A lesson on Gerrymandering

Adapted from Berry III, Conway IV,  Lawler, and Staley's (2020) High School Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice

Conceptual Demo of Quadratic Stretches

Why does  ax^2 stretch the function x^2 when a > 1?

Cut the Rectangle

How does the value of m and n affect the size of each box?

Derivative Plots

What do you notice about the red and blue points? How would you describe how the red and blue points relate to the black points?