This project will work best with one volunteer mentor with a disability per group.
Projects may also bring in lawyers to explain disability rights law, journalists to take in the media perspective, and healthcare workers to discuss issues associated with healthcare.
Lead Instructor (possibly paired with inclusion or resource teacher)
Administrator for project approval and community program organization
The students
Internet access
Laptops preferred (phones, ipads are acceptable)
Video and voice recording ability
Word processing and other productivity tools, such as GSuite
Presentation software
· KWHL
Sticky notes for the Gallery Walk
Peer Review #2
· Google Sheets + Google Docs
· Google Spreadsheet for organizing citations
National Center on Disability and Journalism Disability Language Style Guide
Soft Skills & Teamwork Lesson (Guide for team roles and switching leaders)
Audio/Podcast (Synth, Vocal Thread, Anchor, Podbean, Poddl, Getting Started / Soundcloud)
Escape Room Game (Glogster)-fee
Global Interactive Map (Myhistro)
Slideshow (Google Slides, Adobe Spark)
Screencasters (Screencastomatic, Icecream, Screencastify, Screenrecord)
Websites (Weebly, Google Sites, Wix, Adobe Spark)
Comic tools (see Comic Representation page)
Research / Reflection Blog (Weebly, Google Sites)
Infographic (Picktochart, Venngage, Canva)
Timeline (Adobe Spark, Miro, Sutori)
To Do List (Trello, I Done This, Miro, Google Keep)
Storyboard (· Storyboard, Open Toonz, Storyboard Pro, Make Storyboard, Storyboarder)
· UN Simplified Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Department of Labor information on the Americans with Disabilities Act
Find College Programs for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Insight: A Think College Brief on Policy, Research, and Practice
The "Really Disabled" Disability Hierarchy in John Hockenberry's Moving Violations
Disability Solutions. The Least Dangerous Assumption: A Challenge to Create a New Paradigm, pp. 5-9
Disability Social History Project: Moments in Disability History
Talk to Me: Treating People with Intellectual Disabilities with Respect
People with disabilities face barriers: inequality shouldn't be one of them
Disrupt Chicago! This is not Charity! Employment Branding in the Disabiity Community.
Crip Camp
Willowbrook the Last Disgrace Trailer (from 1972 Geraldo Rivera interview)