Gender Identity & Expression

• Checklist for a Gender Inclusive Classroom

• Defining LGBTQ+ words for Elementary Students

• Be Prepared For Questions and Put-Downs Around Gender  

• Simple Ways to Incorporate LGBTQ+ and Gender Inclusive Material Across the Curriculum

Lesson Plans:

• Be Who You Are by Todd Parr

• Calvin: Time To Be Me!

• Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope

• Respecting Ourselves, Respecting Others

• Lesson Series: I like you, I like me! (Lesson 1),   Free to be Me! (Lesson 2),   Everyone Belongs! (Lesson 3)

• Introducing Gender Expression

• Elementary School Lesson Plans: History Frameworks

More K-5 Lesson Plan ideas here!

Books:

• I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthal & Jazz Jennings

• Sparkle Boy by Leslea Newman

• Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

• When Aiden Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

• Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall

• My Maddy  by Gayle E. Pitman

Student Videos: 

• Help Kids Learn About Gender (with Foxy) - Amaze Jr.

• Help Kids Learn About Gender (with Scoops & Friends) - Amaze Jr.

Teacher Websites:

• Welcoming Schools

• LGBTQ Resource List (glaad.org)

• TEACHING LGBTQ HISTORY

• Supporting Gender Expansive Students: Guidance for Schools

• Understanding Gender 

Lesson Plans:

• Creating Community in Your Classroom: "I Am Me" Poems

• Gender Snowperson- understanding gender identity

• I Respect You, I Respect Me- respecting gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual orientations

• Exploring Gender Identity

• Respecting Expressions- explore gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender stereotypes

• Elementary School Lesson Plans: General LGBTQ

• Elementary School Lesson Plans: History Frameworks

• Media Sleuths: Examining Gender Roles in Advertising 

More K-5 Gender Expansive Lessons Here!

Books and Read Alouds:

• Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History by Sarah Prager

• I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthal & Jazz Jennings

• Sparkle Boy by Leslea Newman

• Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

• When Aiden Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

• Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall

• My Maddy  by Gayle E. Pitman

Teacher Websites:

• GLAPN: Northwest LGBTQ History

• LGBTQ Resource List (glaad.org)

• TEACHING LGBTQ HISTORY

Lesson Plans:

• Gender, Sexuality, and Respecting Differences

• Teaching LGBTQ History: General LGBTQ

• Teaching LGBTQ History: History Frameworks

• Exposing Gender Stereotypes

Articles:

• LGBTQ Rights Timeline in American History

Books & Read Alouds:

• The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E Pitman

• A Queer History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People) by Michael Bronski

• Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History by Sarah Prager

Videos:

• Breaking down every letter in 2SLGBTQQIPAA+ | CBC Kids News

Teacher Websites:

• GLAPN: Northwest LGBTQ History

• LGBTQ Resource List (glaad.org)

• TEACHING LGBTQ HISTORY

Lesson Plans:

• (Sexual) Orientation and Identity

• Exposing Gender Stereotypes

• High School Lesson Plans: General LGBTQ

• High School Lesson Plans: History Frameworks

• LGBTQ+ History Lesson Plans – One Institute

Articles:

• LGBTQ Rights Timeline in American History

Books:

• Queer: A Graphic History by Dr. Meg-John Barker

• The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E Pitman

• A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski

• A Queer History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People) by Michael Bronski

Videos:

• Breaking down every letter in 2SLGBTQQIPAA+ | CBC Kids News

Teacher Websites:

• GLAPN: Northwest LGBTQ History

• LGBTQ Resource List (glaad.org)

• TEACHING LGBTQ HISTORY

• Understanding Gender