The Washington Post recently published a set of eleven graphs related to issues in politics and economics. The graphs provide an interesting look at 2011 in comparison to the past in terms of economics and politics.

Applications for Education
I’ve previously featured seven 2011 year-in-review videos and image collections (read the list at the bottom of this post). Those are good visual ways for students to be reminded of the important events of 2011. But they don’t ask students to think and analyze the events of the year. If you want to do that, show students the Washington Post’s graphs without the sidebar commentary then ask the students to make their own statements about 2011 based on the data in the graphs.

Here are some other 2011 year-in-review resources.

Remember 2011 – A Map of 2011’s Biggest Stories
CNN Rewinds 2011
YouTube Rewinds 2011
CNN Student News 2011 News Quiz
The Year in Google Searches
2011 In 120 Images
The Year in 60 Seconds – A Video Project Idea