History of U.S. Population - Day 1

In order to practice reading graphs and apply students' new skill of working with percent changes, students will be working in partner groups to answer questions (question sheet will be given tomorrow). Using the graphs and given the total US population numbers from 1800 to 1950, needed to solve the the populations for NY, MA, and PA for 1800 to 1950 (make sure these numbers are in your MTN before tomorrow's class:

                                             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

MAKE SURE TO BRING THIS TO CLASS TOMORROW!