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ERIC Number: EJ401515
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Census: A Key to a Stable, Rational, Democratic Government.
Pereira, Carolyn; Rosenblum, Warren
Social Education, v53 n7 p463-65 Nov-Dec 1989
Examines the importance of the census to the management of a democratic government. States that the census has historically served as a means for apportioning representatives among the states and preventing corruption in political representation. Provides suggestions for teaching about the census in government classes. (LS)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Class Activities, Data Collection, Democracy, Demography, National Surveys, Secondary Education, Social Studies, United States Government (Course)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Apportionment (Legislative); Bicentennial; Bureau of the Census; Census 1990
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