NYC Budget Priorities, 2014-2019 (Police Funding)
courtesy of Mark Trushkowsky (@mtrushkowsky)
(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)
Type of Graph: bar graph
Source:
Communities United For Police Reform: https://www.changethenypd.org/
#NYCBudgetJustice Campaign – https://www.changethenypd.org/nycbudgetjustice
Paired Texts:
- Schwartz, Alexandra. (June 6, 2020). “Bill de Blasio Faces the Fury of New Yorkers, on and off ‘The Brian Lehrer Show’.” The New Yorker.
Potential Math Content: bar graph, stacked bar graph, place value, decimals, scale, units, relationships between bars in a bar graph
Potential Content Connections: social justice, race, police, social policy, politics
You could show this image from changethenypd.org after the slow reveal, and include discussion of percentages and proportions.
