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Social Justice – Modifying the Curriculum1. Grade 42. Grade 73. Grade 10 Why Do Social Justice?1. Connections2. As a Way of …How to Do Social Justice1. Lessons2. Organization3. Implementation4. Cognitive DissonanceSocial Justice Examples1. Assignments2. Topics from Lessons3. Student FeedbackParting Thoughts
Grade Four CurriculumSample problem:If you wake up at 7:30 a.m., and it takes you 10 minutes to eat your breakfast, 5 minutes to brush your teeth, 25 minutes to wash and get dressed, 5 minutes to get your backpack ready, and 20 minutes to get to school, will you be at school by 9:00 a.m.?
Sample problem:COMPARE your morning schedule to that of a child your age in a different country. DESCRIBE some of the timing differences you might expect.
Grade Seven CurriculumSample problem:
At Andrew’s Deli, cheese is on sale for $11.50 for one kilogram. How much would it cost to purchase 150 g of cheese?
Possibilities:• Income and poverty• Food production – buy local?• Consumerism• Access to goods and services
Grade Ten Academic CurriculumThe Triangular Slave Trade can be
modeled as a triangle with the following distances:England (E) to Africa (A) 4960 kmUnited States (U) to England (E)6400 kmAngle UEA was measured to be 85°
E
A
U
The wealth from slavery helped to make England into a world power. During the trip from Africa to the United States, what is the closest distance that a slave ever got to England?
WHY DO SOCIAL
JUSTICE?
SOCIALJUSTICEconnections
Broaden World View Build
Confidence
Share Ideas
Global IssuesEnrichment
Local Actions
Critical Thinkin
g
• Not just talking about topics, but as a way of organizing your classroom and encouraging students to discuss with each other• Connecting to broader topics – have a broad world view• Exploring students’ interests – no topic should be avoided , even if it is not directly related to a progressive cause or helping humanity• Relating concepts to mathematics without concern as there is support from administration• Creating critical thinking and global awareness – create a space for students to comfortably and securely talk about their feelings
Turn to the person beside you : Why do you want to do Social Justice; and why are you at this presentation?
HOW TO DO SOCIAL JUSTICE
Students Want to…
Share their opinions
Learn about the
world
Learn new things Have flexible
conversations with their
peers
Teachers Want to…
Connect topics to the math
curriculum
Allow Dynamic
conversations
Prevent domination
Prevent inappropriate comments
We’ll now look at some examples. Keep these structural decisions in mind as you develop what SJ will look like
for you.
Hurricane Strength Over Time
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Years (1971 - 2005 in 5 year blocks)
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In this math problem it show me that even with the same information you can present it in different ways and there both right. This problem made me think outside of the box because I never thinked this way.
How was math used to influence the way that you think about this problem?
Math helped me realise that our world is in way over its head. It helped me to realise that our society is in get need of a change because if we continue on the road that were on with all our pollution use as the next generation and the many more to come well have a problem. When we try to fix everything our past generations have done to increase the changes of more hurricanes and natural disasters.
“Sir, we know that isn’t a real article.”
“We don’t know how much it might costto move to Jamaica so don’t complain.”
“$10 000 wouldn’t stop a gang.Gangs have more than that.”
SOCIALJUSTICE
EXAMPLES
• When asked, students eagerly added their own SJ to their final projects – create and solve a question from your unit.• In groups of 4 – 10, get final projects photocopied package.
• Think and reflect in your groups:1)Do any of these give me an idea for SJ in my class?2)Could I adapt any summatives in my classes?
Handouts of SJ topics1)Discuss the topics you like.2)Extend them to ideas for you own class.
Q: Things You'll Remember and Why / If there was one thing you would never want Mr. Bergman to change, what would it be and why:A: Social Justice, because…
"Learned about
important issues of the
world."
"Made the class more enjoyable.”
"I feel it is important."
"Interesting, fun."
"Best part of my day."
"Really was fun and learned a lot."
"I found it very interesting and it made math more fun for me."
"Learned alot about the world and myself."
"It makes class interesting."
"Was interesting to know."
"It usually connected to the material we learned in the lesson which made it easier for me to connect what we were learning to real life, making what we learned feel more important."
"It was a fascinating real life application for mathematical concepts."
Contact Jesse: [email protected] Tony: [email protected]
Website: http://mrbergman.pbworks.com -> Social
Justice
Other references:Social JusticeMath That Matters – David StockerEdugainsStatistics CanadaeInstructionMCV4U Social Justice Portfolio
