How Disability Activists Created Change
Overview
Students analyze primary and secondary sources about 1977 and 1990 Disability Rights Movement protests to identify strategic actions taken by activists, evaluate the level of personal risk or investment needed to participate, and compare them with actions by African-American civil rights activists of that time and earlier, and of social justice activists today.
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Grade
High School, Middle School
Subjects
Civics, Social Studies
Length
160-200 minutes
Topics
1977, 1990, activists, african americans, Black Panthers, civil rights, disability rights, disability rights movement, protests, social justice, strategic actions
Author
Emerging America