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Article 7: The Census Word Count: 213 Vocabulary: census : a measure of people living in a certain area High Impact Teaching Strategies: Collaborative Learning, Questioning, Structuring Lessons, Worked Examples Lesson Plan: 1. Inform students that one tool the government uses to assist in measuring the movement and growth of a location is a census. 2. Ask students to read the text independently or as a class. 3. Then, show students the video “Census Intro.” 4. Explain to students that often, a census is used to make predictions of growth. 5. Give each student a copy of the graphic organizer Predicting the 2030 Census and read the instructions as a class. 6. If students need more support, model the first question for the class. 7. Ask students to make population predictions of 2030 for each city, working independently or with a partner. 8. Review student responses as a class. Ask students to justify how they determined their predictions and elicit responses to the activity. Article Assessment Questions: 1. How often is the United States census conducted? a. yearly
b. 10 years c. 25 years d. 50 years 2. What happens if the survey is not completed? a. Another survey is sent. b. A census worker visits. c. The household is fined. d. The person must move. 3. What is based on the number of people in a district? a. the Senate b. national elections c. tariffs on trading partners
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