1. D IFFERENT TYPES OF CHARTS / GRAPHS And how they can be used for understanding history. Nathan B. Gilson 7 th Grade Social Studies Southwest Middle School

2. C OPY THIS TABLE INTO YOUR NOTES ( SECTION 2) Name (Chart Type)Looks Like…Used for Pie Chart Leave a lot of Line Graph space here for pictures Column/Bar graph of your charts Scatter Plot graph Histogram

3. P IE C HARTS Pie charts are good to show how much of something is compared to everything. ALWAYS show a PERCENTAGE%

4. L INE G RAPHS Line Graphs show how things change over TIME.

5. C OLUMN OR B AR GRAPHS Show how different areas compare using one focus. Usually when you want to show the number, rather than the percentage.

6. S CATTER P LOT G RAPH Shows how a group rates as a group.

7. H ISTOGRAM Special bar graph that shows different sub- groups or categories within one large group.

8. U SING M ICROSOFT E XCEL TO M AKE A G RAPH Step 1—Put the Graph Title in A1

9. U SING M ICROSOFT E XCEL TO M AKE A G RAPH Put the headings for each set of data in B1 to B__

10. U SING M ICROSOFT E XCEL TO M AKE A G RAPH Put the data underneath each title and double check that you entered it right, it’s real easy to miss a 0 somewhere.

11. U SING M ICROSOFT E XCEL TO M AKE A G RAPH Starting in A1, click and drag to make a highlighted box around all of the information you want on your graph, then click insert

12. U SING M ICROSOFT E XCEL TO M AKE A G RAPH Choose the kind of chart/graph you want from the options listed.

13. U SING M ICROSOFT E XCEL TO M AKE A G RAPH Check your chart to make sure it looks right. Obvious things would be something that should be the biggest looks small. You probably missed 1 number.

14. For this graph, Russia should be the biggest, but it isn’t, because it’s missing a 0. Don’t worry, you don’t have to do it all over again, just change the number and the graph will automatically change with the new information.

15. Just click in the box where Russia’s number is, change the 0, and watch your chart change 1. Click here 2. Change Number here MUCH BETTER

16. http://images.wikia.com/war/images/1/18/WorldW arII-MilitaryDeaths-Allies-Piechart.png http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7//wwi/memoir/docs/sta tistics/diagrams/d62.gif http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qSHyxqn- vs0/TPsbyF0OqSI/AAAAAAAAACc/zwIEFIbNmA 0/s1600/histogram.gif