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• Political parties and election results, 1997 and 2000 ( More about this ) - Students examine returns from the elections of 1997 and 2000 by region, and analyze the data both with visual representations such as graphs and charts and in written form by writing papers suggesting electoral strategies for various political parties. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: North America, elections, voters Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division) Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan, Activity Relevance

• Immigration: The Changing Face of Canada ( More about this ) - A lesson plan on immigration to Canada. Includes calculating immigration rates by province, identifying the factors leading to immigration to Canada and ranking the provinces by the number of immigrants that they receive. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: North America, immigration, migration/mobility, mapping Education Level: Middle School, High School Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan, Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Piecewise modeling with multiple functions: Federal Debt ( More about this ) - This lesson, from Statistics Canada's E-Stat, asks students to model the Canadian federal debt since independence in 1867 using a piecewise function containing exponential, linear and quadratic periods. Also teaches the use of r^2 tests to determine what function best models a scatter plot. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: debt, North America Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division) Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan, Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Change in private sector employer-provided pension insurance coverage, 1979-2006 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data showing the change in private sector employer-provided pension insurance coverage from 1979 to 2006 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Lawrence Mishel Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: , labor (work), jobs, insurance Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Change in private sector employer-provided health insurance coverage, 1979-2006 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data showing the change in private sector employer-provided health insurance coverage from 1979 to 2006 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Lawrence Mishel Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: workers, labor (work), jobs, health care, insurance Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Decomposition of total and within-group wage inequality, 1973-2007 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data showing the decomposition of total and within-group wage inequality for the nation from 1973 to 2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Lawrence Mishel Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: workers, income, labor (work), jobs Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Productivity and median and average compensation, 1973-2007 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on productivity and median and average compensation for the nation from 1973 to 2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Lawrence Mishel Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: workers, income, labor (work), jobs Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Estimated wage premium for college and high school graduates, 1973-2007 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on national estimates of wage premiums for college and high school graduates from 1973 to 2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: workers, income, jobs, educational attainment, higher education Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (25 years and older), annual averages ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on national averages of median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: workers, income, labor (work), jobs Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Women's real hourly wage by education, 1973-2007 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on national women's real hourly wages for all workers by education from 1973 to 2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: workers, income, educational attainment, gender, labor (work), jobs Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance