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Social Justice Mathematics Project 1: "Demographic Changes in Congress"
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This project will allow students to gather data on changes in congressional diversity in order to understand its relationship to population demographics. Students will:Gather data on changes in congressional diversity over time (gender, ethnicity)Display data in tables and graphs.Compute percent change.Use linear regression to model changes over timeSolve systems of linear equations to determine when two variables will be equalDraw conclusions and make recommendations based on data

Subject:
Algebra
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
German Moreno
Mychael Smith
Date Added:
10/19/2021
Social Justice Mathematics Project 2: Income Inequality
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Instructor OverviewThis project will allow students to model income inequality with fictitious scenarios/countries.  Students will:Compute cummulative quintiles and cummalative incomeDisplay data in tables and graphs.Compute the areas of bars in a graph and their sumsDetermine the difference between the sums of bars from different scenarios and form a ratio that estimates the Gini Coefficient..Draw conclusions and make recommendations based on data

Subject:
Economics
Mathematics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
German Moreno
Mychael Smith
Date Added:
11/09/2021