12-year-old girl working at spooling in a West Texas cotton mill in 1913
History of U.S. work from agrarian roots through the Industrial Revolution to today's gig economy.
Married couple in the United States holding hands
History of love and marriage in the U.S. including contraception, sex education, and family size.
A "vessel of opportunity" skims oil spilled after the Deepwater Horizon/BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.
Students create a timeline of events in U.S. environmental history and write an Earth Day op-ed.
Students gerrymander a map of Texas using the "cracking" method
Students debate increasing the number of members in the U.S. House, then gerrymander simulated districts.
Graph of past and projected U.S. population growth: from 4 million in 1790 to the current population of over 330 million and the projection to reach 360 million by 2050
U.S. population from its founding in 1790, to present, and projected U.S. growth through 2050.
Line graph shows the number of immigrants to enter the U.S. over time, divided by their home geographic regions
Line graph displays the number of immigrants to the U.S. by home region over time.
Age structure diagram (population pyramid) shows the U.S. population distribution in 2025
United States' population pyramid, or age structure diagram, for the 2025 population.
Line graph shows the number of undernourished people in the world from 2002 to 2022
Line graph shows the number of undernourished people in the world from 2002 to 2022.
Interactive map of world population growth with annotated population "dots," data overlays, and thematic timelines.

PopEd Impact

64,000 educators trained
325 college
campuses
32,000 workshops conducted

"The activities not only bring out important content, but they also provide real-world context for environmental, population and sustainability issues. They engage participants in very thought-provoking and critical-thinking discussions.”

Helen de la Maza, Environmental Educator, Irvine, CA