WorldMapper

http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html

Serendipity is a wonderful thing . I was looking for something else and found this  site.  It has a lot of quality cartograms that give visual meaning to statistics.



Classroom idea:    Use these maps to explore  economic and social justice themes.

Creating Infographics with your Students by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

http://www.scribd.com/doc/64112955/Creating-Infographics-with-your-Students

Creating Infographics with your Students by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

A very helpful tool for teaching  the why and how of infographs.  Thanks to Larry  Ferlazzo http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/
 

The New York Times Learning Network  http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/

This is a very good tool for lesson plans on current and newsworthy events.