Today's lesson focuses with opportunities to practice reading graphs, apply skills of percent changes, and draw conclusions about two or more populations. Students were given the choice to work with table partners or table mates.
Using the graphs, the given total US population numbers for NY, MA, and PA from 1800 to 1950 (see table below), and provided links; students were required to answer a series of questions.
Population of the U.S. (nearest million)
1800 1850 1900 1950
US: 4,000,000 23,000,000 76,000,000 170,000,000
New York: 400,000 2,300,000 12,160,000 15,300,000
Massachusetts: 400,000 690,000 3,800,000 3,400,000
Pennsylvania: 440,000 2,070,000 7,600,000 10,200,000
Other Population Info
Here are the links:
Question #5 Question #6 (2000 & 2010) Question #6 -- 2016
HOMEWORK: Nothing New.