Did you know in 2022, 53% of women voted, compared to 51.3% of men? Our Women’s History Month Fun Facts offers this and other fascinating facts about U.S. women from the number in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) occupations to percentage of females living in the United States in 2022, and more. Begin a class discussion by asking students to name a woman in their lives or in history who did something that inspired or encouraged them. Use our accompanying teaching guide for classroom activity ideas at any grade level such as having students pretend to be a journalist reporting about women in STEM occupations; explore trends in marriage data to make educated guesses as to why new generations are getting married later; and discuss differences of the gender pay gaps within and across different occupations.

March is Women’s History Month! This observance traces its roots back to 1857, when women in New York City staged a protest over poor working conditions. Celebrate the advances women have made since then and test your knowledge about Census Bureau statistics highlighting American women today like the number of women-owned businesses and the share of women with a bachelor’s degree in the United States.

Share our history activity for which students examine an 1850 Census questionnaire and 1851 political cartoon to learn about challenges women faced during the antebellum period (1832-1860).

Curious how college completion rates have changed over time? In honor of Read Across America Day, have grade 11-12 students check out our English activity, Annotating Informational Text: College Completion Rates Through the Generations, which includes data on changes in college completion rates of people born in different years. Students will read an article, Over the Hill at 25? College Completion at Higher Ages; study the data; and answer questions designed to test their knowledge about what they read.

Happy Pi Day! Have fun today sharing our Calculating with Scientific Notation – Comparing Populations activity. Students will review their state’s population from 1920 to 2020 then use the data to read and write numbers in scientific notation. What a way to commemorate this day!

Did you know that 31 million U.S. residents claimed Irish ancestry in 2022? March is Irish-American Heritage Month and we have the perfect way to celebrate! Share cool data on all things Irish in our St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts. This handout includes interesting stats from the estimated number of U.S. residents who speak Irish Gaelic to places across the country with lucky names. The accompanying teaching guide provides lots of ideas on activities you can do using the handout. For example, have students research U.S. places with Irish-like names; identify an annual tradition their state can start for St. Patrick’s Day; or develop an advertising campaign to celebrate the month.

Did you know there are places called Lucky, WI (population 1,093) and Luck, LA (population 251)? Students will discover this and a whole lot more about Irish-sounding places around the country – and perhaps even in their own state – when they participate in our 5-Minute Warm-Up Challenge. For this activity, students examine and answer questions about Irish-sounding places across the country.

Did you know Cook County, IL had the largest Irish county population (418,997) in 2022? Challenge students’ knowledge and have them review our graph showing where Irish-Americans live and then complete our crossword puzzle with the information they discover.

Irish heritage is strong in America: More than 31 million residents (1 out of 10) claimed Irish ancestry in 2022. Try your luck on all things Irish with this Kahoot! game about Irish-American Heritage Month. Answers come from Census Bureau data.