Concepts
accuracy
amount
relativity
angle
sample
arc
shape
area
significance/significance of data
axes
size
bar
space
basis of choice of data
standardization
categories
symbols
change
title
collection of data
trends
color/black and white
unit of measure
contents
vertical/vertical axis
data/data bias
degrees
diameter
graph
greater than/less than
grid
horizontal/horizontal axis
increase/decrease
measure/measurement
percentages
plotting
protractor
radius
readability
relativity
sample
shape
significance/significance of data
size
space
standardization
symbols
title
trends
unit of measure
vertical/vertical axis
Specific Related Skills
To relate and write a title related to contents of the picture, bar, line or circle graph.
To read units of measure related to symbols or content.
To choose or create symbols appropriate for the units of measure.
To read material on the vertical axis and horizontal axis.
To interpret or choose the use of color, shading, or black and white in the design or contents of a graph.
To read, analyze, choose, or create symbols or figures of appropriate size.
To interpret and choose proper spacing on a graph.
To choose and use standards appropriate for providing readability and accuracy.
To interpret a picture graph, bar, line, or circle graph.
To compare picture, bar, line, or circle graphs with other information.
To draw inferences from a picture, bar, line or circle graph.
To create picture, bar, line or circle graphs which relate to a hypothesis.
To read and plot information from/on a grid.
To interpret the slope on a line graph.
To choose and create intervals of appropriate size on a line graph.
To be able to multiply numbers with several place values.
To be able to divide numbers with multiple place values.
To read percentages on a circle graph.
To use the 360 degrees of a circle when calculating the size of portions of a graph.
To use division to calculate the percent of the 360 degrees of a circle which should
be allotted to each portion of a circle graph.
To measure and draw with a protractor.
• Material from social studies for mathematics textbooks that gives ideas for teaching about graphs.
• Graphs from textbooks, magazines, newspapers, or other literature.
• Ideas from the Internet for teaching about graphs.
• Statistical information that can be used to teach graphs.
• Pictures that show various quantities of objects that can be placed on a graph.
• Graph paper.
• Pictures of tools that can be used to build graphs. (Rulers, protractors, etc.)
• Information about computer programs that help construct graphs.
Books and Articles
Braun, J. (1993). Social mathematics and media: Using pictures, maps, To read, choose, or create appropriate symbols or shapes for a graph. charts, and graphs. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 6 (1), 28-30.
Long, S. (1982). Using the census as a creative teaching resource. (Fastback 184). Bloomington, Indiana: The Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation.
Romberg, T., & others. (1989). Curriculum and evaluation standards for school mathematics. Reston, Virginia: The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
Electronic Media
Microsoft Works - Graph making portion
Understanding Maps, Charts, & Graphs. Social Studies School Service 1998 Catalog, p. 51.