The Many Ways People Differ: teacher key

Being Different, grade 9 edition, written for 9th grade. People differ in how they look, what they like, what their bodies can do and how their families are shaped. The book covers the science of difference, the laws and tools built for it, and ways to be kind.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. In what year did Louis Braille invent the six-dot braille system?
   • 1975
   • 1824 (answer)
   • 1990
2. In 1975, how many children with disabilities did U.S. public schools accommodate?
   • 1 out of 2
   • 4 out of 5
   • 1 out of 5 (answer)
3. What does the curb-cut effect show?
   • Ramps made for one group helped many other people (answer)
   • Only wheelchair users ever used the ramps
   • Strollers were built after ramps appeared
4. What does an upstander do?
   • Stays far away from the trouble
   • Steps in or speaks up to stop bullying (answer)
   • Tells everyone to leave the game
5. What kind of language is American Sign Language?
   • A code of hand shapes for English
   • A complete, natural language (answer)
   • One universal sign language

Words

• disability: makes tasks harder
• braille: raised dot writing
• empathy: sensing others' feelings
• upstander: speaks up