Plotting Inequalities, Building Resistance: High School Students Use Math to Reflect on Social Inequality
Teaching Activity. By Adam Renner, Bridget Brew, and Crystal Proctor. Rethinking Schools.
An article describing how math teachers in a San Francisco high school shed light on the ways economics and racism affect education, housing, and job opportunities.
Time Periods: 21st Century, 2001 - Present
Themes: African American, Economics, Latinx, Math, Social Class
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Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers
Teaching Guide. Edited by Eric Gutstein and Bob Peterson. 300 pages. 2013 (2nd edition). Rethinking Schools.
Lessons and articles on social justice math education for elementary and secondary school classrooms.
Themes: Economics, Education, Math
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Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project
Book - Non-fiction. By Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb Jr. 2001.
Algebra Project founder on math literacy and civil rights.
Time Periods: 21st Century, 2001 - Present
Themes: Civil Rights Movements, Education, Math
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Moses, Robert “Bob” Parris
Profile.
Robert "Parris" Moses (born Jan. 23, 1935) is a voting rights organizer, educator, and founder of the Algebra Project.
Time Periods: 20th Century, People’s Movement: 1961 - 1974, Post-Civil Rights Era: 1975 - 2000
Themes: Civil Rights Movements, Democracy & Citizenship, Math
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Teaching Economics As If People Mattered
Website.
Interactive lessons on economics and equity.
Themes: Economics, Math
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