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Life After The Oasis - Using Histograms To Explore Homelessness
Lesson3 of 3 in this unit
SecondaryYear 9 - 10MathematicsStatisticsProbabilitySocialEqualityHomelessnessHuman RightsSocial Action
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students will consider what they know about homelessness through a Colour–Symbol–Feeling thinking routine and then further develop their understanding of homelessness by watching ‘Emma’s Story‘ from the Life After The Oasis documentary. Students will then investigate homelessness statistics from different demographics in Australia including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, youth, older persons and people with a disability. They will calculate the mean, median and frequencies and describe the data using the shape of histograms, they have created both individually and in small groups.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- be able to determine population means and medians.
- be able to compare means, medians and ranges of two sets of numerical data which have been displayed using histograms.
- understand how statistics and data are one way of highlighting and understanding the complexities of a social issue such as homelessness.
Success criteria
Students can:
- determine population means and medians
- compare means, medians and ranges of two sets of numerical data
- research effectively to find useful statistical information
- create and evaluate homelessness statistics for a particular demographic using histograms.
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