Aim: How do we represent inequalities?
Course: Algebra I
Lesson Introduction: Explain the difference between equality, equity, and inequality. (You do not have to relate this to math.)
Task Rating (see the equity task rubric for details):
- Rigor: 0
- Diversity: 0
- Identity: 2
- Justice: 0
Teacher Notes:
- Equality: the state of being equal (having the same value)
- Equity: the quality of being fair or impartial; the value of a mortgaged property after deduction of charges against it
- Equity can refer to inequality (difference between the value of a property after deduction of charges against it, such as the equity in a house) or equality (bringing unequal quantities to a state where they have the same value).
- Equity can refer to a part of a whole (e.g. a stockholder’s equity in a company) or unequal wholes.
- Equity is often associated with “fairness” (quality of being fair or impartial, i.e. treating all people equally).
- Inequality: the state of being unequal (not having the same value)
- Just as the words equality, equity, and inequality sound similar but have different meanings in a social studies or English class, these words have different meanings in math.