1. Technology Lessons for the Social Studies 1. Constructing Population Pyramids 2. Creating a Hyperlinked PowerPoint 3. Creating a Slideshow in iPhoto

2. Population Pyramids

8. Directions for finding Age and Sex Statistics go to: www.census.gov

9. Go to www.census.gov and click on “American FactFinder”www.census.gov Click on “PEOPLE” and select “Age and Sex”

10. Type in the name of the location and click “GO.” Type in the name of the location and click “GO.”

11. Click on “2000” Click on “Age Groups and Sex”

12. Use the statistics for the columns: Male and Female Use the statistics for the columns: Male and Female Use the Total Population Use the Total Population

13. Age and Sex Statistics for Countries Around the World go to: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.ht ml http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.ht ml

14. Select your country Click “Submit”

15. Scroll down to find the list of data and click on “Extract data from IDB Online Aggregation” Country’s Total Population Country’s Total Population Statistics for Males and Females Statistics for Males and Females

16. Directions for Constructing Population Pyramids in Microsoft Excel go to: www.prb.org Population Pyramids in Excelwww.prb.org Population Pyramids in Excel

17. Download the Pyramids (Excel) Print out this Direction Page Download the Pyramids (Excel) Print out this Direction Page

18. Type in the statistics from the Census Bureau for Males and Females Type in the statistics from the Census Bureau for Males and Females Type in the total population Type in the total population Open up a Microsoft Excel Workbook and fill in the following…

19. Click in B2 and type in the formula Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of B2 and when the box appears drag the box down to B19 ***The statistics for Males will all be negative numbers.

20. Click in C2 and type in the formula Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of C2 and when the box appears drag the box down to C19

21. Highlight Go to Insert and select “Chart...”

22. Click on: “Custom Types” “User-defined” “Population Pyramid” “Finish” Click on: “Custom Types” “User-defined” “Population Pyramid” “Finish”

23. Type in the location for the population pyramid.

25. Hyperlinked PowerPoint Directions on how to create a hyperlink Washington, D.C. example Culture PowerPoint Project Iceland Example Student Example(s)

29. White House Wash., DC W.H. Sprin g

30. iPhoto Slideshow Directions on how to create a slideshow How to find images on the internet Examples: Walking In Memphis and Hurricane Katrina

32. All handouts and directions can be found at: http://houstonhs.scsk12.org:16080/~robinsonm http://houstonhs.scsk12.org:16080/~robinsonm Click on the link below…

33. Information on the Web Site