Families Students study two pie charts reflecting 1981 and 1996 Census data on the family. They then complete a simple family tree for their own family. This lesson plan is part of the 1996 Census Results Teacher's Kit. This Internet exercise reinforces lessons on graphing, the interpretation of graphs, and the evaluation of information in order to help you choose the best type to use. Five graphing exercises use data available on Statistics Canada's web site and one other location.
Students conduct an inquiry on the number of people in their households.
They classify the data creating a concrete graph then convert the data to a pictogram. In this activity, students make a paper chain to show the place of birth of people who immigrated to Canada between 1991 and 1996. They then look at how immigrants contribute to our society. This lesson plan is part of the 1996 Census Results Teacher's Kit. Students learn to label and plot line graphs with data from the table 'Life expectancy at birth' on Statistics Canada's Web site and to determine the differences in trends in life expectancy between males and females.