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Reading the World With Math
By Marilyn Frankenstein
A complete list of citations that accompanied the original article in the Teaching for Change book Beyond Heroes and Holidays.
Pages 28:
The War in Iraq : How Much Does it Cost?
Updated spending estimates, budget numbers and other resources mentioned in the article.
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Race, Retrenchment, and the Reform of School Mathematics
By William Tate
References and citations included with the original article in Phi Delta Kappan magazine
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Is Environmental Racism Real?
By Larry Miller
Additional resources and details of how a class took action based on the lesson.
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Home Buying While Brown or Black
By Eric Gutstein
Materials for the mortgage project.
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"Mortgage OKs tougher for local blacks, Latinos,"
by Robert Manor, Chicago Tribune, Oct 5, 2002. -
Mortgage Loans: Is racism a factor?
by Eric Gutstein – Questions for discussing Manor's article.
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Sweatshop Accounting (coming soon)
By Larry Steele
Materials for the "community meeting" role play.
Page 64:
Poverty and World Wealth
Worksheets students can use to record their estimates of world population and wealth by continent.
Page 68:
Unequal Distribution of Wealth in the United States
By Michael Langyel
Downloadable 10x10-square chart mentioned in the article.
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South Central Los Angeles: Ratios and Density in Urban Areas (coming soon)
By Eric Gutstein
Background Reading on the Rodney King beating and verdict
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Justice for Janitors
By Bob Peterson
Teaching ideas for the book ¡Si Se Puede! (Yes, We Can!) by Diana Cohn.
Page 111:
Math, Maps and Misrepresentation
By Eric Gutstein
Materials for teaching the lesson on map projections.
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Multicultural Math (coming soon)
By Claudia Zaslavsky
References and citations published with the original article in the book Reaching All Students with Mathematics.
Page 142
Write the Truth: Presidents and Slaves
By Bob Peterson
Links to web resources on presidents who owned slaves.
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Write the Truth: Presidents and Slaves
By Bob Peterson
Fifth graders research how many U.S. presidents owned slaves.
- Jefferson and Slavery
- Letter From Michelle to Harcourt
- Response Letter from Harcourt
- Researching Presidents and Slavery
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Libraries, Books and Bias
By Bob Peterson
More information on the work of education researcher Stephen Krashen.