates and other related sites.
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This portal site offers quick access to a wide range of information about each country, continent and region of the world.
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US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Population and Housing Unit Estimates

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau and has numerous links to topics such as national, state, and county estimates, and much more. Estimates are also available for previous years.
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Other

Business plans.org: Demographics

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers links to many resources needed for demographic studies, including population studies, consumer demographics, U.S. Census data files, a reference tool to the world's population literature, World Wide Web visitor...
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Interactive
Other

Gapminder World: 200 Years That Changed the World

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive allows you to view graphs of a variety of things by selecting and comparing bubbles; drag the time slider, zoom in and out and turn trails on/off.
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Website
Geographyiq

Geography Iq

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...
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Handout
ArgentinaXplora.com

Argentinaexplora.com: Aspectos Geograficos

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content; this web page looks at the geography and demographics of the South American country Argentina.
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Website
Other

Scotland.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic facts and travel information about Scotland. Information is available about business, community, travel, culture, news, sports, and shopping.
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Website
Other

Population

For Students 9th - 10th
Population directly effects our everyday lives in many ways. Explore the effects of population by learning about population density, population distribution, and population change.
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Handout
Other

Alabama Department of Public Health: Demographic Statistics Formulas [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A chart of formulas which are used to determine a variety of different demographic and populations statistics used at the Alabama Department of Public Health, Statistical Analysis Division.
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Website
US Census Bureau

U. S. Census Bureau: Voting and Registration

For Students 9th - 10th
This US Census Bureau site provides data on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, voter projections and historical trends.
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Activity
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Multiple Percents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Have you ever seen an item that you wanted on sale for 15% of its original price? Have you tried to figure out what the sale price would be? Using this interactive lesson from T.V. 411, you can learn to calculate discounts with percentages.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Demographic Factors to Consider

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson plan focuses on demographic factors to consider when analyzing your audience including age, generations, gender, sexual orientation, culture, ethnicity, and race, education, religion, and group member.
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Website
Other

Population Reference Bureau: Country Stats & Reports

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Population Reference Bureau could actually be considered a search engine or the beginning page of a data base. It is a thorough source of information on global population including hyperlinks to organizational sources,...
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Website
Other

Population Education: Homepage

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Population Education provides teacher training and a variety of teacher tools to help educators on population concepts such as population growth, overpopulation, our effect on the environment, and related resources.
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Website
Other

Demographics/data Bases

For Students 9th - 10th
This Business Nation site has links to numerous actual demographic databases such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the United States Census Bureau. It is a good site to attain actual data on the various demographic categories.
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Website
Other

Lookups

For Students 9th - 10th
Search the U.S. for information you might need or want just for the fun of it. Look up everything from addresses, zip codes, distances, phone numbers, radio stations, schools, labor statistics, crime statistics, demographics, and much...
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Unit Plan
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Demographic Trends, Fertility, & Migration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource consists of graphs and articles that review general demographic changes and related national policies on migration. The goal is to provide information about general population trends, while encouraging a critical...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Demographic Transition

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the four stages of demographic transition.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Economics of Homebuying

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity analyzes the costs and benefits of homeownership and asks the student to describe the factors that affect affordability, use cost-benefit analysis and knowledge of home-buying procedures to reduce the costs,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Population Growth and Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
Questions related to population growth and immigration.