Students will learn about how the U.S. government classifies race and ethnicity. The teacher will play a video of students at Park East High School in New York City who contacted the U.S. Census Bureau to start a conversation about the way race and ethnicity are identified in census surveys. Students will also read a blog post explaining how the Census Bureau has changed the way it collects data on race and ethnicity. In the last part of the activity, students will write a letter that could be sent to a leader in their community with the goal of sparking some type of change.
- Subject:
- Mathematics
- Statistics and Probability
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Provider:
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Provider Set:
- Statistics in Schools
- Date Added:
- 11/15/2019