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Teaching Social Justice Through

MathematicsPresented by the Equity Committee

February 6, 2010

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Math has the power to help us understand and potentially change the world. Eric (Rico) Gutstein

and Bob Peterson

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Think – What is my definition of Social Justice?

Pair – Share your definition with your elbow partner.

Share – At your table determine a common definition.

What is Social Justice?

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Students can learn to understand the power of math in debates about the future of our world.

Bob Peterson, Rethinking Mathematics, 2006

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Record social justice activities that you have seen in each of:♦your community♦your school♦your classroom

Where can we find Social Justice?

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Mathematics comes alive when students participate in activities that illustrate how mathematical decisions arose from the basic needs of societies.

Claudia Zaslavsky

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For each math strand, identify how you might incorporate social justice issues into your lesson(s) – be as specific as you can

P/J and J/I Grafitti Activity: How can we include social justice when we are teaching math?

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The opportunity to investigate real issues pushed students to construct and apply important mathematical concepts.

Erin E. Turner Beatriz T. Font Strawhun

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Sean Penn – Human Rescue Plan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnwxvDnjyDc&feature=PlayList&p=F4A710252D8F89CD&index=8

What connections can you make between math and social justice based on this clip?

Here is an example….

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http://www.rethinkingschools.org/web_resource/index.shtml

http://www.radicalmath.org/main.php?id=SocialJusticeMath

http://www.rprogress.org/education/lesson_plans.htm

http://www.kidsfootprint.org/lessonplans.htm

http://www.sacsc.ca/Elementary_Unit_and_Lesson_Plans.htm#K

www.oswego.edu/~prusso1/430_530_SciMathTchgSJ.doc

http://library.queensu.ca/webedu/howtofind/stats.pdf

http://www.freethechildren.com/index.php

Resources

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Thank you for your input.

The Equity Committee will be collating your ideas to be shared at a later date.


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