In this activity, students look for correlation among different data about Brooklyn neighborhoods including unemployment, household income, AIDS rates, etc. It can serve as a model for similar activities in other communities.

Gapminder identifies systematic misconceptions about important global trends and proportions and uses reliable data to develop easy to understand teaching materials to rid people of their misconceptions. Users can take quizzes, organize hundreds of data sets into charts, meet people from around the world impacted by health and financial inequities, and much more.

Students explore gun-related homicides of young people in different U.S. regions and apply data analysis techniques to understand trends and draw conclusions.

Website contains data about scores, participation rates, etc., for the PSAT/SAT, Advanced Placement, and other national exams. Data can be disaggregated by race/ethnicity, location, year, etc.

In the UK, an average person spends £62 a year on chocolate. That’s the equivalent of about 200 chocolate bars. In this activity students explore how much of what we pay for a bar of chocolate goes to the farmers who grew the cocoa beans.

Students analyze data to determine the accuracy of statements about changes in global poverty.

This article contains a map of every county in the United States and identifies how hard it would be to live there based on factors including life expectancy, unemployment, educational attainment, income, etc.

Students examine demographic data about their school and critically consider what story that data tells. They interpret and explain the data expressed in various types of graphs; determine and construct appropriate graphs to display data; and describe the story that is being told by a graph and explaining why it is important

In this lesson, students share ideas about the values of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar. They then research the economy of a foreign country and prepare an appropriate budget for one month study abroad. They synthesize their learning by reflecting on what life would be like if they were to live on $100 a week in a foreign country.

Comprehensive website with data about gun-related homicides, suicides, and accidents across the country tracking back more than a decade. Contains data, maps, and analysis. Useful tool for designing lessons that help students explore disparities, trends, impact, etc. of gun-related violence.

Interesting visualization of hate crimes and activities of white supremacists in the U.S. and other parts of the world. Helpful tool for understanding the rise and pervasiveness of violence and white supremacy.

In this lesson, students learn about how taxes are levied based on taxable income. They then analyze how a new series of tax cuts might affect people of different income levels and their tax rates.