Your Emerging Theory/Philosophy of Teaching
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The resources and lesson plans listed below were developed by Edmund Sass, Professor of Education, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University. They are organized by subject/topic (see index below). Anyone wishing to reproduce and use these materials for educational purposes is free to do so as long as they credit me and the web page source.
Site Index: Disability-Related, History, Language Arts, Learning, Minnesota, Human Development, Miscellaneous/Other
Disability-Related Lesson Plans and Resources
Speaking and Writing About People with
Disabilities
Ideas and a worksheet I use for teaching
about appropriate language (including people-first language)
for speaking and writing about individuals with disabilities.
Teaching About Intellectual
Disabilities/Mental Retardation: Ideas
for Classroom Activities
Two activities, complete with handouts,
that I use in my Human Development class (Education
203)
to teach college students (mostly second year) about mental retardation/intellectual
disabilities.
I believe the activities would also be appropriate for use at
the high school level, perhaps in a psychology class.
The Polio History Pages
No unit on the the history of disabilities or disease would be
complete without some mention of polio, the near hysteria
caused by the epidemics of the early 1950s, and the euphoria
that greeted the development of the Salk vaccine. Drawing from
my book,
Polio's Legacy: An Oral History,
this site provides excerpts from polio narratives,
a polio timeline, and information about the disease, its history, and late
effects.
A Polio History Quest
A set of 25 questions, complete with a
printable worksheet, coinciding with the information provided
within the Polio History Pages. It should be appropriate for
use with grades 5 and up.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Disability
A secondary-level activity exploring disabilities
issues within the context of FDR's efforts to downplay the extent
of his disability from the American public.
WW II: The Other Americans
A multicultural World War II lesson plan I developed as an example
for my students.
Using Commas and Semi-Colons Correctly
A high school lesson plan based on an activity I use with my
college students.
Courage and Fear
A lesson plan using The Red Badge of Courage developed
as an example of confluent education.
Learning
Your Emerging Theory/Philosophy of Teaching
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Minnesota History: A WebQuest
This 25-question WebQuest might make a
good extension or culminating activity for your Minnesota state
history unit.
The Minnesota Fish Quiz
Not a lesson plan, but this interactive, online quiz is a fun way to learn
about Minnesota fish species and may be just what you need to motivate the
outdoors-types in your classroom this spring.
Where in the World Is the
Northwest Angle?
A brief lesson plan in which students learn about
the Northwest Angle's location, history, and people.
Lake Agassiz
Would this lake have been the ultimate fishing spot? Read this
hypertext essay and decide for yourself. See the
Lesson Plan and Worksheet
developed for use with this essay.
This
site is maintained by
Edmund J.
Sass, Ed.D.
You can reach him at
esass@csbsju.edu
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