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Home / Archives for Alison Noyes

New Lesson Plan: Child Immigrant Experiences of Early 1900s and Today

April 7, 2018 by Alison Noyes

This elementary school lesson engages students with primary source materials that make vivid the journeys and lives of immigrant children in the early 20th century and today. It features video interviews with kids who have recently immigrated and archival photos of child immigrants from the turn of the 20th century. Timothy Sheehan, the lesson plan’s […]

Filed Under: Blog, History Content, In the Classroom Tagged With: English Language Learners, Immigration, Industrial Revolution, Social Studies

New Lesson: Reforming America with Dix and Mann

March 31, 2018 by Alison Noyes

The instrumental role Dorothea Dix played in reforming prisons and mental institutions, and the actions of Horace Mann in his campaign for free public education are at the center of this lesson. How did improvements in conditions for people in the public charge, whether prisoners or people institutionalized because of disability, come about? How did […]

Filed Under: Blog, History Content, In the Classroom Tagged With: Civic Engagement, Disability History, Education Reform, U.S. History I

New Lesson Plan: World War I and Disability

March 24, 2018 by Alison Noyes

This lesson invites students to wonder about what life was like as a disabled WWI veteran. The lesson provides materials and instructions for guiding students in analysis of primary source materials that include a song about shell shock, a cartoon contrasting wounded veterans with rich profiteers, Red Cross posters, and a photograph highlighting life-changing war […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Disability History, Students with Diverse Needs, U.S. History II, WWI

New Lesson Plan: Injuries and Disability in 19th Century Industry

March 17, 2018 by Alison Noyes

Incurring a disability at work was a common occurrence of the Industrial Revolution. In this lesson, students will explore how such injuries impacted the lives of workers in an era before many public and private supports that we take for granted today. This lesson integrates disability history into a much larger 14-day unit on the […]

Filed Under: Blog, History Content, In the Classroom Tagged With: Disability History, Immigration, Industrial Revolution, Progressive Era, Students with Diverse Needs

New Lesson Plan: Nellie Bly 1887-Exposing Treatment of those with Mental Illness

March 6, 2018 by Alison Noyes

Nellie Bly’s account of her experience as an inmate at an asylum as an undercover journalist offers a gripping entry point into the history of mental health care reform and a discussion of how people in need of care should be treated. In this lesson, students explore several primary sources addressing the treatment of people […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Disability History, Progressive Era, Students with Diverse Needs, Teacher Blog

New Lesson Plan: Immigration versus Nativism

February 19, 2018 by Alison Noyes

Carolyn Ritter, author of this newly available lesson on Immigration versus Nativism, writes: “The topic of immigration is just as controversial today as it was at the turn of the twentieth century. In this lesson, students will immerse themselves in the attitudes and opinions of many native-born Americans who did not welcome the arrival of […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Immigration, Industrial Revolution, Progressivism

Expansion of Resources on Accessing Inquiry Page

February 9, 2018 by Alison Noyes

Accessing Inquiry, Emerging America’s initiative dedicated to supporting good teaching for ALL learners, has newly expanded online resources, and a new web page, Classroom Materials for Accessibility.   The new page has links to resources for accessible curriculum, primary sources for immigration history disability history  alignment of immigration and disability topics within common grade 4-10 […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Common Core, Disability History, English Language Learners, Immigration, Resources, Students with Diverse Needs, TPS

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