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Mathematics and Social Justice: ‘Making a Change’ project

Engage in a project using math to advocate for fairness and change in society. Collaborate in groups to research and present ideas on pertinent issues, leveraging math to support arguments. Aim to inspire positive transformations and engage with students across classes or schools.

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Mathematics and Social Justice: ‘Making a Change’ project

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  1. Mathematics and Social Justice:‘Making a Change’ project Aims of the project: To appreciate that maths can be used to understand and change the world around us. To use maths to help develop an argument for making a situation fairer. To present and share ideas with students across other classes and/or schools. Picture: Justice Statue in Rome

  2. Mathematics and Social Justice:‘Making a Change’ project The brief: Work as a small group. Choose an issue related to your everyday lives,and of interest to you, where you would like to see the situation made fairer. Research your issue and develop your argument. Think carefully about how maths can be used to support your argument for making a change. Use a PowerPoint file (maximum 4 pages) to help present your argument to other students. The best three ideas (chosen by the class) will be shared across other classes/schools.

  3. Mathematics and Social Justice:‘Making a Change’ project Guidance on choosing your issue: Choose a situation that you think can be made fairer. Choose an issue that is of interest to your group. Choose an issue where you will be able to use maths to support your argument for making a change. Choose an issue where suggestions you make for change might be achievable. It could be something related to your school,local, regional, national or global community. It might be to do with educational disadvantage, poverty, sanitation, human trafficking, the living wage, national or local government spending, …

  4. Mathematics and Social Justice:‘Making a Change’ project Guidance on developing your argument: What change do you want to see? Who would be involved in that change? What would they need to do to make it happen? Who might you approach with your suggestion? How could you use maths to support your argument? Could you use surveys or questionnaires to find out what other people think? What statistics are there to back up your argument? How could you present your information using maths? What other maths could you use?

  5. Mathematics and Social Justice:‘Making a Change’ project Success criteria for presentations: You have presented a strong and convincing argument for making a situation fairer. You have demonstrated clearly that you have used maths to support and strengthen your argument. The suggestions you have made for making a change are achievable. All members of the group have contributed towards developing and presenting your argument. You have made effective use of ICT and other resources in presenting your argument.

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