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Making the Grade: Understanding Accessibility at Your School

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Making the Grade: Understanding Accessibility at Your School

URL:

https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/rights_of_persons_with_disabilities_lesson_plan.pdf

Content Source:

Other
The Advocates for Human Rights

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

The goal of the lesson is to provide an overview of the accessibility barriers faced by persons with disabilities.

Content Standard(s):

Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: 4

9) Identify laws and tools which help ensure that users of varying abilities can access electronic and information technology.

Examples: ADA Laws

Unpacked Content

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students will:

identify laws and tools which help to ensure that users of varying abilities can access electronic and information technology.

Teacher Vocabulary:

assistive technology
dictation
text to speech
speech to text
pen with recording feature
braille

Knowledge:

Students know:

laws are in place to ensure access to electronic and information technology.
that tools are created to enable users of varying abilities to access electronic and information.

Skills:

Students are able to:

state that laws are in place to ensure users of varying abilitiies can access electronic and information technology.
identify tools that assist users in accessing information and using technology.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

everyone should have access to electronic and information technology regardless of their abilities.
tools are available for all users to access information and use technology.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: 5

11) Explain that laws and tools exist to help ensure that people of varying abilities can access electronic and information technology.

Examples: Section 508, Telecommunication Act of 1996, Braille, closed captioning, text to speech.

Unpacked Content

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students will:

explain that laws and tools exist to help ensure that people of varying abilities can access electronic and information technology.

Teacher Vocabulary:

varying abilities
electronic and information technology
text to speech
closed caption
braille

Knowledge:

Students know:

laws are in place to ensure that people of varying abilities can access electronic and information technology.
tools are available or are being designed to meet the needs of all users.

Skills:

Students are able to:

explain that laws exist to ensure people of varying abilities can access electronic and information technology.
explain various tools such as text to speech, closed captioning, braille, apps, etc.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

laws are in place to ensure electronic information access to people of varying abilities.
tools are available to meet the needs of people of varying abilities.

Tags:

accessibility, disabilities, human rights

License Type:

Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
For full descriptions of license types and a guide to usage, visit :
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Accessibility

Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings

Comments

Objectives:

Students will understand what accessibility means.
Students will examine and grade their own school’s accessibility.
Students will identify accessibility as a human right.

Essential Question: Is my school accessible to people with disabilities?

Time Frame: 1-2 Class Periods

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Author:

Aimee Bates

ALEX Classroom Resource

Making the Grade: Understanding Accessibility at Your School