Here the Disability History Museum provides educators and students at all levels with resources designed to teach and learn about the history of people with disabilities.

Helen Keller Graduates

These tools are developed with the help of educators and professionals working in elementary schools, middle and high schools, community colleges and universities, community organizations, and professional schools. And, they are tailored to meet the specific needs of teachers and students in diverse learning environments. Curricula, lesson plans, student activities, assessment tools, and background materials are included. The teacher resources developed for K-12 are designed to facilitate integrating the perspectives and historical experiences of people with disabilities with course work that meets state and national education standards for specific disciplines.

Rachel E. Solomon Learns To Write

Whether you have a class period, a half day professional development workshop, or a whole semester, we are committed to helping you explore and use in you teaching the materials available in this site. We encourage you to be pioneers--as researchers, as teachers, as students-- and to help us uncover the history of people with disabilities nationwide by beginning that process in your local community. As we grow, we hope to develop a network of individuals and institutions who are interested in teaching and studying disability history. Let us know about archival resources you have found. What aspects of our exhibits, library collections, or teacher resources are most useful to you? What classroom or web projects have you developed using DHM resources? We very much welcome feedback from you.