Diversity Technology Project
Erin Rusk & Holly Magoto
05/29/2002
Table of Contents
• Introduction of presentation
• Web sites relating to disabilities
• Classroom activities involving children with
disabilities
• Web sites relating to gender issues
• Activities for gender issues
Who We Are
Grade: Third
Unit: Diversity in the Classroom
Lesson: Accepting others
Disabilities
• http://www.childrenwithdisabilities.ncjrs.org/
• This web site offers families, service providers,
and other interested individuals information
about advocacy, education, employment, health,
housing, recreation, technical assistance, and
transportation. It covers a broad range of
developmental, physical, and emotional
disabilities.
General Disabilities
• http://www.specialchild.com/
• This web site is for parents of children with
disabilities. It offers advice and services that are
beneficial to each family.
Disabilities: Osteogenesis
Imperfecta (OI)
• http://www.oif.org
• This web site gives
information about all
aspects of OI and
services that are offered
to children and adults
with OI.
Learning Disabilities
• http://www.cdipage.com/t
eacher.htm
• This web site provides
teachers with suggested
classroom
accommodations for
children with learning
disabilities.
Disabilities: Austism
• http://www.polyxo.com
• This web site was created by teachers and
parents of children with autism to give resources
and ideas to other teachers and parents.
Activities
• Activity 1: Introduce a variety of disabilities to
students through books, pictures, and dolls.
• Activity 2: Invite a person with a disability to your
classroom to answer questions students might
have.
Activities Contd.
• Activity 3: Have students
work in groups and
assign one student in
each group with a
disability. This will help
children learn to adapt to
the needs of others.
Activities Contd.
• Activity 4: Have each student write a poem or
story about what makes them unique. Have
students share what they wrote with the class.
• Activity 5: Have students draw a picture of
themselves to be displayed with their story.
Gender
• http://www.gender.org/
• This web site focuses on
issues and concerns of
gender variant people.
Web sites Contd.
•http://www.brown.edu/Administration/
•This web site addresses gender differences in communication styles
in the classroom and helps to encourage participation in both
genders.
Web sites Contd.
• http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html
• This web site discusses gender issues from past
to present and the changes that have been
made.
Web Sites Contd.
• http://www.angelfire.com/ma/Socialworld/Issuesg
ender.html
• This web site gives links to other sites about
gender issues. It is very informative and helpful
if you are trying to find sites related to this topic.
Web sites Contd.
• http://www.worldbank.org
/html/schools/issues/gen
der.htm
• This web site offers
teachers and parents
ideas and other sites to
help deal with gender
issues.
Activities: Gender Issues
• Activity 1: Start a class discussion by prompting
the class with the question “How do you think
your life would be different if you were born as
the opposite sex?” Give each child a chance to
answer.
Activities Contd.
• Activity 2: Have each
student go back to their
seats and draw a picture
of what they would do if
they were born of the
opposite sex.
Diversity Technology Project
Erin Rusk & Holly Magoto
05/29/2002
Table of Contents
• Introduction of presentation
• Web sites relating to disabilities
• Classroom activities involving children with
disabilities
• Web sites relating to gender issues
• Activities for gender issues
Who We Are
Grade: Third
Unit: Diversity in the Classroom
Lesson: Accepting others
Disabilities
• http://www.childrenwithdisabilities.ncjrs.org/
• This web site offers families, service providers, and
other interested individuals information about advocacy,
education, employment, health, housing, recreation,
technical assistance, and transportation. It covers a
broad range of developmental, physical, and emotional
disabilities.
General Disabilities
• http://www.specialchild.com/
• This web site is for parents of children with
disabilities. It offers advice and services that are
beneficial to each family.
Disabilities: Osteogenesis
Imperfecta (OI)
• http://www.oif.org
• This web site gives
information about all
aspects of OI and
services that are offered
to children and adults
with OI.
Learning Disabilities
• http://www.cdipage.com/t
eacher.htm
• This web site provides
teachers with suggested
classroom
accommodations for
children with learning
disabilities.
Disabilities: Austism
• http://www.polyxo.com
• This web site was created by teachers and
parents of children with autism to give resources
and ideas to other teachers and parents.
Activities
• Activity 1: Introduce a variety of disabilities to
students through books, pictures, and dolls.
• Activity 2: Invite a person with a disability to your
classroom to answer questions students might
have.
• Activity 3: Have students
work in groups and
assign one student in
each group with a
disability. This will help
children learn to adapt to
the needs of others.
• Activity 4: Have each student write a poem or
story about what makes them unique. Have
students share what they wrote with the class.
• Activity 5: Have students draw a picture of
themselves to be displayed with their story.
Gender
• http://www.gender.org/
• This web site focuses on
issues and concerns of
gender variant people.
•http://www.brown.edu/Administration/
•This web site addresses gender differences in communication styles
in the classroom and helps to encourage participation in both
genders.
• http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr215shtml
• This is an educational web sit that discusses
whether single-gender classes are better. It lists
the advantages as well as the disadvantages.
Activitieshttp://www.trinity.edu/~mke
arl/gender.html
This web site discusses gender
issues from past to present and the
changes that have been made.
• Read books to the students
that educate them on
stereotyping. Explain that
the word stereotype is an
unfair belief that a girl/woman
or boy/man can only act in
one way, instead of having
choices.
• Have students make a
chart or a book about
gender stereotypes.
Have the children
discuss their book or
chart with the class.