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Summary:
In this lesson, students will be invited to research a famous Black Disabled person, either from history or modern day. Students will work in groups or individually to research their assigned person and create a final project in a creative format. Students will then present their findings to the class.
Exercise:
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Summary:
Students will understand that people have different physical and mental conditions that affect a person’s ability to move, feel, see, hear, and think.
Students will be introduced to the idea that these conditions alone are not the disability. Instead it is how society treats the condition that makes it a disability. Students will understand that society needs to change to make the condition less of a disability, not the person.
Lesson Plan:
Portrait of the Whole Person: Lesson 2 – What is Disability?.docx
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[Image description] Book cover with a fish bowl and a gold fish jumping out of the bowl. Blue background with white text Out of my Mind Sharon M. Draper Coretta Scott King Award winning author.
Summary:
Out of My Mind is narrated by a girl with cerebral palsy who’s very intelligent but unable to express herself verbally or physically. When Melody is integrated into some general classes at school, many kids are purposely mean; others, including teachers, are cruel through their assumptions that Melody is incapable of understanding them. With the help of her parents and some supportive friends and teachers, Melody acquires a machine that allows her to communicate better than she ever has before (Common Sense Media). At last Melody has a voice… but not everyone around her is ready to hear it (Draper, 2010). This book discussion guide can also be adapted into a full assignment if that is more applicable for your student group.
Lesson Plan:
Book Discussion Guide for Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper.docx
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Summary:
This is an exercise that integrates disability into math word problems.
Exercise:
Integrating Disability into Word Problems.docx
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