Christmas Infographics

This is the perfect time of year to sneak in reading or creating infographics.  The holiday season has so many different possibilities for learning to read and interpret infographics.

This is a skill we need in today's society because society has moved to sharing information via infographics rather than the standard graphs.

This site has a something like 12 different Christmas related infographics.  My favorite one is the one that looks at the best selling toy each decade beginning with 1910.  The graphic includes prices for each toy adjusted for inflation and the prices are in pounds so students have to convert the unit of currency.  In addition, the toys are divided into genders.  The other thing is this infographic records the change of consumer tastes over the time.

Another infographic addresses Christmas and pets which looks at the number of families who see pets as members of the family, how many presents they buy their pets, and which gender is more generous.  One of the infographics I find most interesting is the one outlining why being Santa is the most dangerous job out there.  The infographic looked at everything from number of children and stops to how fast Santa has to travel to do it all, and snacks left for Santa in various parts of the world.

This site has 9 infographics which are different from the first one.  There is one infographic on the ugliest sweaters at Christmas.  Although it looks at ugly sweaters, this infographic actually breaks down the number of sweaters purchased by region and around the world from this place.  Another infographic explores the safety of Christmas trees from buying them, to caring for them, to disposing of them.  The infographic even took time to look at what causes Christmas tree fires.  Unfortunately, not all the links in the above two sites are live.

This site is one big infographic on the economics of the holiday season.  It looks at economic growth, mortar growth, global e-commerce growth, target audience and spending,  Towards the end is a section where they give hints to vendors on ways to improve their chances of increasing their sales.  It is a very interesting graphic.

This site has tons of Christmas infographics including the most popular recipes, the history of Christmas trees, Christmas dinners, greatest holiday movies, and so many others.  Most of these infographics are fairly short with 5 dinner infographics, 5 destination infographics, but they all have some nice information.  I checked out the one on Christmas cards.  It looked at the anatomy of a Christmas card, one on showing the insight into holiday marketing for businesses, facts about Christmas cards, the 12 days of Christmas, and breaking down the gift card trend.

I love the way this last site is done because you can break the class up into smaller groups, assign groups to interpret each category, or individual infographics in each category.  Students can present their findings via Flip-grid, Google Slides, or any other digital method.  Let me know what you think, I'd love to hear.  Have a great day.