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Guide Author |
Mary Johnson |
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District |
Sauk Rapids-Rice District #47, retired |
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Date Created |
05/23/2011 |
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Guide Description |
This guide provides mainly census data that may be used by students to calculate the percent of increase or decrease in population at the state, county, and town levels. The data is taken from atlases, plat books, and maps. Most of the data is from 1790-1915. Additionally, there are charts on juvenile delinquency in Hennepin County from 1914-15. All of the data could be used to create pie graphs or histograms. In the process, students would be analyzing the population growth, along with several social issues, during this time period. |
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Title of Main Academic Standard used in Guide |
Minnesota Academic Standards Mathematics K-12 2007 |
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Grade Level |
7 |
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Learning Level |
Reinforced |
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National Holiday/Special Occasion (optional) |
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Source Format Emphasized |
Books and maps |
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Geographic Region Emphasized (optional) |
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Other Minnesota Reflections Guide(s) Related to this Guide (optional) |
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Standard Title |
Minnesota Academic Standards Mathematics K-12 2007 |
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Category |
Mathematics |
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Strand |
Data Analysis & Probability |
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Sub-strand |
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Standard |
Display and interpret data in a variety of ways, including circle graphs and histograms. |
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Benchmark 1: standard number |
7.4.2.1 |
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Benchmark 1: text |
Use reasoning with proportions to display and interpret data in circle graphs (pie charts) and histograms. Choose the appropriate data display and know how to create the display using a spreadsheet or other graphing technology.
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Benchmark 2: standard number |
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Benchmark 2: text |
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Benchmark 3: standard number |
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Benchmark 3: text |
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Benchmark 4: standard number |
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Benchmark 4: text |
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Standard Title |
Minnesota Academic Standards Mathematics K-12 2007 |
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Category |
Mathematics |
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Strand |
Algebra |
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Sub-strand |
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Standard |
Recognize proportional relationships in real-world and mathematical situations; represent these and other relationships with tables, verbal descriptions, symbols and graphs; solve problems involving proportional relationships and explain results in the original context.
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Benchmark 1: standard number |
7.2.2.2 |
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Benchmark 1: text |
Solve multi-step problems involving proportional relationships in numerous contexts.
For example: percent increase or decrease
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Benchmark 2: standard number |
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Benchmark 2: text |
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Benchmark 3: standard number |
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Benchmark 3: text |
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Benchmark 4: standard number |
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Benchmark 4: text |
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Reading: standard number |
6.12.7.7 |
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Reading: standard text |
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, maps) with other information in print and digital texts. |
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Math: standard number |
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Math: standard text |
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Media Literacy: standard number |
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Media Literacy: standard text |
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Interdisciplinary Connection |
U.S. and World History |
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Things to Think About |
How did the population in the United States increase from 1790 to 1870 and specifically in a particular state? What is the ethnic background of Minnesotans? How did the population in various towns in Minnesota change from 1914 to 1967? What is the increase in juvenile delinquency from 1905-1915? How do statistics help us to better understand social issues? |
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Keywords |
Census, population, health records, temperance |
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Other ideas (to assist with discovery) |
The Juvenile Court of Hennepin County 1914-15 gives a wealth of information on juvenile delinquency. I have included two pages to give a sample, but there are many charts of the type of crimes, explanations of why the numbers are changing, and descriptions of the where the children are sent for rehabilitation. The county plat books give interesting additional information on world events, such as the decrease in distances by going through the Panama Canal, and charts on population, area, commerce, and debt for countries around the world. |
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Challenges to finding resources on this standard |
There are many items for the keywords; the challenge is in finding items that contained charts or graphs with statistics. There are resources dealing with social issues; however, many do not include statistics or some of the information may be above the comprehension level of seventh graders. |
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Title |
Date created |
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Format (photo, map, letter...) |
"Cite the Item" link |
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An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Minnesota (page 10) |
1870 |
Census data for the U.S. and territories, and the U.S. and individual states every ten years from 1790 to 1870 |
Book |
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An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Minnesota (Page 14) |
1870 |
Population data for each Minnesota county by township. Population data is divided into the following categories: native, foreign, white, colored. |
Book |
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Atlas & Farmers Directory of Mille Lacs Co. |
1914 |
Distances saved by the Panama Canal - bar graphs compare the distances between two cities using the Panama Canal and the more conventional route. |
Book |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mah,117
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Atlas & Farmers Directory of Mille Lacs Co. |
1914 |
Population and location of all incorporated towns in Minnesota in 1914. |
Book |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mah,109
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1967 Official Highway Map of Minnesota |
1967 |
This map give the census data for towns in Minnesota |
Map |
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Standard Atlas (Plat Book) Crow Wing County |
1913 |
World map-includes statistics on area, population, commerce, national debt, etc. |
Book |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/cwc,77
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The Juvenile Court of Hennepin County |
1914-15 |
New cases of juvenile delinquent s in Hennepin County from 1905-1915. |
Book |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mpls,2926
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The Juvenile Court of Hennepin County (Page 19) |
1914-15 |
Table showing the ages of boys and girls brought in as delinquents. |
Book |
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Seventh Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Minnesota (Page 120) |
1879 |
Chart of select colleges and high schools in Minnesota comparing age, height, and weight of males and females |
Book |
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A New Crusade: Suggestions for more effective temperance work among the young (Page 5) |
1909 |
Statistics found in the text listing the average beginning drinking age of alcoholic cases in one 1904 study -could be used to create a pie graph. |
Pamphlet |
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In the Atlas from 1870, the population charts go back to the census of 1790. Some states do not have data going back to that date; data for each state begins with the census after statehood. There are many official maps of Minnesota; I selected the 1967 map because this gave the population data for towns from the 1960 census and this could be compared to the fifty year change in population from the 1910 census data that is available in the 1914 Atlas and Farmers' Directory of Mille Lacs Co. The more current maps could be used to compare census data in the last half of the 20th century. All of the information in the Juvenile Court of Hennepin County should be very interesting to seventh graders. The descriptions are easy to read and could be used as an integrated unit in reading and social studies. Each of these books contains multiple pages which provide a variety of statistics.
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The first page cited from the Atlas and Farmers' Directory of Mille Lacs Co, contains a great map of the Panama Canal and provides a bar graph of distances that were saved between various cities by going through the canal. This could be used to introduce students to the concept of using real world situations to create graphs. They could also use this information to calculate the percent of decrease in mileage. From the 1870 Atlas, students could select various states and make graphs of the change in population and then calculate the percent of change. This could also be done with the statistics on the various towns in Minnesota in the Mille Lacs Co. Directory and the 1967 highway map. Students could create a pie graph of the ethnic background of Minnesotans found in the 1870 Atlas. The world map data found in the Crow Wing Co. plat book could be compared to current population data. Several of the charts in the Juvenile Court record compare crimes, new cases, and expenditures at the Glen Lake Farm School for Boys from 1914 to 1915; so again, students could graph this information and calculate the percent of increase or decrease. For further understanding, the chart from the state board of health could be used to create a histogram comparing heights of boys and girls from 1879 with heights of boys and girls today. Statistics dealing with the social issues at the turn of century could be compared and contrasted with similar issues today.
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US Census Bureau |
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Drug & Alcohol Abuse in
Minnesota: A Biennial Report to the 2009 Minnesota Legislature,
Minnesota Department of Human Services |