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Lesson 5-Elaborate/Evaluate Too Loud, Too Close, Too Long

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students begin with an analysis of loudness. They estimate the loudness of common environmental sounds, and then use their knowledge of hearing and loudness to evaluate the risk of noise-induced hearing loss for fictitious individuals....
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For iPod Users, a Budding Problem

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore hearing loss in teens. In this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "For iPod Users, a Budding Problem," respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an activity...
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Physics of Sound: How We Hear Sounds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify the different function and parts of the ear. In this physics lesson, 2nd graders explain how we hear sound. They read about the life of Helen Keller and respond to questions that follow.
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Deaf

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Intended for a main-stream class, this presentation goes over some facts they may need to know when meeting a deaf person. They learn how deaf people cope with hearing loss, communicate, and do everyday activities like watch TV or answer...
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ASL: Lesson 3

For Teachers 1st - 8th
The ASL lessons from lifeprint are amazing, but can be complicated. While this lesson is perfect for those needing to learn or teach ASL to the deaf community, it could also provide a valuable communication tool. This resource features...
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ASL: Lesson 12

For Teachers 1st - Higher Ed
Interested in learning ASL? Lesson 12 in this ASL series gets you ready to identify the days of the week, ask question, and modify time signs. Note: If you are a special eduction teacher, use the vocabulary list to teach your non-verbal...
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ASL: Lesson 15

For Teachers 1st - Higher Ed
ASL is fun to learn and now so easy! This is lesson 15 in a series of 30+ lessons of learning or teaching ASL in a comprehensible and strategic way. Use this lesson to reinforce identifying community helpers and conducting an interview....
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ASL: Lesson 20

For Teachers 1st - Higher Ed
Teach it, learn it, communicate with it. ASL is at your fingertips with this sign language series. Lesson 20 focuses on classifiers, descriptive vocabulary, and asking questions. Each blue link on the page takes you to an image or video...
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Making Poetry

For Teachers 2nd
A hearing impaired student identifies rhyming words. In this rhyming word lesson for the hearing impaired, 2nd graders read and write poetry correctly using rhyming words.
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Learning to Summarize a Story

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners with hearing loss read independently and understand what is being read to them. For this independent reading lesson plan, students sequence and discuss the book that is read.
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Physics of Sound: How We Hear Sounds

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the way they hear sounds. In groups, they label and identify the functions of the different parts of the ear. After reading a book by Helen Keller, they research the mechanisms of sound and how sounds are different...
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My Mechanical Ear Can Hear!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students study the concepts associated hearing being aided by biomedical devices. In this hearing lesson, students investigate different types of hearing impairments and the biomedical devices that engineers develop to aid people with...
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Perkins School for the Blind

What Do I Hear?

For Teachers K - 6th
Being able to give positive reinforcers to a child starts with knowing what the child likes. Intended for children with blindness, this lesson gives you a way to determine the types of music your learners like best. You are given a set...
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The Senses: Hearing and Sight

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders consider how they use their senses. In this biology lesson plan, 8th graders understand the definition of a disability and how it affects Americans who are hearing impaired or deaf, and those Americans who are visually...
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Do You Hear What I Hear?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars study hearing and are able to differentiate between different sound waves.  In this sound wave lesson students develop a cause and effect model that shows the parts of the ear. 
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How Do I know That a Book Is Just Right for Me to Read?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners choose a book for reading. In this language arts lesson, students take steps to evaluate a book for free reading. Learners make a list of words found in the book that they are unfamiliar with.
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Disability Awareness Activity Packet

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
When you have an inclusive classroom it is important to help your general education students understand their peers with disabilities. This packet provides information and activities to assist elementary-aged children in building a...
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Gallaudet School for the Deaf

The History of the American School for the Deaf

For Teachers 3rd
To better understand the significance and history of the American School for the Deaf, hearing-impaired learners conduct research, hold discussions, and write a play. The lesson spans three class periods and allows the class to explore...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Conductors of Heat - Hot Spoons

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Why is the end of a spoon hot when it's not all the way in the hot water? A great question deserves a great answer, and learners with visual impairments will use their auditory and tactile senses to get that answer. A talking...
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Anatomy of the Human Ear

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine the human ear and its function. In this anatomy of the human ear instructional activity, students view drawings of the ear and learn about the structure of the ear through handouts and glossaries. This...
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Hold Off on the Headphones

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore hearing loss caused by sound waves. In this physical science lesson plan, students will start by learning about waves and wave characteristics and move into sound waves. Students will study how sound effects their...
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1 - 3 - 6 Plan!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a variety of activities in order to increase knowledge about The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program. They build a model of the ear and demonstrate to the instructor the anatomy of the ear and explain the...
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K12 Reader

Evaluating Text: Helen Keller's "My Life"

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Readers are asked to evaluate Helen Keller's claim, and the evidence she uses to support her argument, that it is more difficult for hearing impaired children to learn to talk with others.
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Living with Visual Impairments

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study what causes visual impairment and disability later in life.  In this visual impairments lesson students complete lab activities that includes assisting a person with vision problems. 

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