Introduction
Statistics can be manipulated, but they can also call attention to major issues in our society. Here, you can check out some social justice statistics that you might find shocking!
Task
Explore the links given on the next page and see what interests you! The links are not linking the way I want them to, so maybe just copy and paste into a new window to check them out. (That's pretty much it. We're basic here.)
Process
Sites for racial justice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfie5bHG1OA
ww.aclu.org/infographic/school-prison-pipeline-infographic
http://racism.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1772:rac…
Sites for gender equality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwogDPh-Sow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGfL_G7ULl8
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/news/2012/04/16/11435/inf…
http://www.payscale.com/gender-lifetime-earnings-gap
Sites for economic justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44LHBViTZI0
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663552/infographic-of-the-day-15-facts-abo…
http://thesockeye.org/2013/11/04/lack-of-education-opportunities-income…
More activity in schools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh9GbYugA1Y
.wholechildeducation.org/blog/investing-in-healthy-recess-to-nurture-the-whole-child
https://drbrianparr.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/physical-activity-at-schoo…
Evaluation
When we go back to class, be prepared to tell your classmates:
The most shocking thing you learned
Possible arguments against the perspective that was presented in the websites
Why this information is relevant to you
Conclusion
This was super easy to make. I think I'm going to make you make one.
Credits
Eli. All Eli. I totally made this while my kid watched PBS this morning before class. That's right. I'm awesome.