Talking Turkey: Teaching about North America's Greatest Conservation Story with Children with Visual Impairments

Other examples of lesson plans included learning about the ways turkeys are used in various cultures, writing articles about their experiences for the local newspaper, "acting" like a wild turkey, learning about conservation careers tiirough a visit by the state turkey biologist, writing p...

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Published in:Journal of visual impairment & blindness 2010-04, Vol.104 (4), p.198-201
Main Author: Wild, Tiffany
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Blindness
Core curriculum
Curricula
Data collection
Education
Environmental protection
Environmental science
Large Type Materials
Learning
Lesson Plans
Life sciences
Methods
Middle school students
Middle schools
Occupations
Poetry
Public Schools
Residential Schools
Science Education
Science Instruction
Scientific Concepts
Scientific Principles
Special education
Special Schools
Student Participation
Taxidermy
Teaching Methods
Visual impairment
Visual Impairments
Visually disabled children
Writing
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Summary:Other examples of lesson plans included learning about the ways turkeys are used in various cultures, writing articles about their experiences for the local newspaper, "acting" like a wild turkey, learning about conservation careers tiirough a visit by the state turkey biologist, writing poetry about wild turkeys, exploring transportation boxes for wild turkeys, and writing "want ads" for the habitat of the turkey. Participants The eight participants (three girls and five boys) were middle school students with visual impairments, four of whom attended a residential school and four of whom attended a public school resource classroom for students with visual impairments in a city in the southeastern United States.
ISSN:0145-482X
1559-1476
DOI:10.1177/0145482X1010400403