October 31 – In Case You Missed It: Halloween Fun Facts

Which place do you think has a larger population—Tombstone city, Arizona, or Bad Axe city, Michigan? Maybe you’d like to plan a visit to find out?

As Halloween fast approaches, don’t forget to share our Halloween Fun Facts with your students!

Settle your students’ excitement about this spooktacular occasion by sharing interesting data such as populations of U.S. places with spooky sounding names and the number of U.S. candy and nut stores. Use the accompanying teaching guide to lead students in engaging writing activities about the new facts they learn. For example, students can choose one of the places in the “Spooky Places” section of the handout and use their imagination to write a paragraph describing it, like whether people there are friendly. What the landscape looks like…is it more rural or urban? Is it a quiet place?

How many U.S. places do you know with spooky-sounding names? How many U.S. places and townships do you think have the word Cranberry in their name? Our fall-themed Kahoot! game, Harvests and Hayrides: Fall Fun with Census Bureau Data, makes the season come alive with real-life Census Bureau data from the state projected to raise the most turkeys to the number of pumpkins and apples exported. Put your students to the test!

Plan ahead: Check out our resources for Native American Heritage Month (November); Election Day (November 5); National STEM/STEAM Day (November 8); Veterans Day (November 11); Geography Awareness Week (November 15-19); National Fast Food Day (November 16); Game and Puzzle Week; Thanksgiving (November 28); and Small Business Saturday (November 30). Use our Monthly Highlights page to plan your month.

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About Statistics in Schools

Bring your lessons to life and boost the civic and statistical literacy of your students with resources from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools (SIS) program. Whether you teach math, geography, history, sociology or English, explore more than 200 free and engaging materials for K-12 students that use census data.