Arlington Independent School District - Barbara Reed

Real World Data is a twenty volume set of graphing books. Reviewed in this review are Real World Data: Graphing Global Politics and Real World Data: Graphing Immigration. This series does an amazing job of taking a dull and boring topic and making it very visually appealing. The books read like a social studies book with the emphasis on the topic rather than the math, yet they integrate the charts and graphs very intelligently demonstrate how they can represent information more clearly. There is a two page "Chart Smarts" at the end that explains the graphs used in the book along with a glossary, additional information, and index. Make sure your teachers know about this book as it would be a good asset when teaching the topic or the type chart. This series may be a luxury on some budgets, but I recommend considering selecting a few of the titles to support you math collection. –Barbara Reed <i>Arlington Independent School District</i> 4/26/2010