Disability and Identity in History, Literature, and Media

Format

Online

Location

Online

Dates

August 1-5, 2022

Length

1 week

Type

Professional Development Program

Professional Development Program Type

Professional Development Program Audience

Contact

@email

313-577-6382

The second "Disability and Identity in History, Literature, and Media" summer institute is for 28 K-12 educators, August 1-5, 2022. The institute is fully online. Each day a new guest scholar joins the institute for a full day of active thought and conversation about disability and identity in the K-12 humanities curriculum. Elementary teachers, new teachers, and librarians encouraged to apply. Outcomes include understanding disability and identity; analyzing disability and identity in K-12 humanities curriculum; translating knowledge and analysis into K-12 teaching; and building a national network of resources and K-12 colleagues exploring disability and identity in the humanities curriculum.

Project Director(s)

Susan Gabel

Lecturers and Visiting Faculty

Michael Berube; Kathleen Crawford-McKinney; Beth Haller; Robert McRuer; Kim Nielsen; Aja Reynolds

Grantee Institution

Wayne State University

Funded through the Division of Education Programs