Media Smarts
First Person
High schoolers explore the relationship between video games and actual population. Example: A 2005 study showed Latino youth play at higher rates than other groups, but there are no Latino playable characters. They watch a brief video...
Curated OER
Protecting Man's Best Friend
Learners read about how dogs help people. In this language arts lesson, students select a topic and create a presentation about dogs. Learners choose the type of presentation to create.
Curated OER
Helping Disabled Dogs
Students read a story called Carts Give Mobility to Disabled Dogs and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions, recalling details,...
Curated OER
Services for the Disabled At Wild Safari
Young scholars discover and enter the website for Six Flags Amusement park. Individually, they identify and discuss the types of services available to the handicapped. After reading the website, they answer comprehension questions and...
Other
U.s. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Americans With Disabilities Act
This U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission site contains general information on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Other
Eeoc: Ada: Your Employment Rights as a Disabled Person
This U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission site contains information on employment rights as an individual with a disability.
University of North Carolina
Removing Barriers to Health Care: A Guide for Health Professionals [Pdf]
This resource contains information on designing areas to be disability friendly, which is known as Universal Design. Also provided is information about important laws, like the Americans with Disabilities Act. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Invent Apps That Help Others and Build Empathy
In this interactive instructional activity, students will discover how new apps are improving the lives of people with a disability or illness and helping to raise empathy. Students will create an app.
Other
Department of Justice: Four Communities Improve Civic Access
This site has information about four communities that were able to improve access to programs and services for disabled Americans.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: The Disability Rights Movement
This web-based exhibit from the National Museum of American History traces the history of those with disabilities fighting for equal rights.
Read Works
Read Works: School Bus Strike Hurt Kids With Disabilities Most
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about the effects of a four-week school bus drivers' strike in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Aclu: American Civil Liberties Union
Official home of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Learn about American news, what's going on with the Supreme Court and new legislation, and more at this online interest group.
eSchool Today
E School Today: People With Disabilities
Understand what it means to have a disability, and learn about accessibility options for many people.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Exploring Disability Using Multimedia and B D a Reading Strategy
History takes on new dimensions in this interactive multimedia instructional activity that emphasizes the B-D-A (before-during-after reading) approach to research as learners investigate the experiences of people with disabilities since...
English Verse
English Verse: Wilfred Owen (1893 1918)
Celebrated WWI poet Wilfred Owen's life is summed up here, along with the text of 24 of his poems.