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Activities
Bring your classroom to life with real world data. Select an activity that supplements what you are currently teaching in subjects including English, Math, Geography and History.
Resources
Increase the data literacy of your students with resources that display data in fun ways. Choose from monthly Fun Facts, 5-Minute Challenge warm-up activities, maps, videos and more.
Standards
Statistics in Schools activities are based on relevant education standards and guidelines that outline the foundational knowledge and skills students should have at certain levels.
About
Statistics in Schools is a free Census Bureau program that uses the data to create resources for K-12 students in a variety of subjects.

English Standards

English Standards

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools (SIS) activities are based on relevant education standards and guidelines that outline the foundational knowledge and skills students should have at certain levels. The SIS activities — which are designed to supplement or guide, not replace, existing curricula — help develop these skills and knowledge.

Not all educators use the same standards. For this reason, many of the activities address multiple standards and guidelines.

Subject Standards and Guildelines
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
  • These standards, published in 2010, were created by a group of educators and experts in various subjects.
  • In 2009, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State Schools Officers began developing the Common Core State Standards — sets of expected knowledge and skills that represent what K-12 students should know and be able to do in math and English language arts and literacy. The literacy standards can be integrated into any history and social studies curriculum.
  • The Common Core State Standards are used by teachers across the nation. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia have adopted at least some of these standards.

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