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Raspberries! An American Tale of Cooperation

A yellow bird holds a raspberry in her long beak. The sun shines in the background.

With only one wing, the little bird cannot fly to the raspberry patch with her brothers. As luck would have it, she meets a little dog, a chipmunk, and a frog who work together to get them all across the street to the raspberry patch.

Mary Newell DePalma

Grade Level

K-2

Topic

Ability

July 2, 2014

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Literature

The Blind Man and the Hunter: A West African Tale of Learning From Your Mistakes

A blind man wearing glasses. The image looks like he can see with his ears.

In this tale, a blind man teaches a hunter to see things in a different light and learn from his mistakes.

Hugh Lupton

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Ability

July 3, 2014

article

Issue 36, Fall 2009

Close to Home

Jackie Brown prided herself on teaching her students about disabilities. But could she confront her own feelings about her mother and polio?

Topic

Ability

article

Issue 36, Fall 2009

Speak Out for Understanding

Teaching Tolerance illustration of paper with questions about students disabilities

Students with learning disabilities create a documentary film to share their wisdom.

Topic

Ability

article

Issue 37, Spring 2010

Into the Mainstream

In third grade, Julia Horsman’s entire science project consisted of being herded outside with the other kids with disabilities and rolling soda cans down a ramp.

Topic

Ability

article

Issue 39, Spring 2011

A Girl and a Word

Rosa Marcellino didn’t like being labeled “mentally retarded,” so she decided to let important people know.

Topic

Ability

article

Issue 51, Fall 2015

A Painter Named Kennedy

Meet Kennedy, of Mombasa, Kenya. His wheelchair doesn’t stop him from making the world a more beautiful place.

Topic

Ability

teaching strategy

Word Work

Making Words

Making Words is a hands-on activity in which students learn how adding and moving letters can create new words.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.4, RI.3-5.4, L.3-5.4

July 19, 2014

professional development

'The Capacity for Connection'

In this special Q & A, educators Louise Derman-Sparks and Patricia G. Ramsey, authors of the book, What If All the Kids are White?, provide early grades educators with practical ideas on preparing white students for a multicultural world.

Professional Development Topic

Instruction

Topic

Bullying & Bias

June 30, 2017

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Issue 3, Fall 2022

Confronting Ableism on the Way to Justice

To build a society that advances the human rights of all people requires the social justice movement to be intentional in including intersecting identities and diverse equity struggles.

Topic

Ability Rights & Activism

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