Idaho Social Studies 6-9.WG.6.3
The Standard
Analyze visual and statistical data presented in charts, tables, graphs, maps, and other graphic organizers to assist in interpreting a historical event.
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read map keys, graph axes, and table headings before drawing conclusions about a past event. They use numbers and locations from two displays to support a claim about what happened.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can compare 1918 influenza death rates for two places and use a dated map to describe how the outbreak spread. They name the units and treat estimates as estimates.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may read darker shading as more deaths even when the map shows death rates. They may think a map of where cases appeared also explains why the disease spread.
How to Assess It
- Give students a dated 1918 influenza map and a death-rate table for two places. Ask: "Which place had the higher reported death rate, and what does the map add? Cite one number and one map detail."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed 1918 influenza map and death-rate table; have them mark two places and write one claim supported by both.
Ask, "Does a darker shade mean more deaths or a higher death rate?" Have students point to the map key.
Play a data match game: students pair four claims with entries on a 1918 influenza map and mortality graph.
Compare a printed CDC flu chart with a 1918 influenza graph; have students circle the dates, units, and sources.
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