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Students articulate their thoughts about the ethical issues related to population reaching seven billion and consider the opinions of their classmates.

This resourch will help your students to practice use with Culture Grams in the Utah Online Library. This will help them build a foundation of what they need to have to use the resource effectively through completing a variety of tasks. 

This ESRI StoryMap examines 2020 Census data using a variety of scales, examples, maps, and data

This is an extensive and very detailed chartmaker that allows students to create custom graphs/charts to analyze a variety of data. The default link compares life expectancy with average GDP per capita. There are educator resources with available lessons or use the tool in ways that work for your classroom instruction. This is one of the most detailed and extensive data tools available.

Students discuss types of migration and people who migrate. Then they brainstorm reasons for migrating.

Population pyramids for countries and world regions. Includes historical data back to 1950.

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Students use real-world data to construct and interpret population pyramids and discuss differences in population growth rates among several different countries, including the U.S.

The U.S. Census Bureau publishes lessons that integrate census statistics. While lessons are categorized by subject, teachers may find good lessons applicable to their students in multiple subject groups. For instance, the lesson title "Immigration Nation" is filed under the Math section, but would work great in a geography classroom.

This Census Bureau page contains frequently updated stories in the form of short blog-style posts. Each story highlights a unique demographic topic and is supported by data and visuals. Use these as part of whole group instruction, or design small-group activities with America Counts to get students doing geography.

The Census Bureau publishes a number of interactive maps that allow students and teachers to explore up-to-date census data, as well as historical data, migration patterns, and many other demographic topics. Use this page as inspiration for both whole-group and small-group activities.

US Census Bureau International Database houses key demograhpic data for most countries in the world. Data can be displayed numberically in tables, or graphically as population pyramids and line graphs.

The Quick Facts page allows teachers to access, explore, and compare basic Census data at multiple scales. As an example, compare Census data in the same table for the U.S.A (national scale), your state (sub-national scale), and your county or city (local scale). This data can be used to frame lessons on demographic patterns. Explore the data available and use what interests you and your students. This data can help develop several of the Foundational Geography Skills, as well as the Guiding Questions, found in the UEN standards document.

The Census Bureau publishes a large and continually updated video library. While many videos are not relevant to the K-12 classroom, use the filters to find useful videos like From Pyramids to Pillars: Two Centuries of Change in the U.S. Population, 1860-2060. You can also check these videos out on the Census Bureau YouTube page.