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Teaching Geography Today. A Geographic Study of the Local Community: Census Data and Secondary Students
Holmes, James; Link, Douglas
Journal of Geography, 72, 6, 36-47, Sep 73
This activity, designed for secondary school geography students, provides reinforcement of skill development in the uses of census data and offers students a greater understanding of the socio-economic structure of their community. Students convert raw census data into percentages, develop quartile ranges, and construct choropleth maps to illustrate the data. (SM)
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