A lesson plan on the three branches of government, designed for grades 5-8, but with material adaptable for lower grades, is available on the EDSITEment-reviewed website The Truman Library. Particularly pertinent is a summary of the checks and balances in the system.
Well, thanks to a Nielsen report, we now know the answer. And it's 42. No, just kidding. According to Nielsen's survey, based on over 65,000 users, the average U.S. subscriber is using about 450 MB of data per month, with this number representing data usage for the first quarter of this year. It's not a small number, but not that high either.
Some Â£173million a year is spent on charges for excess data usage, Billmonitor calculated last year. And some mobile users are being pushed over their monthly allowance by sneaky apps that continue running in the background. A lot of data overspend is simply from day-to-day app usage. The hungriest app, according to research by Carphone Warehouse, is YouTube â it swallows nearly 13 per cent of an 500MB data allowance in just 15 minutes.