"Why Didn't Anyone Teach Me This?"
Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum is now open!
Published on Wed, 02/08/2023
Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum is now open!
Published on Thu, 01/12/2023
When the Library of Congress launched the national “library service for blind patrons” (NLS) in 1931, it marked a key point in the history of intellectual, professional, and civic life for disabled Americans. The U.S. Government would henceforth take the leading role in ensuring that news, research, literature, and ideas are available nationwide for blind and visually impaired Americans.
Published on Tue, 07/12/2022
Updated 07-12-2022
Link to the Reform to Equal Rights curriculum web page.
Opening in February, 2023.
Published on Mon, 05/02/2022
By Laurel Peltier, Collaborative for Educational Services
Emerging America has benefitted at key moments from Laurel's deep experience as a teacher and leader in support of students with disabilities. We are pleased to add her insights on ways that History and Civics teachers can support IEP and 504 teams to the Accessing Inquiry clearinghouse of resources.
Published on Fri, 03/04/2022
Updated 07-15-2022
By Leah Bueso
Civic Engagement Research Group, University of California, Riverside
“Disability is a natural part of the human experience and in no way diminishes the right of individuals to participate in or contribute to society.”
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004
Published on Mon, 02/07/2022
Updated 05-21-2022
Read “Massachusetts Passes Genocide Education Legislation" by Emerging America's Rich Cairn in June's Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives The Volunteer.
Published on Wed, 12/08/2021
Originally published by the Right Question Institute, in the Teaching + Learning Experts in the Field resources series. Republished here with permission.
Published on Tue, 10/01/2019
Guest Blog Post by Wendy Harris, High School Social Studies & Teacher of the Blind at Metro Deaf School in St. Paul, Minnesota.
You want to get your students to work with primary sources, but you have students who struggle with reading English text. Maybe they have a learning disability, English is not their most comfortable language, or any number of other reasons. Sound familiar?
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