Making Room for Differences: teacher key

Being Different, grade 8 edition, written for 8th grade. From eye color and handedness to school laws and ramps, differences shape how people live together. Read what is known and how people have responded.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What amount of melanin do brown eyes have?
   • A large amount (answer)
   • No melanin
   • Much less than blue
2. Who signed Public Law 94-142 in 1975?
   • Louis Braille
   • A school board
   • Gerald Ford (answer)
3. What did ramps for wheelchair users also help?
   • Only wheelchair users
   • Skateboarders (answer)
   • Nobody else
4. What does getting to know different people lead to?
   • Less prejudice (answer)
   • More staring
   • Less understanding
5. What does an upstander do?
   • Looks the other way
   • Steps in or speaks up (answer)
   • Waits for it to stop

Words

• empathy: feeling with others
• upstander: steps in
• disability: some things harder
• braille: raised dot writing