This module examines the changing relationship between higher educational attainment & poverty rates in the Industrial Midwest.
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Linguistic Diversity in the United States
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15 minutes
Intermediate
This module examines the complex history of language in the U.S.
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Religious Diversity in the United States
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15 minutes
Intermediate
This module examines how religion has shaped American life & society.
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Management
14 lecture launchers
Change Management
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15 minutes
Intermediate
This module examines the principles of change and how to manage change effectively.
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Changing Demographics
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15 minutes
Beginner
This module examines the changing demographics in our country and the ways in which that can influence how we manage organizations.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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20 minutes
Beginner
This module examines the role of CSR among organizations.
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Business
13 lecture launchers
Aging of the Workforce
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10 minutes
Beginner
This module explores the benefits and challenges involved in the aging of the American workforce.
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Human Resource Management and the Coronavirus Pandemic
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10 minutes
Beginner
This module explores how Human Resource Management departments can help organizations thrive during crisis management.
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Demographics and Organizational Culture
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10 minutes
Beginner
This module explores demographic factors and their influence on organizational culture and policies.
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Nonprofit Management
10 lecture launchers
Civil Society in the United States
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20 minutes
Beginner
Using data to identify social problems that nonprofits can solve.
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Employers and Employees in the Nonprofit Sector
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10 minutes
Beginner
Exploring employment demographics in the healthcare and social assistance sector.
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Black Lives Matter: The Nonprofit Organization versus the Movement
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15 minutes
Intermediate
This module explores the unprecedented Black Lives Matter protests that occurred in late May and early June 2020.
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Education
10 lecture launchers
Health and Education
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module employs ACS data to demonstrate the
connection between education and better opportunities for health and health insurance coverage.
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The Impact of Natural Disasters on Education
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module uses census data from 1970 to 2010 to examine the impact of natural disasters on education.
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Intellectually Disabled Individuals and Opportunities for Higher Education
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module uses ACS 2017 data along with school and college data to create awareness regarding the resources and opportunities that can help individuals with disabilities to pursue post-secondary education.
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Criminal Justice
10 lecture launchers
Comparing Crime Rate and Arrest Rates
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10 minutes
Beginner
Comparing crime rate data is difficult and crime reporting practices must be understood before drawing conclusions using data.
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Property vs. Violent Crime
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10 minutes
Beginner
This module examines how there is a great deal of public misconception concerning crime, especially violent crime.
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Visualizing Trends in Arrests
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10 minutes
Beginner
This module addresses the prevalence of crime, how active law enforcement is, who is more likely to be arrested, and much more.
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Urban Geography
10 lecture launchers
The Changing U.S. Urban System in the 20th Century
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10 minutes
Beginner
This module demonstrates three central trends in urban change in the U.S.: the growth of the sunbelt, suburbanization, and increasing centralization in metropolitan statistical areas.
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Diversity and U.S. Cities
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15 minutes
Intermediate
This module uses immigration and demographic data to demonstrate how international and domestic migration have shaped cities in the U.S.
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Highway Development and Inner-City Blight
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module uses housing vacancies and demographic and employment data from 1950-1980 to demonstrate the impact that inner-city highway construction on neighborhoods.
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Psychology
10 lecture launchers
Biology of the Mind: Stress, Exercise and Nutrition
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20 minutes
Beginner
This module examines the factors that influence the brain in the United States.
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Distress in the U.S. - Part 1: Exploring the Dark Side of Our Lives
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20 minutes
Beginner
This module visualizes and examines mental health related issues in the United States.
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Distress in the U.S. - Part 2: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
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20 minutes
Beginner
This module presents visualizations of protective mental health support and practices in the United States.
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Social Problems
10 lecture launchers
Work & Unemployment
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module employs U.S. census data to explore rates of labor force participation.
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Crime and Social Control
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module employs FBI crime data to explore hate crimes in general and by race/ethnicity, religion, sexual
orientation, and gender.
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Physical and Mental Health
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module employs U.S. census data to explore rates of obesity and its contributing factors.
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American Government
9 lecture launchers
Gerrymandering
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10 minutes
Beginner
This activity looks at congressional districts and the controversies that arise when they are drawn around communities of color.
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Diversity in America
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10 minutes
Beginner
How will growing diversity change U.S. public policy?
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American Generations and their Impact on Policy
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10 minutes
Beginner
This module examines the impact of America's demographic diversity on policymaking.
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Research Methods
5 lecture launchers
Exploring the Correlation between Class and Race
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module explores the most common research questions in the social sciences concerning the relationship between race and class and its impact.
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Exploring Health Conditions in the United States
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module will show users how to explore changes in various health conditions over the years as a means of answering related research questions.
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Downloading Census Data for Analysis
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module demonstrates how Social Explorer can be used to download clean and organized datasets for further
analysis.
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U.S. History
4 lecture launchers
Mapping Slavery’s Southern and Westward Expansion, 1790-1860
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module employs census data to explore the relative size and geographic distribution of the enslaved and free black populations, ca. 1790-1860.
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Mapping Education and Literacy in the American South
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module employs census data to explore regional patterns in education & literacy from 1850-2010.
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Mapping Sharecropping, Tenancy, and White/Black Farm Ownership in the New South, ca. 1880-1900
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module explores the rise of cotton production in the post-emancipation South, ca. 1880 and more.
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Public Health
3 lecture launchers
A Glimpse of Mentally Unhealthy Days in the United States in 2020
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15 minutes
Beginner
This module examines the populations within the United States that experienced mentally unhealthy days in 2020 in comparison to 2019 and 2018.
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People, Health, and Diabetes
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15 minutes
Beginner
This module explores the incidence of diabetes in the United States.
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Health Insurance and Years of Life Lost 2019 - 2020
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15 minutes
Beginner
This module highlights populations with significant years of life lost in accordance to those with access to insurance in the U.S.
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Social Justice
1 lecture launcher
Poverty and Exposure to Environmental Hazards
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20 minutes
Advanced
This module uses census data to explore the intersection of poverty, race and ethnicity, and environmental hazards.
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Social Work
1 lecture launcher
Building Community and a Better Future in Minneapolis
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module employs census data to examine changes over time in neighborhood indicators in Phillips, MN.
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85 data snacks
Work from Home Before the Global Pandemic
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5 minutes
Beginner
Check out the percentage of people who worked at home in Before Times
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Remember Work Commutes?
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5 minutes
Beginner
If you are working out of pandemic lockdown, see what you’ve been missing in terms of a commute
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How Do Americans Keep Warm in the Winter?
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5 minutes
Beginner
See how people in your county will be likely to heat their homes this winter
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Ski Towns More Costly than Other Parts of U.S.
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5 minutes
Beginner
Get an idea of how much you may need to earn for a middle-class lifestyle in a ski town
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Access to Exercise Opportunities
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5 minutes
Beginner
Check out the percentage of your county’s population with access to opportunities for physical exercise
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Native American Population Across the U.S.
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5 minutes
Beginner
See the Native population by U.S. county
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85 data snacks
Enslaved U.S. Population in 1790
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5 minutes
Beginner
Study the demographics of slavery during the nation’s earliest years
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Evictions Stands to Hit an Unlikely Demographic Cohort Hardest
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5 minutes
Beginner
Examine the percentage of this economically at-risk population
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Internet Connectivity Across the U.S.
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5 minutes
Beginner
Explore how your neighborhood stacks up when it comes to internet connectivity
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Middle-Class U.S. Households Without Internet Subscription
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5 minutes
Beginner
See which counties have middle-class households that don’t have internet access
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Renting During a Global Pandemic
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5 minutes
Beginner
Explore the concentration of renters in your county
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Widowed Population Across the U.S.
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5 minutes
Beginner
Explore the widowed population across the United States.