Sample Curriculum
Below you will find several examples of mathematics curriculum that address issues of social and economic justice.
Funding an Education - Author: Jonathan Osler
Alegbra unit where students design two small schools and use a Linear Programming model to determine what is the best/most fair method for calculating their per-capita budgets in order to maximize Graduation Rates.
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Revealing Racist Roots - Authors: Rico Gutstein & Joyce Sia
The central mathematical task in this unit is to find the probabilty of randomly selecting an all-white jury in Jena, Lousiana, where Mychal Bell, the first of the Jena 6, was convicted by an all-white jury. This lesson is part of a curriculum resource guide on the Jena 6 edited by the New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE).
Economic Justice in New York - Authors: Sarah Ludwig, NEDAP
A series of activities that use map-making, surveys, and basic computation, to investigate economic inequality in New York City, particularly those created by banks and other financial institutions.
A Guide for Integrating Issues of Social & Economic Justice into Mathematics Curriculum - Author: Jonathan Osler