In this exercise, please read the instructions completely and then start the exercise. You will see that youread instructions and type in answers on this form. Also, you will be pasting screenshots. This computer exercise has you engage with computer-based maps to engage with the data that they share and the stories they tell. Much of our lives are able to be represented by the spaces and places where they occur, both as an individual experience alongside the aggregation of the experiences around us.Save these instructions as Your Name Computer Exercise 3.docxAnswer questions on this form and upload it.Please use a different font color for your answers.Poverty in America:The first link we will look at presents data from the U.S. Census showing 2012 poverty levels in the United States. The unit of analysis is a Census Tract, which is smaller than a zip code and has a maximum population of 8,000.http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/01/05/pov…NOTE The website may ask to know your location. If you approve this, it might automatically zoom the map in on where youÂ’re looking at the site from. Also, you do have access to the New York Times for free! https://www.lib.uci.edu/online/nytimes has the instructions for that.Work with the tools for navigating around the map – zoom in and out, pan throughout the map.Now, complete the answers to these questions:Locate the census tract somewhere else in the country. YouÂ’ll simply need to double click on the area and it will start zooming in. After a few rounds of this, youÂ’ll see it begin to supply you with different tracts to click on and a small window will appear with the necessary information1. In what city is the census tract you selected located?a. Answer: 2. What percent was in poverty?a. Answer: 3. How many people were in poverty? a. Answer: 4. Now, click on an area in Irvine and compare to the one you selected. If you originally clicked on a census tract in Irvine, then select one in Santa Ana. How do they differ?a. Answer:SS3A Maps Exercise5. Scroll around the map in outlying areas and see if you find a census tract with the notation “Low Population Area.” Why do you think the area does not show the poverty data?a. Answer:b. Take a screenshot of any of the areas of the map you selected (your home census tract, or the comparison census tract, or the low population area)i. Paste it here.2020 Election:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/20…**Note: the New York Times may have put this behind a paywall but you have free access to the newspaper. If, when you click the link it says to login, go here: https://www.lib.uci.edu/online/nytimes and follow the instructions on setting up your free account with the NYT. Then, when you click the link, youÂ’ll be able to login and access the map.6. What is the purpose of this map?a. Answer:7. Choose anywhere on the map that is red. a. What county is this in? (If you zoom in too far, it might not show it so youÂ’ll have to zoom back out a bit and hover.) b. What percentage voted Trump?c. What percentage voted Biden?d. Where is the nearest “Biden precinct” and how far away is it?8. Choose anywhere on the map that is blue. a. What county is this in? (If you zoom in too far, it might not show it so youÂ’ll have to zoom back out a bit and hover.) b. What percentage voted Trump?c. What percentage voted Biden?d. Where is the nearest “Trump precinct” and how far away is it?9. Click around and look at other precincts of varying shades of red and blue, plus look at any clickable areas that are white. As youÂ’re all social science students, I want you to think critically and write a few sentences on what surprised you most about this report?a. Answer:Internal MigrationNew York Times Interactive Maps.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/13/ups…The movement of people around the world is a very common point of discussion. Importantly, we often hear very little in the media about where people move within a country, though there has been some growth in discussing people moving from “high tax” states to “low tax” states of late. The 2020 Census results were recently published, including the apportionment of representatives (if you want to see how theyÂ’ve changed over the decades, the Census has this interactive page; note, this link is merely informational, the following questions are in reference to the New York Times link just above.)10. What is the purpose and content of this map? (Write a short paragraph in answer.)SS3A Maps Exercisea. Answer:11. Choose California and two other states (aim for different areas of the country (think South, East, Midwest as general ideas). Place your cursor over the bar in the state for the year 2012. For each state you need to answer: what percent of people who live in that state were born in that state and what are the top three states or regions where people moved to?a. California:b. State 2:c. State 3:
SS3A Maps Exercise
Name:
Maps Exercise
In this exercise, please read the instructions completely and then start the exercise. You will see that you
read instructions and type in answers on this form. Also, you will be pasting screenshots.
This computer exercise has you engage with computer-based maps to engage with the data that they
share and the stories they tell. Much of our lives are able to be represented by the spaces and places
where they occur, both as an individual experience alongside the aggregation of the experiences around
us.
Save these instructions as Your Name Computer Exercise 3.docx
Answer questions on this form and upload it.
Please use a different font color for your answers.
Poverty in America:
The first link we will look at presents data from the U.S. Census showing 2012 poverty levels in the
United States. The unit of analysis is a Census Tract, which is smaller than a zip code and has a
maximum population of 8,000.
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/01/05/poverty-map/
NOTE The website may ask to know your location. If you approve this, it might automatically zoom
the map in on where youÂ’re looking at the site from. Also, you do have access to the New York Times
for free! https://www.lib.uci.edu/online/nytimes has the instructions for that.
Work with the tools for navigating around the map – zoom in and out, pan throughout the map.
Now, complete the answers to these questions:
Locate the census tract somewhere else in the country. YouÂ’ll simply need to double click on the area
and it will start zooming in. After a few rounds of this, youÂ’ll see it begin to supply you with different
tracts to click on and a small window will appear with the necessary information
1. In what city is the census tract you selected located?
a. Answer:
2. What percent was in poverty?
a. Answer:
3. How many people were in poverty?
a. Answer:
4. Now, click on an area in Irvine and compare to the one you selected. If you originally clicked
on a census tract in Irvine, then select one in Santa Ana. How do they differ?
a. Answer:
SS3A Maps Exercise
5. Scroll around the map in outlying areas and see if you find a census tract with the notation “Low
Population Area.” Why do you think the area does not show the poverty data?
a. Answer:
b. Take a screenshot of any of the areas of the map you selected (your home census tract, or
the comparison census tract, or the low population area)
i. Paste it here.
2020 Election:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/2020-election-map.html
**Note: the New York Times may have put this behind a paywall but you have free access to the
newspaper. If, when you click the link it says to login, go here: https://www.lib.uci.edu/online/nytimes
and follow the instructions on setting up your free account with the NYT. Then, when you click the link,
youÂ’ll be able to login and access the map.
6. What is the purpose of this map?
a. Answer:
7. Choose anywhere on the map that is red.
a. What county is this in? (If you zoom in too far, it might not show it so youÂ’ll have to
zoom back out a bit and hover.)
b. What percentage voted Trump?
c. What percentage voted Biden?
d. Where is the nearest “Biden precinct” and how far away is it?
8. Choose anywhere on the map that is blue.
a. What county is this in? (If you zoom in too far, it might not show it so youÂ’ll have to
zoom back out a bit and hover.)
b. What percentage voted Trump?
c. What percentage voted Biden?
d. Where is the nearest “Trump precinct” and how far away is it?
9. Click around and look at other precincts of varying shades of red and blue, plus look at any
clickable areas that are white. As youÂ’re all social science students, I want you to think critically
and write a few sentences on what surprised you most about this report?
a. Answer:
Internal Migration
New York Times Interactive Maps.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/13/upshot/where-people-in-each-state-were-born.html
The movement of people around the world is a very common point of discussion. Importantly, we often
hear very little in the media about where people move within a country, though there has been some
growth in discussing people moving from “high tax” states to “low tax” states of late. The 2020 Census
results were recently published, including the apportionment of representatives (if you want to see how
theyÂ’ve changed over the decades, the Census has this interactive page; note, this link is merely
informational, the following questions are in reference to the New York Times link just above.)
10. What is the purpose and content of this map? (Write a short paragraph in answer.)
SS3A Maps Exercise
a. Answer:
11. Choose California and two other states (aim for different areas of the country (think South, East,
Midwest as general ideas). Place your cursor over the bar in the state for the year 2012. For each
state you need to answer: what percent of people who live in that state were born in that state
and what are the top three states or regions where people moved to?
a. California:
b. State 2:
c. State 3:
