• All Countries on the "Make your own graph" drop-down menu;
• Top Ten on the "Compare" drop-down menu;
• Category and Statistic as listed in the Map Headline List below;
• Map & graph/table in the "View as" drop-down menu.

Before introducing students to their assigned categories, you might introduce to them the concept of per capita. Explain that the term means by each person. You might provide an example of the importance of reporting some statistics per capita: For example, the United States has the second largest number of robberies in the world; only Spain has more robberies. But the United States is a large country with many people. If you compared the number of robberies to the number of people in the United States, nine countries have more robberies per capita, or per person, than the United States has.

Provide each student (or pair of students, if you choose to have students work in teams) with a card on which you have written each category and statistic below.

Alternative: You could print out the text below and cut the printed pages into strips.

That way, each student knows exactly which statistic s/he is to view online and the headline for the map s/he will create. The words in parentheses offer a brief explanation of the statistic the student will research and map. Students might or might not number the countries they color in order of their appearance on the statistical lists they view.

An asterisk (*) before a category/statistic indicates that this is a statistic that might be easily understood by younger students. The asterisks are intended to help teachers of younger students select statistics that their students will find interesting and easy to comprehend.

• Crime: Assaults (countries with largest number of assaults)
• Crime: Assaults per capita (countries with largest number of assaults for every 1000 people)
• * Crime: Car thefts per capita (countries with largest number of car thefts for every 1000 people)
• Crime: Murders (countries with largest number of murders)
• Crime: Murders per capita (countries with largest number of murders for every 1000 people)
• * Crime: Police (countries with largest number of police officers)
• Crime: Police per capita (countries with largest number of police officers for every 1000 people)
• * Crime: Prisoners (countries with largest number of prisoners)
• Crime: Prisoners per capita (countries with largest number of prisoners for every 1000 people)
• * Crime: Robberies (countries with largest number of robberies)
• Crime: Robberies per capita (countries with largest number of robberies for every 1000 people)
• Democracy: Presidential elections, registered voter turnout (countries with largest percent of voters who vote in elections)
• Economy: Budget expenditures per capita (countries that spend most money per person)
• Economy: Exports (countries that export the most goods to other countries)
• Economy: Exports to the United States. (countries that export the most goods to the United States.)
• Economy: Gross National Income per capita (countries in which people earn the most, on average/per person)
• Economy: Imports (countries that import the most goods from other countries)
• Economy: Imports from the United States. (countries that import the most goods from the United States.)
• Economy: Inflation 1990-2000 (countries with highest inflation rates)
• * Economy: Population below poverty line (countries with highest percent of people who live below the poverty level)
• * Economy: Tourist Arrivals (countries with largest number of tourists from other countries)
• * Education: Literacy, total population (countries with highest number of people who can read)
• * Energy: Electricity consumption per capita (countries in which the most electricity is consumed per person)
• * Energy: Gasoline Prices (countries in which gasoline is most expensive)
• Energy: Oil consumption per capita (countries in which the most oil is consumed per person)
• * Environment: Threatened Species (countries with largest number of species known to be threatened)
• Geography: Area (land) per capita (countries with the most land available for each person)
• * Geography: Largest city population (countries with largest number of people who live in large cities)
• * Geography: Precipitation (countries that get the most rain each year)
• Health: Life expectancy (countries in which people are expected to live longest)
• Health: Probability of not reaching age 40 (countries in which the most people die before age 40)
• * Health: Tobacco - Total adult smokers (countries with largest percent of adult smokers)
• * Health: Tobacco - Total young smokers (countries with largest percent of young smokers)
• Labor: Long-term unemployment (countries with largest percent of workers unemployed long-term)
• * Labor: Unemployment rate (countries with highest percent of unemployed workers)
• * Language: Spanish speakers (countries with largest percent of people who speak Spanish)
• Media: Cinema attendance per capita (countries in which people see the largest number of movies per person per year)
• * Media: Internet users (countries with largest number of Internet users)
• Media: Internet users per capita (countries with largest number of Internet users for every 1000 people)
• * Media: Newspapers (countries with the most newspapers)
• Media: Newspapers per capita (countries with largest number of newspapers for every 1 million people)
• * Media: Personal computers per capita (countries with largest number of computers for every 1000 people)
• * Media: Televisions per capita (countries with largest number of televisions for every 1000 people)
• * Military: Armed forces personnel (countries with the most military personnel)
• Military Expenditures - Dollar figure per capita (countries that spend most, per person, to support the military)
• People: Divorce rate (countries with largest number of divorces for every 1000 people)
• * People: Persons per room (countries with largest number of people who live in each room of a home)
• Transportation: Airports per capita (countries with largest number of airports for every 1 million people)
• * Transportation: Highways paved per capita (countries with largest number of kilometers of paved highway for every 1000 people)
• * Transportation: Motor vehicles (countries with largest number of vehicles for every 1000 people)