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The Persistence of Disabled Children and Their Allies During Aktion T4 and the Holocaust

Published on Thu, 03/06/2025

“Completely Healthy Children” - The Persistence of Disabled Children and Their Allies During Aktion T4 and the Holocaust

By Wyatt Edwards

In Mikaël Ross’s graphic novel The Thud, the main character Noel, who has a developmental disability and has just arrived at a care facility in Germany, learns from an older woman named Irma about how her brother once told her the story of how the buses came to take disabled children. He was later taken himself and the Nazis killed him at one of Adolf Hitler’s so-called medical centers.

Emerging America's Inclusive History News - March 2025

Published on Sat, 03/01/2025

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

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

 

March featured blog: "Completely Healthy Children:" The Persistence of Disabled Children and Their Allies During Aktion T4 and the Holocaust - by Wyatt Edwards

 

Eugenics: Teaching Agency and the Roots of Genocide

Published on Sun, 02/02/2025

The Dehumanizing Effects of Eugenics: Disability History Lesson Plan

By Rich Cairn 

The engravings on the right of two young women are haunting. Aside from the clothing, these faces could easily be high school or college students today. Yet these images appeared in the New York Tribune in 1912 under the headline, “Eugenists Would Improve Human Stock by Blotting Out Blood Taints,” with the subheading, “Menaces to Society.” These women represent the millions of targets of eugenics. 

Emerging America's Inclusive History News - February 2025

Published on Sat, 02/01/2025

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

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

 

February Featured Blog Post - Eugenics: Teaching Agency and the Roots of Genocide - including lesson from Reform to Equal Rights

 

Emerging America's Inclusive History News - January 2025

Published on Wed, 01/01/2025

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

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

 

January Featured Blog Post - Primary Sources: Demonstrating the Power of the Community - "Whose Independence," a lesson by Cheryl-Anne Amendola

 

Primary Sources: Demonstrating the Power of the Community

Published on Mon, 12/16/2024

Teaching About the Disabled People’s Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence

By CherylAnne Amendola

"Whose Independence?" 5th grade lesson features reflections of the U.S. Declaration, including the 1989 Disabled People's Bill of Rights & Declaration of Independence - Cheryl Anne Amendola - National Middle Level Social Studies Teacher of the Year 2023. Link to slides from the lesson plan

Reform to Equal Rights - Disability History Curriculum

The Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum includes 250 primary sources in 23 lessons in seven units. Inclusive lessons feature Universal Design for Learning strategies and exemplary assessments. Lesson content facilitates integration into many regular K-12 topics. Skill and language development addresses C-3 History and Social Science frameworks as well as Educating for American Democracy Roadmap themes. Developed with Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant with additional support from Mass Humanities. 

Emerging America's Inclusive History News - December 2024

Published on Mon, 12/02/2024

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

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

 

December Featured Blog Post: The Movement to Teach Disability History Comes Together - includes The Need Remains: 2024 Teacher Survey Results

 

The Movement to Teach Disability History Comes Together

Published on Mon, 12/02/2024

Efforts to Advance Teaching of Disability History Converge

Through the years, I have attend many uplifting annual conferences of the National Council for the Social Studies. Yet the November 22-24, 2024 conference set a new high for new energy and focus on teaching disability history. Interest in workshops and posters on disability history attracted strong participation.

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