Data Analysis to Drive Civic Action

Trends in School-Associated Violent Deaths—1992-2010

Overview

Students consider civic action through primary source analysis, then examine and interpret data and use knowledge of civic life, politics, and government to discuss potential civic engagement.

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Grade

High School

Subjects

Civics, Math

Length

60 minutes

Topics

categorizing data, children's protest, civic action, civic engagement, creating graphs, data, data analysis, protest, reading graphs, school safety, statistical analysis, statistics, violent deaths

Author

Citizen U DePaul

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