Use the short evocative videos and films in this lesson plan to engage young people in conversations about identity, diversity, bias and social justice.
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Teach students what ableism is and the many ways it manifests and explore ways they can act as allies and take actions to confront and challenge ableism.
GRADE LEVEL: Preschool, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language Arts For centuries people with disabilities were thought to be helpless, indigent citizens, and were forced into institutions and asylums without equal opportunity or equal protection under the law. The disability rights movement of the 1960s marked a critical turning point with the rise of a grassroots effort that eventually led to the…