High School and Middle School Learning Disabilities Research Project

Provide your students with a meaningful opportunity to learn more about learning disabilities, teach them the importance of compassion, and empower them with the knowledge that having a learning disability does not prevent their ABILITY to achieve.

The Breaking Barriers Research Project examines celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and current teens who were able to be successful - despite having learning disabilities!

Through their research, students will learn how others were able to to break through their "barriers," obstacles, and limitations. They also will look at our current state of education by examining facts and statistics about students who are learning disabled, the different types of disabilities, and the truth regarding common misconceptions.

After conducting structured research with a note-taking handout, students will create a slides presentation featuring the experiences of the four people they have chosen to research and present current facts and statistics about learning disabilities.

This resource includes the following materials:

• A pre-search activity using Rachel Platten’s Fight Song
• Song Lyrics Analysis Activity comparing the singer's obstacles to those experienced by someone with learning disabilities
• Modern, attractive Breaking Barriers Google Site with bookmarked research links to celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and real life teens who have learning disabilities
• Research Note-Taking Chart with guiding questions to answer
• Links to statistics and facts about learning disabilities
• Final project sheet listing slides presentation requirements
• Research Reflection student handout
• Teacher's Grading Rubric
• PDF file that includes a Teacher's Guide with Implementation Notes and Google Drive resource links

Your students will be engaged with the attractive project's Google Site pages, images, and research links featuring 72 people with learning disabilities who broke through barriers and achieved great success!

This research project is designed for grades 7-12 and can be implemented in any course that implements research - including an inclusion class or special education course.

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