Lesson Plan with Inclusion Options Teacher: Jordan Glashow School: Frost Middle School Subject/Grade level: Social Studies, 7th gr., regular Lesson Title: Virginia and US History: The Civil War and Reconstruction 3/17/21 Lesson Planning Performance-based Objective(s): The Civil War was a critical event in the history of the United States. The objectives are to: Understand the factors that brought about the Civil War. Understand how minority races were treated in different areas of the country, before and after the war Understand the legacy of the Civil War, and how it influenced changes to the government, voting rights, civil rights, and the military. Local/State/National Standards: Lesson Standards: VUS.7c Civil War and Reconstruction: evaluating and explaining the impact of the war on Americans and on the future of the country. Materials: Class textbook Assigned readings and videos. Vocabulary list Class lectures (transcripts and videos will be posted online) Inclusion commen...

  Multi-Genre Blog 7 Inclusion of Students with Disabilities into General Education Classrooms- A discussion with the Authors   Host : Good afternoon, I am talking to the authors of an article on student inclusion in classrooms. It is called “Organizing for Meaningful Inclusion: Exploring the Routines That Shape Student Supports in Secondary Schools”. The authors are Laura Stelitano, Jennifer Lin Russell, and Laura E. Bray. It looks like you spent lots of time doing research. I mean, dozens of interviews, following the students with disabilities (SWD) inclusion programs at a couple of high schools. Sounds like exhausting work. And the teachers all seemed overworked already. Did they really have time in their day to talk with you guys? Russell : Well, they were not always available. We had to piece together a lot of the information, and make some assumptions based on an analysis of the feedback. We took snippets from individual conversations to make some determinations. For exa...

  SEED 522 Multi-genre Blog Post 6 504 Meeting Student: Jack, 8 th grade Attendees: Parents, school liaison, guidance counselor, school psychologist, teachers from math, English, science, and history. School Liaison: Thank you all for attending. We are here to discuss Jack, and to determine how to work together to address the issues he has been having. His parents, Jim and Susan, would like to brainstorm with us to help Jack benefit more from the school experience, improve his grades, and find ways to stay out of trouble. From what I have heard, it seems like a 504 would be in order. Susan: Yes, thanks for meeting with us. Jack has really be struggling here lately, and we appreciate your help in trying to figure out what to do. Math: Well, he is a great kid, funny, outgoing, but he does not seem to be able to focus for long periods or time, and he wanders over to other kid’s desks during in-class assignments and converses with them. I have had to ask him to go into the h...

SEED 522 Multi-Genre Blog Post 5 For author's reading of the piece, click the link below:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ozgU98nfAgcOLNCho76IMYqsetDWQVJ6/view?usp=sharing Mother : My kid needs help, he does not like school, tell me, tell me, what can you do?    Teacher : We can provide lots of guidance for you.    Mother : Thanks so much. What can we do? Do you need me to help too?    Teacher:  Yes, we do, all together. we can help your kid do better.    Mother : Growing up, English was the only language they would let us use. Even when we couldn’t understand. It seemed like abuse. I just don’t know what that was all about. I felt really, really, really left out.   In my school, we Latinos were ignored. So much so that I was truly bored.  I hated school, I had no faith, it truly was a big time waste.    Teacher:  We are a community, have no fear. We hold every student dear.   From community gatherings se...