Find monthly-themed activities and resources for use in your classroom or at home. They offer students an opportunity to learn about and work with Census Bureau data while celebrating  holidays, special observances, and current events specific to the month.

This month, we have teaching materials for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Mother’s Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, graduation season, and more.

Learn more about this celebration and explore Census Bureau data about Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population groups in the U.S.

In celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Heritage Month, students can analyze a graphic to learn facts about this population, including which was the largest Asian group in the United States in 2020.

May kicks off the beginning of graduation season across the United States. As students prepare for the next step in their education, have them check out our warm-up activity, Earnings by Occupation, and explore more about potential careers. Students will have the opportunity to review median earnings of full-time workers by sex and occupation. 

Celebrate National Small Business Week with our high school data tools activity, Adopting an Entrepreneurial Mindset – Using Census Data for Business. For this activity, students use our Census Business Builder tool to gather and analyze information that entrepreneurs may consider when opening a business. 

Teachers, we thank you for all that you do to shape the minds of the future! Inspire your students to further their education with our warm-up activity, A Higher Degree. This activity gives students the chance to examine and analyze the educational attainment of U.S. adults and how it has changed over the years. 

May 20 is National Bike to Work Day! Check out our middle school math activity, Two-Way Tables — Walking and Bicycling to Work, in which students compare how men and women in two different cities use nonmotorized transportation to commute. Perhaps it will inspire you to bike to work one day, too! 

This Armed Forces Day, share our warm-up activity, Honoring Those Who Served, with your students. They will have the opportunity to explore and learn about the nation’s share of veterans and analyze the data to identify possible trends in this population.