February 16 - March 5, 2010Objective 11.5
Research and describe the cultural backgrounds that reflect the local cross-cultural society and that may present to a barrier to civic participation.
Unit Overview
Recap Sheet with Rubrics
Assessment: Oral or written, 2 Tasks
Task 1: Identify and Describe a Classmate's Culture
Task 2: Present an Oral Report on a Student's Culture
Task : Census Preparation
Transfer of Learning: Have students complete the San Mateo Adult School Census Form on Thursday, March 4. In class, use the recap form to tabulate the data in each section and send your Student Council representatives to Room 24 to turn in the data.
Use the Diversity Recap Sheet to assess your students' performance. Remember to submit ONLY ONE sample work for EACH TASK along with recap sheets for ALL students by March 12, 2010 to Toshio.
Resources are available in a binder in the teacher's room and in the EL civics folder in AA Teacher Share folder. You may also download the files below to print or use on the SMART Board. Please think before you print and save some paper! Additionally, teachers please wear your Census 2010 Shirt or Cap to promote awareness in the school! See Fred to get one.
Do not forget to include "EL Civics" on your variable. Put down 3:30-5:30 Monday or Wednesday for the three weeks you work on a SEPERATE variable form for stimulus money.
Click Read More to access resources files. Please leave a comment to report broken links.
Resources / Suggested Activities
Task 1
- Worksheet for all levels
- SMART Board version for all levels (use to demonstrate to students in class)
Census Background Information
- General Census FAQs
- Census Video
- Census Fact Sheet
- "The Census and You" general reading
- 2010 Constituent FAQs
The Census is "Easy"
- "Count Me In" worksheet (easier)
- "Census Form Preview" printout (more difficult)
- "Who Can Be Counter?" worksheet (intermediate)
- Family relationship vocabulary (worksheet) (crossword) (word scramble) (word search)
- Family Vocabulary Practice on the Internet (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4)
The Census is "Safe"
- "Private Information" worksheet (easier)
- "Protecting Your Privacry" worksheet (intermediate)
- "Privacy and the Census" worksheet (more difficult)
- "Census Forms and Confidentialaity" worksheet (very difficult)
The Census is "Important to the Community"
Understanding Data
- "Population Explosion" worksheet (easier)
- "Decoding Census Data" worksheet (intermediate)
- "Understanding Data" worksheet (more difficult)
- "Numbers Tell a Story" worksheet (very difficult)
- Classroom Map - for LCD Projection *Zoom-in to see detail
- Map - student size printout
How Data is Used
- "Why Do You Ask" worksheet (intermediate)
- "Map to the Future" worksheet (more difficult)
- "The Census Makes a Difference" worksheet (very difficult)
Practice
- Simple Census Forms
- Interactive Census Form
- Census Concentration Game (SMART Board) and Jeopardy Game (PowerPoint)
Note: Lessons are from the Scholastic Census 2010 Lessons
6 comments:
The link to the "Census Form Preview" seems to be broken.
Link to "Census Form Preview" is now fixed. Thank you for point that out.
Thank you so much for posting all these great resources on your website! I'm a Census outreach worker in Santa Cruz County, and I'm sharing these materials with the ESL programs down here.
The following document in the section called The Census is Easy wouldn't open for me:
"Census Forms and Confidentialaity" worksheet (very difficult)
Hello i'm new on your board but i cant read correctly a message. Bug in you site ? Thanks you
The "Census Forms and Confidentialaity" worksheet has been fixed. Thank you for point that out. I am glad that Santa Cruz County is finding the materials useful!
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