This page contains classroom resources with a focus on maths and social justice that have been developed by others. All resources are either freely available online or can be purchased from the publisher. Reviews by TMSJN members are available for some of the resources. If you are interested in reviewing any of the remaining resources, please email pwright002@dundee.ac.uk
Note: To access classroom activities developed by TMSJN members, visit the Activities page.
Resources freely available online:
Maths and global citizenship
Guidance and practical ideas for primary and secondary teachers (from Oxfam Education) Link
More or less equal?
Maths resources exploring inequality and poverty, for ages 11-16 (from Oxfam Education) Link
Issue to action: Maths
A suite of maths and global citizenship lessons, for ages 11-16 (from Scotdec) Link
Educating for a just and sustainable world: Maths
Maths lessons to help teachers unpack contemporary global issues, for ages 11-16 (from Leedsdec) Link
Maths for planet earth
Climate based questions for students (ages 11-18) and teachers (from MetLink) Link
If the world were a village (nrich)
An activity based on the best-selling book (see below), for ages 5-11 (from nrich) Link
Mathematics Teaching special issue
A series of practice-focused articles focusing on maths and social justice (from the ATM) Link
Books available for purchase:
Teaching mathematics for social justice
Meaningful projects that link maths to social justice issues, for ages 11-18 (from the Association of Teachers of Maths) Link
Towards a socially just mathematics curriculum
A theoretical and practical approach across all phases (by Tony Cotton, Manjinder Kaur Jagdev, Balbir Kaur, Pete Wright) Link
Teaching secondary mathematics as if the planet mattered
Explores how to develop teaching approaches relating maths to global issues (by Alf Coles, Richard Barwell, Tony Cotton, Jan Winter,
Laurinda Brown) Link
If the world were a village (book)
A book that imagines the world as a village of 100 people using statistics, for ages 5-11 (by David Smith, Shelagh Armstrong) Link
Rethinking mathematics: Teaching social justice by the numbers
Teaching ideas, lesson plans and reflections on how to weave social justice issues throughout the US maths curriculum (by Eric Gutstein, Bob Peterson) Link
The Teaching Maths for Social Justice Network 