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The links on this page are intended to help religious educators with activities, lesson plans, reflections and prayers around a particular topic. The primary emphasis is on teaching and formation tools, not on content. If you would like to know more about this particular topic, please visit the OJP issues web page or use any good search engine. |
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There are two categories of resources in the table below. Download means either that there is a downloadable document or that the text on that web page can be copied and pasted into your own document. Online means that the activity is interactive and must be done on the computer. |
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National Federation of the Blind This page is just a Q and A with questions kids have about blindness. |
Download | Background information | Intermediate grades through adult |
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National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities This is a portal for many other websites dealing with a wide variety of disabilities and other health issues. They also have a list of resources available for purchase from a variety of merchants at http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/bibliog/bib13txt.htm#merch |
Download & online | Background information | Middle school through adult |
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This page lists hints for interacting with people with disabilities. They have a curriculum available for purchase called “Friends Who Care.” |
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Available for purchase |
Background information
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Grades 3-4 |
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This kit comes from a website in Australia which works to make libraries more disability friendly. They have background information as well as activities on print, hearing, physical, intellectual and psychiatric disabilities. |
Download | Background information and activities | Intermediate through high school |
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One of the missions of this group is to work with churches around disabilities awareness. They have a set of downloadable lesson plans on inclusion “Different Gifts, but the Same Spirit” with accompanying Scriptures and activities for ages 8-18. |
Download | Lesson plans and teacher guide | Separate lesson plans available for intermediate, middle and high school grades |
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This page contains several photo essays but one of them is entitled “Denied Citizens” about the violation of human rights for persons with mental disabilities around the world. |
Download and online | Slide shows, testimonies, & fact sheets | Middle school through adult |
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There are lesson plans for grades K-12 listed on the right side of the page as well as other resources for teaching about persons with disabilities. |
Download | Lesson plans | Grades K-12 |
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This company sells six very large puppets which represent racial and ability diversity. They have curricula available which highlights different topics including disability awareness and multiculturalism. |
Available for purchase | Curricula and puppets | Primary and intermediate grades |
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Just News Just News is a publication of the Office of Justice and Peace for the Diocese of Richmond. Each issue is devoted to a single topic. There is an issue devoted to mental illness. |
Download | Newsletter | Adult |