WHATS IN THE CENSUS 2000 TEACHING KIT?
The Census 2000 teaching kit includes a 24-page Teaching Guide full of grade-appropriate activities and corresponding lesson plans and a giant 4- by 6-foot color “We Count!” map of the United States. The 24-page Teaching Guide at all three levels contains six lessons. • The K-4 guide includes, for example, a lesson called Greater States, tailored for grades K-2, that teaches the concept of comparison as well as how to use a map key. • In the 5-8 guide is, for instance, a Where We Live lesson that enables students to read special-purpose maps and analyze population density and population shifts. • The 9-12 guide features a lesson called District Decisions in which students use a timeline to learn about reapportionment and redistricting. Students also debate redistricting based on municipal boundaries versus population counts. Lessons in all three Teaching Guides are tied to the appropriate standards: the NCSS Social Studies Standards, the NCTM Math Standards, and the Geography Education
