March is a month of growth and fresh beginnings — making it the perfect time to share our data-driven resources in your classroom. With observances like Women's History Month, National Reading Month, and Middle-Level Education Month, there are plenty of opportunities to connect learning to real-world topics. Explore the engaging, ready-to-use materials in this newsletter to help students think critically, analyze data, and see how their learning connects beyond the classroom.

Feeling Lucky? Engage Students With These March Monthly Resources!

Spring into our collection of engaging resources designed to help students explore real-world data all month long—from the number of women living in the United States (over 168 million), to the percentage of children aged 12 to 17 who participated in lessons and clubs outside of the classroom, and the people of Irish-ancestry with a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Women's History Month

• Making Herstory: Celebrating Women’s History Month Kahoot! Game
• Women’s Roles in Antebellum America Classroom Activity
• Women in the Workforce 1940-Today Classroom Activity
• Earnings by Occupation Warm-Up Activity

Middle Level Education Month

• All About America's Youth Fun Facts
• Activities for Grades 6-8

National Reading Month

• English Activities
• Everyone Counts Story and Activity Book

Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday (March 3) and National Landline Telephone Day (March 10)

• The History of the Telephone Classroom Activity

Civic Learning Week – March 9–13

• Constitution Day and Apportionment Resources

Pi Day – March 14

• Calculating With Scientific Notation--Comparing Populations Classroom Activity

Irish-American Heritage Month and St. Patrick's Day – March 17

• Irish-Sounding Places Warm-Up Activity
• Where Irish Eyes Are Smiling in the United States Warm-Up Activity
• Shamrocks and Clovers: Celebrate Irish-American Heritage Month Kahoot! Game

Spring Season – March 20

• Springtime, Sunshine, and Statistics! Kahoot! Game

National Puppy Day – March 23

• State Facts for Students Data Tool (Pet and pet supply stores)
• National Pet Day Warm-Up Activity

Plan Ahead

Check out our resources for Mathematics and Statistics Month, Spring Season, National Walk to Work Day (April 3), World Health Day (April 7), National Zoo Lovers Day (April 8), National Pet Day (April 11), National Librarian Day (April 16), National Kindergarten Day (April 21), and Earth Day (April 22). Use our April Monthly Highlights webpage to plan your month!

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.