DSE Lesson Plans
While Anti-Ableist Teachers make a number of considerations when writing and implementing lessons, two questions lead their work: 1. What am I explicitly and implicitly teaching about disability and other forms of difference? and 2. How am I ensuring access to learning? The lesson plans here make these considerations and align with DSE tenets. Use them in your own teaching or as models for creating your own plans.
For Elementary
Grade 1-3
Grade 3-5
Grade 1-3
Grade 4
Grade K-3
Analyzing the Disability Perspective in The Wonderful Life of a Fly Who Couldn’t Fly (Lozoff, 2002)
Empowerment and Disability: Proud-Deaf
My Friend Isabelle
Integrating Disability with Patricia Polacco Books
Understanding Social Diversity
For Middle Grades
Grade 4-8
Grade 6-8
Grade 5-8
Grade 6-9
Grade 5+
Grade 7-8
Grade 5
Advocacy and Audiograms
Learning from disabled authors—empowerment, anti-ableism, and understanding oppression
Introduction to Student-Led IEPs
Silent Communication
(Series of Lessons) Disrupting Normalcy In Dance
(Series of Lessons) Building an Inclusive Space Lesson
(Series of Lessons) Disability Respect Lessons
For High School
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 11
Grade 12
Grade 11
Grade 11-12
Grade 10-12
Grade 8-12
Deconstructing Disability Stereotypes and Tropes in Macbeth
Synthesizing Narratives to Dismiss Notions of Normalcy
Am I Represented?
Disability Stereotypes in Literature & Media
(Series of Lessons) Challenging Normalcy: Lessons for a High School History Classroom
(Series of Lessons) Language Arts: Divergence and Stigma
Identifying Social Structures of Disability
“I Can Be Assertive!”
For Professional Development & Continuing Education
Challenging Normalcy Project: Professional Book Study