Mapping “The Hunger Games”: Using location quotients to find the Districts of Panem
February 2017
|Can you locate the Districts of Panem? If you’re a statistical sleuth using BLS data, you may be able to.
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The BLOSSOMS (Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies) project offers more than 100 free, interactive video lessons for high school students.
QUICK TIP: Use free classroom materials on labor, economics, and more for students of all ages from the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER).
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