Census Outreach Programs
John Thompson, the former U.S. Census Bureau director under the Obama and Trump administrations, spoke about outreach programs that the Census Bureau uses to encourage residents to complete the census.
Description
John Thompson, the former U.S. Census Bureau director under the Obama and Trump administrations, spoke about outreach programs that the Census Bureau uses to encourage residents to complete the census.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- In the past, how has the Census Bureau reached out to the American people to encourage them to complete the census?
- What were the messages that the U.S. Census Bureau wanted people to understand?
- How effective have these programs been?
Additional Resource
- Bell Ringer: What is the census and how does it work?
Former U.S. Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson discussed the importance of the decennial census to the functioning of the government. He also talked about how the census has worked in the past and how it is is using technology to streamline the process for the 2020 census.
Participants
Vocabulary
- Advertising
- Census
- Data
- Grassroots
- House Of Representatives
- Population