Assignment task:
In this assignment students will explore how to meet this mandate as special educators and provide instruction on disability history that occurred prior to the 1960s and the Disability Rights Movement. There are two intended audiences for this assignment: (a) future colleagues and (b) future High School students.
This assignment has been designed to address the following questions identified in the course:
- How can educational curriculum be designed to authentically and meaningfully address issues associated with dis/ability?
- How does a disability studies perspective inform this work?
Critical moment in history: Why is social security act important to disabled individuals?
1935 Social Security Act Signed into Law
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, establishing a program of permanent assistance for adults with disabilities.
ASSIGNMENT:
Prepare a document that summarizes your ideas below on how to teach High School students about the 1935 Social Security Act Signed into Law.
1. Key events that you want to remember and why are these events are critical for your understanding; and,
2. Key events that turn your audience's attention to the hidden history of people with disabilities.
3. Generate 2 ideas for teaching about this historical content to future colleagues who may be unaware of this history;
4. Generate 2 ideas for teaching about this historical content to future High School students who may be unaware of this history;