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Economic Activity Split in Half

¿How evenly is US economic activity divided between urban and rural America?

  1. How accurate was you prediction?

  2. What did you learn from this map?

  3. What questions do you have about this map?

  4. Do you live in a blue or an orange area?

  5. Do you know many people who live in the other area?

  6. Why is so much wealth concentrated in such a small amount of area?

  7. What is one consequence of so much wealth being concentrated in the orange areas?

  8. What's the effect of this division on American politics?


Action

Here's a fun activity. Take your own blank map of America and divide it in half by some other factor. Take your time. Be creative. Share or describe what you came up with in the comments section below: