Social Justice Mathematics Resources for K-12 Educators
Social Justice Math Lessons
SJM Books with Lessons and Templates
- High School Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice book
- Middle School Mathematics and Science Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice book
- Upper Elementary Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice book
- Early Elementary Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice book
- Rethinking Mathematics book
Web Resources or Single Lessons in Books or Periodicals
- Social Justice Math lessons from Dr. Frances Harper’s site
- Radical Math
- Rethinking Schools Social Justice Math Lessons
- Creating Balance in an Unjust World Conference on STEAMM Education and Social Justice lessons
- BLM at School Curricular Resources [Curated by Dr. Chris Rogers. Click on lesson plans to see math and science.]
- Mathematical Queeries, a searchable database of LGBTQ+ culturally responsive mathematics tasks by Dr. B. Waid
- Engaging Teachers in the Powerful Combination of Mathematical Modeling and Social Justice: The Flint Water Task By Drs. Julia M. Aguirre, Cynthia O. Anhalt, Ricardo Cortez, Erin E. Turner, and Ksenija Simic-Muller
- Midway Suspensions: "He was suspended for being Mexican" lesson in the Impact of Identity in K-8 Mathematics by Drs. Julia Aguirre, Karen Mayfield-Ingram, and Danny Martin book
- Water Quality Investigation Project by Dr. Kari Kokka (email me for this project kari.kokka@unlv.edu)
- School Diversity 6th grade math lesson by Kevin Nguyen
- Electoral College social justice math lesson by Charles Snyder
- Algebra 2 units from @benjamindickman as informed by Learning for Justice’s Social Justice Standards
College Level Resources
- Mathematics for Social Justice: Resources for the College Classroom book Edited by Dr. Gizem Karaali and Dr. Lily S. Khadjavi
- Mathematics for Social Justice: Focusing on Quantitative Reasoning and Statistics Edited by Dr. Gizem Karaali and Dr. Lily S. Khadjavi
- Algebra for Equity and Justice by Dr. Nathan Alexander
- Math for the People college level lessons
- Data Science for Social Impact in Higher Education: First Steps Playbook
- Hello Black World
Resources That Help Create Social Justice Math Lessons
- Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning | Libre Texts UC Davis
- Educating for Civic Reasoning and Discourse | National Academy of Education
- FX series Social Studies (about social media)| Educational Resources | Annenberg Learner
- Visualizing Palestine [Thank you Michelle Lo]
- Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Explore US Census Data https://data.census.gov/ [Thank you Taica Hsu]
- Modern Day Redlining Website and related article [Thank you Julie Roos]
- Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America [Thank you Lucas Mellinger and Katrina Mancuso]
- EdGap visualization of average high-school SAT and ACT scores
- CA school funding: striving for equity in an uneven landscape [Thank you Taica Hsu]
- NYT Teach Inequality with these 28 NYT Graphs [Thank you Isabel Crain]
- NYT What’s going on in this graph?
- Over 60 NYT Graphs for students to analyze
- YouCubed Data Science Lessons [Thank you Mandy Decker]
- Earthtime by CMU's Create Lab
- 100 People A World Portrait
SJM Tools and Templates
- Cody (2019) Designing a Social Justice Lesson Template
- Access, Agency, and Allies in Mathematical Systems Antiracist Tool
- Liberatory Design Cards
- A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction | Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction | Exercises for educators to reflect on their own biases to transform instructional practice www.equitablemath.org
- Racism in Mathematics Education by Nth Education Partners
Other Social Justice Math Resource Lists
- Math and Social Justice: A Collaborative MTBoS Site
- Antiracist Mathematics Education Resource List
- NCTM Social Justice and Equity Resources
- Dr. Robert Berry’s Social Justice Mathematics Resource Padlet
American Statistical Association Resources for K-12 educators - Dr. Julia Aguirre's 2023-2024 Math Education and Equity Resource List (Brief) [Thank you Dr. Aguirre!]
SJM Resources (selected articles, books, videos, podcasts, websites, blogs, etc.)
- TODOS webinars and podcasts
- TODOS journal Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics (TEEM) [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
- TEEM Special Issue on Anti-Racism in Mathematics Education part 1 Education [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
- Teaching, Learning, and Loving Mathematics blog by Dr. Maria Zavala
- Woke Math Ethnic Studies Math blog by Shraddha Shirude
- What’s in a name, Absolute Value Algebraic Identity by Dr. Benjamin Dickman [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
- The Queer Mathematics Teacher by Dr. B. Waid [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
- "Rehumanizing Mathematics: A Vision for the Future" talk by Rochelle Gutiérrez [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
- Rehumanizing mathematics for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx students book edited by Drs. Imani Goffney, Rochelle Gutiérrez
- Radical Equations book by Bob Moses and Charles Cobb
- Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice Conversations with Educators Edited by Drs. Anita A. Wager and David W. Stinson
- Reading and Writing the World in Mathematics: Toward a Pedagogy for Social Justice book by Dr. Eric (Rico) Gutstein
- Reflecting the World: A Guide to Incorporating Equity in Mathematics Teacher Education book by Drs. Felton-Koestler, Simic-Muller, & Menéndez [thank you Dr. Matt Felton-Koestler]
- Bank Street Occasional Paper Series Critical Mathematical Inquiry [thank you Dr. Steven Greenstein]
- Weapons of Math Destruction by Dr. Cathy O’Neill
- Multiplication is for White People book by Dr. Lisa Delpit
- Building Mathematics Learning Communities: Improving Outcomes in Urban High Schools book by Dr. Erica Walker [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
- Disrupting Injustice: Navigating Critical Moments in the Classroom book by Dr. Lateefah Id-Deen and Esther Song
- Radical Math Talk Podcast with Kwame Sarfo-Mensah
- Abolition Science Radio Podcast @abolition_sci
- Teaching Math Through a Social Justice Lens EdWeek Article [thank you Kennedy and Richard!]
Justice-Oriented Mathematics Education Organizations
- Creating Balance in an Unjust World Conference on STEAMM Education and Social Justice @cbuwconference
- Radical STEMM Educators of the Bay Area @RadicalSTEMMEd
- Nth Education Partners (formerly Nepantla Teachers Community)
- Algebra Project
- Young People’s Project
- TODOS Mathematics for All
- Benjamin Banneker Association [thank you Dr. Shelley Jones]
- Lathisms Latinxs and Hispanics in Mathematics and Science [thank you Dr. Mandy Ruiz]
- Mathematically Gifted and Black [thank you Dr. Mandy Ruiz]
- Indigenous Mathematicians
- National Association of Mathematicians [thank you Dr. Jamylle Carter]
- Data for Black Lives
- Racial Justice in Early Math | Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative
Note
I first posted a list of Social Justice Math (and Science) Resources for K-12 Teachers in June 2020 at https://bit.ly/SJMathScienceResources. This website shares that list (in a cleaner and more organized format). This is not an exhaustive list. It is a living document, and I update it on a regular basis. I also do not include suggestions for reading the research literature about social justice mathematics, but I humbly encourage you to create this list if you wish! Feel free to suggest additions by emailing me at kari.kokka@unlv.edu, thank you!
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