This infographic aims to increase our understanding of the roots of racial economic inequality and of the harm caused by racist policies implemented throughout the history of the United States.

Students interpret a graph representing rising college tuition costs, then collect data on college tuition changes in the United States by region and create their own graphs.

In this unit students explore the exploitative dimensions of the credit card industry. They develop a deeper understanding of how credit and credit cards function in order to avoid being taken advantage of and going deep into debt.

Students learn about polling by participating in polls and then creating, conducting, and analyzing their own.

In this unit, students construct, distribute, and analyze surveys about social justice topics impacting their lives. This version contains student handouts; search for "Community Voices Heard (TEACHER)" for the lesson plans.

Students estimate the amount of money a non-smoking teen spends in a week, a month, and a year, and compare it with the expenses of a teen who smokes one, two, and three packs a day. They then research other reasons that teens should not smoke, and create an ad campaign geared toward young people emphasizing the financial and health benefits of not smoking.

The COVID Tracking Project is one of the most comprehensive collections of data about the COVID pandemic -- for example, incidence, rates, and impact by location, age, race, gender. Contains both raw and analyzed data.

Students use mathematics to analyze racial profiling data and compare actual data to results of a probability simulation about racial profiling. This then becomes an entry point into a discussion about whether racial profiling is a real issue, is racism a factor, why does it occur, and if it’s a problem, what can one do about it.

In this unit, students learn how to construct, conduct, and analyze surveys. They identify a relevant social justice issue impacting their community, and through the survey process students develop a set of recommendations for how to address injustice in their lives.

This activity allows students to investigate the cost of the war in Iraq and compare it with the cost of addressing both local and global problems. Students will understand how much money is being spent on the war, gain mathematical literacy, and conduct internet research so that they can educate themselves about the war.

Website of the U.S. Census. Contains current and historic data, visualizations, research, reports, and other information based on census surveys.

This paper looks into wealth held by different racial groups based on educational attainment, and shows that gaps not only persist across all educational levels but seem to get worse with higher attainment. Paper makes argument that deeper structural solutions are needed in addition to educational opportunities.