Infusing Disability History into the Classroom
Published on Wed, 10/02/2024
Published on Wed, 10/02/2024
Published on Mon, 01/23/2023
Guest post by Jacqueline LaFrance
January, 2023
Published on Mon, 10/04/2021
In a 10th grade classroom, a newly arrived student from Sudan, a returning student from a migrant worker family, and a student whose family came from Cambodia in the 1970s are among the 25 students in a US History class. These three students have been silent in all previous class discussions.
From Social Justice Books: A Teaching for Change Project, this powerful site offers more than 60 curated lists of literature and history books on social justice and multicultural points of view for children, young adults, and educators. Book lists are organized by topic areas–including Changemakers, Disabilities, Immigration (and specific immigrant groups), Organizing, and Voting Rights!
Culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) as developed by Dr. Gloria Gladson-Billings, offers an invaluable set of strategies to engage and support diverse learners.
View five instructional videos examine culturally relevant pedagogy using primary sources.
The first video, a webinar from the Minnesota Historical Society, presents an overview of CRP.
Published on Mon, 10/07/2019
There are two new opportunities for teachers to learn more about culturally relevant pedagogy, in addition to the excellent videos and other teaching materials linked on the Engagement Strategies page of the Accessing Inquiry section of this website.
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