As the 2020-2021 school year gets underway, the U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools (SIS) program is here to support educators, parents, and caregivers with easy-to-use resources for classroom lessons or at-home learning.
We appreciate all the work you’ve done to plan for the new school year and your continued efforts to spread the word about the 2020 Census. Interested in more ways to help ensure a complete and accurate count? Here are four resources to share with educators in your state:
- Enhance Your Lessons with Real World Census Data Webinar. Do you know educators who are interested in incorporating census data and SIS materials into their lessons? Share this recorded webinar on best practices for using the free SIS resources and how teachers can adapt the activities to their students’ learning styles.
- Fun Facts: Back to School. This handout offers engaging statistics that show what goes into getting our nation’s students and teachers ready for the new school year. These fun facts provide a simple and contextual way to incorporate SIS resources into lessons.
- Warm-Up Activities. Educators can jump-start their students’ day with these five-minute warm-ups. Each activity demonstrates the value of data in everyday life and inspires discussion about a specific subject in an easy and fun way.
- How Maps Bring Census Statistics to Life for Students, Wherever They Are. This blog post highlights colorful maps from SIS that feature U.S. census data and shows how educators can use these resources with their students. The maps underscore the importance of responding to the 2020 Census and are always available at no charge online at census.gov/schools.
- Virtual Field Trip to the U.S. Census Bureau. The virtual field trip is an entertaining, fast-moving video that takes students on a mission to discover details about the Census Bureau’s work, featuring insights from geography and data visualization experts. At the close of the video, students are prompted to answer interactive questions based on the statistics provided.
Using these resources, you can empower students to learn how the once-in-a-decade count impacts and shapes their communities. For more information, visit census.gov/schools.
Thank you again for your continued support.
Best,
Rebekah
Rebekah Peterson
Communications Associate
Reingold, Inc.
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