Prevalence of Anxiety by Age/Generation in the US
graph from Jonathan Haidt; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (suggested by Lana Steiner)
(Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)
Type of Graph: line graph
Visualization Source: Haidt, Jonathan (2024). “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.” Penguin Press.
Data Source: American College and Health Association. “ACHA-NCHA II Report.” Accessed May 28, 2024. https://www.acha.org/NCHA/ACHA-NCHA_Data/Publications_and_Reports/NCHA/Data/Reports_ACHA-NCHAIIc.aspx
Potential Math Content: line graph, change over time, percentages, percentage increase, noticing trends, using evidence to make conjectures (what does this graph suggest? Is there evidence to support what is causing this increase? Are there alternate possibilities?)
Potential Content Connections: mental health, age, culture
Paired Texts:
- McCarthy, Claire. “Anxiety in Teens is Rising: What’s Going On?” American Academy of Pediatrics: November 20, 2019.
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