Middle School Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: What Is Social Justice and Why Does It Matter in Teaching Mathematics? Chapter 2: Building and Sustaining a Beloved Community in the Middle School Mathematics Classroom Chapter 3: Fostering a Classroom to Teach Mathematics for Social Justice Chapter 4: Instructional Tools for the Social Justice Mathematics Lesson Chapter 5: Teaching the Social Justice Mathematics Lesson Chapter 6: The Number System Lesson 6.1 Food Apartheid: Graphing and Understanding Access to Healthy Food Lesson 6.2 Cor(o)ner Stores and Food Apartheid Lesson 6.3 Billionaire Power Lesson 6.4 Middle School Math to Explore People Represented in Our World and Community Chapter 7: Ratios and Proportional Relationships Lesson 7.1 Hey Google, Who's a Mathematician Lesson 7.2 The True Cost of that $29 T-shirt in the Store Window Lesson 7.3 Majority and Power Lesson 7.4 Smoking and Vaping: Targeting of Marginalized Communities by the Tobacco Industry Lesson 7.5 Health Race and Ratios Lesson 7.6 Health Inequalities: COVID and Other Health Conditions Chapter 8: Algebra: Expressions, Equations, and Functions Lesson 8.1 Gerrymandering of Voting Districts Lesson 8.2 National Team Pay Investigation Lesson 8.3 The Black Vote in America: Impact of the 1965 Voting Rights Act Chapter 9: Statistics and Probability Lesson 9.1 Playing with Data Lesson 9.2 The Mathematics of Toxic Air Lesson 9.3 Gender Pay Gap Lesson 9.4 How Many Meals Can Minimum Wage Buy Chapter 10: Geometry Lesson 10.1 Map Projections Lesson 10.2 3D Modeling for Water Lesson 10.3 Water is Life Lesson 10.4 Accessible Playground Lesson 10.5 Investigating Areas to Determine Fairness Chapter 11: Advice From the Field Chapter 12: Creating Social Justice Mathematics Lessons for Your Own Classroom Appendix A: Additional Resources Appendix B: Lesson Resources Appendix C: Essential Middle Grades Concepts Appendix D: Social Justice Topics, Standards, and Grade Level Outcomes Appendix E: Lessons by Essential Middle Grades Concepts, Social Justice Grades 6-8 Outcomes, and Social Justice Topics Appendix F: Social Justice Mathematics Lesson Planner References