God makes each person special—a unique creation whom He planned from the beginning of time. Students are encouraged to recognize each person as a gift, regardless of their strengths, weaknesses, and limitations.
Grades PK-3
PK, TK & Kindergarten Lesson Plan
The children will learn about the unique beauty and goodness of each person regardless of appearance or ability. They will learn to celebrate differences.
Grades PK-K – Celebrating Special Needs Lesson Plan – Oct
Grades PK-K – Celebrating Special Needs Lesson Plan – Jan
Grades 1-3 Lesson Plan
The children will learn about the unique beauty and goodness of each person regardless of appearance or ability. They will learn to celebrate differences.
Grades 1-3 – Celebrating Special Needs Lesson Plan – Oct
Grades 1-3 – Celebrating Special Needs Lesson Plan – Jan
Resources
Grades 4-6
Grades 4-6 Lesson Plan
The children will learn about the unique beauty and goodness of each person regardless of appearance or ability. They will learn to celebrate differences.
Grades 4-6 – Celebrating Special Needs Lesson Plan – Oct
Grades 4-6 – Celebrating Special Needs Lesson Plan – Jan
Resources
Grades 7-9
Grades 7-9 Lesson Plan
Students will learn about the importance of loving and reverencing those who are different from us. Students will learn to recognize that every person is unique and created by God and loved for who they are. They will learn that our physical appearance and abilities cannot change our irrevocable dignity.
Grades 7-9 – Celebrating Special Needs Lesson Plan – Oct
Grades 7-9 – Celebrating Special Needs Lesson Plan – Jan
Resources
Grades 10-12
Grades 10-12 Student Handout
Students will learn about the importance of loving and reverencing those who are different from us. Students will learn to recognize that every person is unique and created by God and loved for who they are. They will learn that our physical appearance and abilities cannot change our irrevocable dignity.
Grades 10-12 – Celebrating Special Needs Handout
Resources
- Yes I Can!: 3-minute Paralympics 2016 video
- Lizzy Velasquez:13-minute TEDx talk by the woman labeled “the ugliest woman in the world”
- My Name is Deformed: 6-minute video explains how a simple surgery can change lives and identities
- Carly’s Cafe: An Experience with Autism: 2-minute video offers a glimpse of life with autism
- Don’t Be Awkward: How to Interact with People with Disabilities: 3.5-minute video offers practical tips to be kind toward people with disabilities
- The Butterfly Circus: 23-minute short film starring Eduardo Verastegui and Nick Vujicic
- Karen Gaffney: 14.5-minute TEDx talk by a world-class swimmer with Down Syndrome
- The Dignity of Disabled Lives: Community overcomes being perceived as different
- Guidelines for Referring to People with Disabilities: Helps us use language that affirms human dignity
- Dyslexia Experience: Website offers students an opportunity to see what it is like to read with dyslexia
- Learn what it is like to have ADHD: Website uses the Stroop Effect
- We Are Beautiful: 1.5-minute video about conjoined twins who know they are beautiful
- Amazing High School Gymnast 2-minute video: With just 1 leg, she competes in regular competitions
- Gabe Adams: 5-minute video of a remarkable young man born without arms or legs
- Paul Smith: 4.5-minute video of an elderly man who doesn’t let his cerebral palsy stop him
- Happy: 4-minute video for World Down Syndrome Day