Classroom Materials for Educators

Today’s students are preparing to enter a world in which data literacy – the ability to find, analyze, interpret, and describe data – is essential for academic and career success. The Roper Center’s archive of public opinion data offers topically relevant data that can be integrate into course curriculum.

To support graduate, undergraduate, and high school level educators, the Roper Center offers lesson plans and curriculum aligned with AP course requirements, as well as public tools including the 1980 Election Question Search and the Campaign Weathervane U.S. election-based resource. Free full access to the Roper iPoll question database is available to high schools by request through the America’s Voice Project.

Campaign Weathervane

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1980 Election Question Search

This public resource allows students to explore a targeted historical collection of questions from the Roper iPoll database that relate to politics and policy.
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AP Curriculum and Other Lesson Plans

Today’s students are preparing to enter a world in which data literacy – the ability to find, analyze, interpret, and describe data – is essential for academic and career success.
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America's Voice Project

To accommodate individuals, small polling firms, researchers at academic institutions, corporations, non-profits, think tanks, media outlets, and government agencies, we offer cost-effective variable pricing based on membership types and the America's Voice Project.
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Stats Exercises

Try out two exercises using SPSS to analyze a 2010 Pew Research Center study on political parties.
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Undergraduate Research Samples

Undergraduate students working with Roper Center materials have conducted and presented original research.
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Why Public Opinion Research Matters — And Why It Might Be for You

What makes someone curious about public opinion? Why do researchers dedicate their careers to understanding how people think, feel, and respond to the world around them?
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Polling and Public Opinion

Learn about the Pioneers of Polling, Polling Fundamentals, and Professional Organizations, as well as topics related to polling integrity.
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Quick Answers

Find out about Acronyms, Glossary of Terms, the Icon key and FAQ's
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