A PowerPoint to teach children from 3rd-6th class about disabilities and the importance of inclusion.

1. Disabilities

2. Lesson Aim:
1. To seewhatitisliketohave "differentabilities"thanyou have
2. To experiencewhy somepeopleactdifferentlythanother
people
3. To research various celebritieswithdisabilitiesand seehow their
disabilitieshave notheldthemback

3. What arethe similarities?

4. What arethe differences?

5. What is an…
ability?

6. Unique?
What is it to be…

7. Whatdifferent abilitiesdo we have in our
classroom?
• Who can ride a bicycle?
• Who can roller skate?
• Who knows their division tables really well?
• Who knows how to do long division?
• Who has really, really, neat handwriting?
• Who is good at video games?
• Who is good at football?
• Who can run fast?
• Who knows how to knit?
• Who can bake?
• Everyone has different abilities or qualities about themselves that make them unique!

8. • Who likes it when teachers/other students are understanding
when you make a mistake when reading or when you miss the
goal in football?
• Even though everyone has different abilities, talents and
qualities, we are the same in one basic way:
We all want other people to understand us and that we each have
different talents.

9. Some born with
What does the word ‘disability’
mean?
Some
acquire it
Commonpart of our lives
To be differently abled (physical
way, way they learn, way they
think, etc.)

10. Brainstorm
Disabilities
we
know

11. Peoplewith Disabilities…
• …have jobs, go to school, and are moms, brothers, cousins
and dads.

12. The Only Differenceis…
• they might need accommodations or equipment such as:
– Books using large-size print
– A voice-activated computer
– Space to use a wheelchair

13. Do you know anyonewho has
a disability?

14. Drinking StrawsGalore
• Goal:totestout whatblindness,speech impairments(muteness),
amputations(missing limbsandfingers),hearing impairmentsand
reading impairmentsare like.

15. In groups of 6…
• Each member will have a different job in the activity:
– One childis to be blindfolded
– One childneeds to tie a scarf around their ears so their hearing is
muffled
– One childwill have their thumbs taped to their index finger
– One childwillnot be allowedto use their dominant arm
– One childwill not be allowed to speak
– One childwill act asa ‘Leader’

16. • Your group will have 20 minutesto create as talla structure as
possible usingstraws and tape, but first…

17. Readthe instructions…
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,nwo sti no dnats ot elba eb ot sah
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• (Hint: They are written backwards!)

18. Questions
1. How did youfind theactivity?
2. Whatdid theblind personin yourgroup do?
3. Didmembers ofthegroup assumethatsince someone possesseda disabilitythattheywere not
capableofbeing an active member ofthe grouportheywouldonlybe able todo certaintasks?
4. Didanygroupasktheirmembers withadisabilitywhattheyfelt theycoulddo tocontributetothe
groupactivity?
5. If youhada disabilityin real life,how wouldyouwantpeople totreatyouwhen doing something
such aswhatyoudid here?
6. Whatcould youdo differentlynexttime toimprove the experience forthe othergroupmembers?

19. Createa CelebrityProfile
• Eachgroupwill be given acelebrity withadisabilitytocreatea profileon. Theywill then sharethe
informationtheyhavefoundwiththe class!

20. Daniel
Radcliff
Christy Brown Emily Blunt Claude Monet Tom Cruise Beethoven
Christopher
Reeves
Michael
Phelps
Albert
Einstein
Stephen
Hawkins
Stevie
Wonder