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The Promise and Practice of Teaching Data Literacy in Social Studies: A Companion SiteMain MenuA Taxonomy of Data VisualizationsInformation can be visualized in multiple ways, from bar graphs to scatterplots, choropleth maps to distribution maps, timelines to time series. Designers can choose from an array of graphical elements such as points, lines, or icons used to represent data, and multiple aesthetic attributes such as color, shape, and size. Furthermore, designers can apply multiple combinations of titles, legends, and explanatory text to provide context for a data visualization. Given the almost dizzying array of data visualizations students may encounter in social studies, it is helpful to place them in categories related to the types of questions they will help us answer.Data Visualizations as Primary SourcesHumans have been creating different types of data visualizations for centuries. Explore this collection of timelines, maps, graphs and charts to see what they reveal about the historical time and place in which they were produced.How do students learn with data visualizations?Reading data visualizations in print and online social studies texts can improve students' overall comprehension and quality of reasoning. And there is evidence to suggest that reading data visualizations helps students better understand historical and geographic context, multiple causation, and change over time — all important concepts for students to grasp in social studies subject areas. However, students may face significant challenges in trying to make sense of different kinds of data visualizations. This section provides insight into both benefits and challenges of reading timelines, maps, and graphs and charts.How should students analyze data visualizations in social studies?The challenges that data visualizations present, coupled with their prevalence in social studies texts, standardized assessments, in online social studies resources, and as sources of information in society, suggest that teaching with and about data visualizations in social studies is essential. This module provides guidance for how teachers can support students' data literacy for social studies.How do I help students create and integrate data visualizations for social studies?This page highlights several tools that are useful for data-based projects in social studies. And accompanying each tool is a "minimal manual" that provides guidance for using the tool in social studies inquiry- and project-based learning.Project-Based Learning Activities for Data Literacy in Social StudiesLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, nec constituto comprehensam te. Sea no affert nemore comprehensam, eum te purto soleat accusata. Ea est magna malis. No atqui iudico est. In vel propriae suavitate. Est homero timeam cu, novum persecuti mea an.Index of Lesson PlansThis page contains a list of the minimal manuals and lessons found on this website. Minimal manuals are designed to be adapted to different grade levels and do not have a grade designation associated with them. Lesson plans are organized according to the school level for which they are designed. However, many of these lessons can be adapted for different grade levels.Tamara Shreiner72eaa2d1ba1352b75b8a8da73e879a4ceb510ae0
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1media/Screen Shot 2020-06-30 at 11.20.04 AM.png2020-05-05T04:39:47-07:00Tamara Shreiner72eaa2d1ba1352b75b8a8da73e879a4ceb510ae0351338plain2020-10-24T13:30:27-07:00Mark Guzdial12293646cf3f9238a8ffe62e740f7f92aafe60a3Spatial data visualizations help us see patterns that are invisible to the naked eye.
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12020-05-06T15:43:54-07:00Tamara Shreiner72eaa2d1ba1352b75b8a8da73e879a4ceb510ae0Connection Maps6Connection maps show connections or map routes with straight or curved lines between points. They are useful for visualizing distributions and concentrations of connections as well. This 1873 connection map depicts the routes of David Livingstone in Africa. His mapping of the interior of Africa freed it from myths and legends perpetuated among westerners by earlier maps of the region.plain2020-09-08T10:45:50-07:00Tamara Shreiner72eaa2d1ba1352b75b8a8da73e879a4ceb510ae0
12020-05-06T10:54:57-07:00Tamara Shreiner72eaa2d1ba1352b75b8a8da73e879a4ceb510ae0Choropleth Maps4Choropleth maps use colors, shades, or patterns to represent variables or ranges of variables within a particular geographic area (e.g., county, state, region, nation). This shaded map of French popular education created in 1826 by mathematician and politician Charles Dupin is considered the first choropleth map. It shows the number of inhabitants per male pupil, with the lighter shaded departments sending more boys to school than the darker ones.plain2020-09-08T10:45:32-07:00Tamara Shreiner72eaa2d1ba1352b75b8a8da73e879a4ceb510ae0
12020-05-06T16:08:38-07:00Tamara Shreiner72eaa2d1ba1352b75b8a8da73e879a4ceb510ae0Dot Maps2Dot maps use equally sized dots, or sometimes equally sized symbols, to show data is distributed. The dot can represent one count or object, or a unit of objects (e.g., one dot=10 houses). By creating perhaps the most famous dot map of all time in 1854, John Snow was able to see where there were clusters of cholera cases in in the Soho district of London, which helped him trace the source to the Broad Street water pump.plain2020-09-08T10:46:23-07:00Tamara Shreiner72eaa2d1ba1352b75b8a8da73e879a4ceb510ae0
