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Project I-57

FISHER GRADE SCHOOL Fisher, Illinois (USA) D. Warner's 4th Grade class

class statistics and demographics

Students:

n= 22
ages:
gender:
females: 9
males: 13
ethnicity:
European-American: (white) 14
Native-American: 1
European-Native American: 4
European-African American: 2 (one not clear, seems Hispanic)
European-Latino: 1

Parents' jobs:

father: handles cellphone bills cop/policeman - 2 lawn care factory worker G&D Champaign computer tech[nician] truck driver - 3 drives dump truck hangs blinds upholstery mechanic ITS check point CPA minister bricklayer scientist ticket agent for airline	mother: librarian secretary school secretary After Thoughts mall babysitter/manager childcare boss resperatory therapist teacher aid/student FedEx teacher teacher/factory worker factory worker janitor homemaker homemaker/volunteer UI print shop credentialing coordinator X-ray technologist EMT and certified safety inspector
no response - 2	no response - 3

birthplace:

Champaign - 8
Urbana - 4 (incl. 1 who wrote "Bana, IL")
Gibson City, IL - 2
Chicago - 1
Danville, IL - 1
Decatur, IL- 1
Galesburg, IL - 1
Maryville, IL - 1
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Jacksonville, FL - 1
California - 1
Omaha, NE - 1

length of life in Fisher:

whole life - 4
10 yrs. - 1
9 yrs. - 1
7 yrs - 1
6 yrs. - 1
5 yrs. - 4
4 yrs. - 1
3 yrs. - 2
2 yrs. - 3
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6 mos. - 1
4 mos. - 1
3 mos. - 2

family member born outside of Illinois?

yes - 11
(self and sister; dad, grandma and grandpa; grandpa in Indiana; mom in AR; big sister in California; dad in Canada; dad in MO; mom in El Salvador, dad in Italy; mom W. Virginia; dad, mom, G. - WI, G., me - Neb.; sister- Florida)
no - 10
no answer - 1

friends of different ethnic group?

no - 11
yes - 10
(Latino/Hispanic - ii; sometimes, I don't know; East Asian - i; my friend X is Chinese - i; Pacific Islander - i; T. - Italian)
no answer - 1

language at home:

English only - 17
German only - 1 (not clear; also wrote "English & Spanish")
English & Spanish - 2
English & French - 1
English & Italian - 1
English & Sign Language - 1

Visited Chicago? yes- 14 no - 8

Visited southern Illinois?

yes - 6
no- 16
Area visited: Tower Hill, Salem, Lick Creek, Effingham
Relative in southern Illinois? yes - 4
(aunt & uncle; friend of grandpa's; Tom, grandpa)

Visited other states? yes - 21 no - 1

Indiana - 14
Missouri- 9
Florida - 7 (two lived there)
Kentucky - 7
Michigan - 5
Tennessee - 5
Wisconsin - 5
Ohio - 3
Texas - 3
W. Virginia - 3
Alabama - 2
California - 2
Georgia -2
Iowa - 2
Kansas - 2
Nebraska - 2
N. Carolina - 2
Virginia - 2

states with one visitor:
Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, Rhode Island, S. Carolina, S. Dakota, Washington, Wyoming

Visited another country? yes - 1 (Mexico) no - 21

Studied about other parts of Illinois? yes - 15 no- 7

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