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"The World Needs All Kinds of Minds"

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to apply information from Temple Grandin's TED Talk to a character analysis of Christopher

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.3

Structure:

Using a projector or large computer monitor, watch the TED Talk by autism advocate Temple Grandin, "The World Needs All Kinds of Minds." The talk itself is 16 minutes long, with a short question and answer session afterwards.

The talk can be found on the TED website: 

http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds?language=en

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