History of Populations

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


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