Lessons/Celebrating Diverse Heroes ♿

Celebrating Diverse Heroes ♿

Language ArtsCoding

Celebrate inclusivity with Elementari! Students write and code a presentation about a person with a disability, combining research with creative technology to explore their lives and achievements.

Pacing
2 class periods
Grade
Grade 3
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Teacher's Kit included — Lesson Plan · Student Kit · Answer Key · Rubric · See what's inside
Celebrating Diverse Heroes ♿
Lesson at a glance
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?Essential question
Students will be able to
  • Research and present information about a famous person or character with a disability, their challenges, and their achievements.
  • Design a presentation with text, images, and animations.
  • Develop an understanding of different disabilities and foster empathy and inclusivity.
The student journey

This is a build — not a worksheet packet

Every lesson runs like the story students are about to make: read it, write it, build it, polish it, publish it. The printables scaffold each stage — the published Elementari project is the destination.

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✏️

Write & plan

~15 min

On a scaffold built for the lesson, students plan their writing with sentence frames, a word bank, and a glossary — never a blank page.

1Student Kit · sneak peek
Planning questions for this lesson are included in the storyboard.
Glossary  a kid-friendly definition for every key term
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🎨

Design & code

The main event~100 min

In the studio, students bring the project to life — adding art and following the exact writing and coding steps shown below. The Studio Compass walks them through it, one step at a time.

🧭Studio CompassStep 1 / 10
Select someone with a disability ☝️
Choose a person or a character with a disability. Research their life and the characteristics of their disability. Here are some ideas: Disney Characters with Disabilities Disney P
Each step checks off & advances on its own
All 10 studio steps · dynamic to the project
1Select someone with a disability ☝️~5 min
2Plan your story ✍️~20 min
3Create your cover slide 🤗~10 min
4Introduce your character/person and their disability 🤝~10 min
5Define their disability 📝~10 min
6Describe the characteristics of their disability 📝~10 min
7Describe the challenges they face 😓~10 min
8Describe your person/character's strengths 💪~10 min
9Share what you learned from making this story 🧠~10 min
10Create an ending slide 🎬~5 min
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Polish

ongoing

Teacher and peer feedback pin right onto the project — students revise until it's ready to share.

Feedback on the project2 pins
🍎
Add one more sentence here so readers get the full picture.
👍 2Teacher
A
The interaction is clear — it helps the reader follow the project!
⭐ 3Peer
One-tap repliesNice work!Add detail
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Publish

The payoff~15 min

Students publish their finished, playable project to the class showcase — each one gets its own shareable link.

🎉Published to the class showcase
A project made by your student
Published🌍 Shareable link — anyone can play
The Teacher's Kit

The printables that power the build

Every page walks students toward publishing on Elementari — the build is the lesson, these printables get them there.

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Lesson Plan

Your teaching plan — standards alignment, the essential question, and the full lesson flow with the build steps, plus coaching notes.

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Student Kit

Student-facing

The one student packet — the cited reading passage plus the page-by-page writing plan for everything students write and build.

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Answer Key

Teacher

The student kit with model answers, look-for notes, and the standard tagged to every task.

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Rubric

Assessment

One rubric of global project dimensions — analytic, single-point, or checklist.

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Before you teach

Set up in about ten minutes

A couple of things to gather, a few quick steps to prep — then you're ready to hand it to students.

What you need
  • A device per student or pair
  • Internet connection
  • Headphones or speakers
Prep · about 10 min
  1. 1Print the student kits
  2. 2Assign this lesson to your students
  3. 3Skim the build steps
Differentiation & accessibility

Built to reach every learner

One lesson, three built-in paths — with accessibility baked into the materials, not bolted on afterward.

Extra support

Emerging readers & writers
  • Read-aloud and multilingual support in the Elementari build
  • Studio Compass highlights one task at a time — including the coding
  • Sentence frames and a word bank so it is never a blank page

On grade

The core lesson
  • The passage and storyboard exactly as written
  • Model answers and “look-fors” in the answer key
  • Self-check chips at every milestone

Ready for more

Extension & challenge
  • Challenge vocabulary and a real-world extension question
  • Deepen one existing page or interaction — without changing the required mechanics
  • A longer, evidence-based reflection prompt
Accessibility, built inPredictable step-by-step structureOne task at a time · Studio CompassHighlighted response areasLow-stimulation printMovement-friendly pacingDesigned so every student can design, write, and code — with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in mind.
Questions

Teacher FAQ

Do I — or my students — need to know how to code?

No. Coding concepts are introduced in plain language exactly when students need them, and Studio Compass confirms each milestone so students keep moving without you troubleshooting. The teacher guide walks you through the whole build, answers included.

How long does this lesson take?

About 100, paced into 45-minute class periods. You can spread it out or compress it — students pick up where they left off, so it doesn't have to finish in one sitting.

What devices does this lesson work on?

Students can read, write, code, and publish on Chromebooks, iPads, tablets, laptops, or desktops. All they need is a modern browser — nothing to download or install.

What is Studio Compass?

Studio Compass is the step-by-step guide inside the Studio. It shows students what to do next, identifies the exact coding blocks they need, and confirms completed milestones so they can keep moving independently.

How does this lesson support different learners?

This lesson includes read-to-me with synchronized highlighting, a built-in glossary, and picture-based storyboarding, with writing and coding scaffolds you can dial up or down. Students can work with guided support or more independently — and still finish the same project.

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Import your class, assign in one click, and watch them build — the whole kit comes with it.

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Celebrating Diverse Heroes ♿
Grade 3 · 2 class periods