Interdisciplinary…is it a goal, a state of education, an action? As I contemplate my new history course and the awesome math teacher I will collaborate with (Mr. Dan Smith), I am working my mind to find ways to accentuate math throughout the ages and to show how data is an important historical tool that tells great and interesting tales. In this process, I want to share an example of what I am getting at and some data resources that one can utilize with students to inspire their search for truth through data.
The following is a video clip of an older piece from Hans Rosling: 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes: a great example of combing data and history…
The next items are links to data resources that may be useful (in no particular order)…
Stat Planet http://hdr.undp.org/en/data/map/
KML Factbook http://www.kmlfactbook.org/#&db=ciafb&table=undefined&col=undefined&
Knoema http://knoema.com/
Many Eyes http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/
Data First http://www.data-first.org/
2011 in 11 Graphs http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/2011-in-11-graphs/2011/12/22/gIQA0HWJMP_gallery.html#photo=1
The Joy of Stats Video 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo&feature=player_embedded
Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/
Google Think Insights http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/insights/
Google Public Data Finder http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory
2010 Census Data http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/
Find The Best http://www.findthebest.com/
Policy Map http://www.policymap.com/maps
Where Americans are Moving http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/migration.html
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