Support for Teaching Disability History

Find up to date program details on teaching disability history on this page. 

Explore Disability History at the NCSS Conference

Scheduled workshops on disability history: 

The team from the #TeachDisabilityHistory Easterseals and Emerging America – Desi Forte, Rich Cairn, and young adult disability activists – will co-present a workshop: How to integrate voices of people with disabilities into the curriculum. They will demonstrate activities and curriculum for sharing disability history with broad audiences. Friday, November 22 - 3:00-3:55pm - Rm 308, Hynes Convention Center. 

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

November Featured Blog Posts:

• Disability History at the National Council for the Social Studies - Boston

• News of the Field
• Disability History News & Resources
• Events @ Emerging America 
• Other Professional Development Events
• Teaching Resources 
• New at the Library of Congress 

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

October Featured Blog Posts:

• Infusing Disability History into the Classroom by Rich Cairn & Graham Warder

• Do you and your students know about the erased history of Jim Crow and Civil Rights Outside the South? 

• News of the Field 

Emerging America History eNews is now: Inclusive History News

Committed to Access and Inclusion of All Learners in Civics, History and Social Studies 

Created in response to teacher requests in 2013, the History eNews emailed monthly short descriptions and links of quality history and social studies events and resources.

Update: Session slides and materials now available

Discussion that is always enlightening–sometimes challenging–between social studies teachers and teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) and Special Education has been one of the most rewarding aspects of teaching Emerging America's Accessing graduate courses across the U.S. since 2016. Such opportunities are too rare.