Cover -- Contents -- Foreword by Julia M. Aguirre -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Why Is Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice Critical? -- This Book's Authorship -- The Lesson Authors -- Who Is This Book for? -- The Book's Organization -- Part I: Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice -- Chapter 1: What Is Social Justice and Why Does It Matter in Teaching Mathematics? -- What Does Social Justice Mean to You? -- What Is Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice? -- Why Social Justice in Mathematics Education? -- Conclusion -- Reflection and Action -- Chapter 2: Building and Sustaining a Beloved Community in the Middle School Mathematics Classroom -- Foundations for Belonging in Middle School Mathematics -- Building a "Beloved Community" in the Middle School Mathematics Classroom -- Reflection and Action -- Chapter 3: Fostering a Classroom to Teach Mathematics for Social Justice -- Content Matters -- Context Matters -- When Matters -- How Matters -- Responding to Pushback or Backlash -- Conclusion -- Reflection and Action -- Chapter 4: Instructional Tools for the Social Justice Mathematics Lesson -- Establishing Goals -- Teaching Equitably -- Managing Discourse -- Assessing Purposefully -- Conclusion -- Reflection and Action -- Chapter 5: Teaching the Social Justice Mathematics Lesson -- Social Justice Mathematics Framework -- Planning to Implement a SJML -- Last Words Before You Go Teach -- Conclusion -- Reflection and Action -- Part II: Social Justice Mathematics Lessons -- Chapter 6: The Number System -- 6.1: Food Apartheid: Graphing and Understanding Access to Healthy Food by Becky Evans, Emmalee Bielenberg, Julia Novosad, and Cassie Ruettiger -- 6.2: Cor(o)ner Stores and Food Apartheid by Michelle Cody and Kari Kokka -- 6.3: Billionaire Power by Natalie Odom Pough and Y. Rhoda Latimer.
6.4: Middle School Mathematics to Explore People Represented in Our World and Community by Mary Candace Raygoza, Eva Thanheiser, Courtney Koestler, Jeff Craig, and Lynette Guzmn -- Chapter 7: Ratios and Proportional Relationships -- 7.1: Hey Google, Who's a Mathematician? by Allyson Lam -- 7.2: The True Cost of That 29 T-Shirt in the Store Window by Bethany Chan, Debasmita Basu, Rebecca Ellis, Frances K. Harper, and Jennifer Ruef -- 7.3: Majority and Power by Jennifer A. Wolfe and Farshid Safi -- 7.4: Smoking and Vaping: Targeting of Marginalized Communities by the Tobacco Industry by Nichole Campbell and Peggy Nayar -- 7.5: Health, Race, and Ratios by Travis Weiland and Melissa A. Gallagher -- 7.6: Health Inequalities: COVID-19 and Other Health Conditions by Tashana Howse and Kendrick Savage -- Chapter 8: Algebra: Expressions, Equations, and Functions -- 8.1: Gerrymandering of Voting Districts by Chuck Munter and Cara Haines -- 8.2: National Team Pay Investigation by Andrew Reardon -- 8.3: The Black Vote in America: Impact of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by Chuck Munter and Cara Haines -- Chapter 9: Statistics and Probability -- 9.1: Playing With Data by Odesma Dalrymple, Marissa Forbes, Celina Gonzalez, Kristin Komatsubara, Perla Lahana Myers, and Joi Spencer -- 9.2: The Mathematics of Toxic Air Emissions by Queshonda Kudaisi and Oluwaseun Kudaisi -- 9.3: Gender Pay Gap by Liza (Cope) Bondurant, Lee Inmon Dean,and Rebecca Hudson -- 9.4: How Many Meals Can Minimum Wage Buy? by ElizabethO. Ayisi and Colleen Carman -- Chapter 10: Geometry -- 10.1: Map Projections by Lisa Skultety, Candace Joswick, Melissa Troudt, and Robin Keturah Anderson -- 10.2: 3D Modeling for Water by Mathew D. Felton-Koestler and Courtney Koestler -- 10.3: Water Is Life-Our Collective Past, Present, and Futureby Sara Rezvi and Tyrone Martinez-Black.
10.4: Accessible Playground by Maggie Lee McHugh andJennifer Kosiak -- 10.5: Investigating Areas to Determine Fairnessby Jennifer Dao -- Part III: Next Steps -- Chapter 11: Advice From the Field -- Successes Implementing SJMLs -- Plan for and Respond to Challenges -- Additional Advice to Colleagues Implementing SJMLs -- Support Yourself to Sustain and Persist -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Creating Social Justice MathematicsLessons for Your Own Classroom -- Setting a Framework for an Effective SJML -- Getting Started -- Final Words -- Appendix A: Additional Resources -- Appendix B: Lesson Resources -- Appendix C: Essential Middle Grades Concepts -- Appendix D: Social Justice Topics, Standards, andGrade Level Outcomes -- Appendix E: Lessons by Essential Middle Grades Concepts, SocialJustice Grades 6-8 Outcomes, and Social Justice Topics -- Appendix F: Social Justice Mathematics Lesson Planner -- References -- Index.