Embedded Files
Database Resources
Database Resources
Gale Databases
Gale Databases
The Vermont Online Library is a great source for reference, news, magazines, audio/video files and more.
Check out this New York Times feature titled "'Gay', 'Femme', 'Nonbinary': How identity shaped these 10 New Yorkers".
Use Gale in Context: High School or Gale in Context: Middle School databases to find more resources.
Note: You can filter your searches by content level in both of these databases!
Another great database to use is the Gale Health and Wellness database, Gale General OneFile, or Gale OneFile: Psychology databases.
Britannica School
Britannica School
Britannica School is a great place to start most research projects. You'll find helpful articles offering foundational information for your topic, plus additional resources and recommended web resources connected to your topic (see the "Related" tab in each article).
Login information can be found here.
Here's a Britannica article on gender identity that looks at the idea of a gender continuum, and some of the influences and cultural norms that can contribute to an individual's sense of gender identity.
U.S. Major Dailies
U.S. Major Dailies
For relevant newspaper sources, try searching the U.S. Major Dailies database from ProQuest. Log in with your CSD Google account.
Take a look at this article titled: "What do teens learn online today: That identity is a work in progress" from a New York Times Magazine 2019 special issue
Possible search terms for any of the above databases (or for web searches):
"teen identity development"
"self-development"
"nonbinary identities"
"butterfly effect"
"bravery" AND "teens"
"vulnerability" AND "teens"
Video Resources
Video Resources
Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon... In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.
Kimberlé Crenshaw, a 2017 NAIS People of Color Conference speaker, civil rights advocate, and professor at UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, talks about intersectional theory, the study of how overlapping or intersecting social identities—and particularly minority identities—relate to systems and structures of discrimination.
When her husband was killed on 9/11, Susan could have been paralyzed by loss. Instead, she acted on a simple impulse to counter hatred with outreach. Through a series of small but remarkable choices, she shows how compassion can bridge the differences between cultures and ideologies.
Print Resources
Print Resources
Some books in the CHS Library for further exploration:
Some books in the CHS Library for further exploration:
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
The Book of Delights is about our shared bonds, and the rewards that come from a life closely observed. These remarkable pieces serve as a powerful and necessary reminder that we can, and should, stake out a space in our lives for delight.
Here for It by R. Eric Thomas
The author shares his journey about growing up seeing the world differently, finding hope, and experiencing every stumble along the way.
Brave Face: a memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson
Hutchinson was nineteen. Confused. Struggling to find the vocabulary to understand and accept who he was and how he fit into a community in which he couldn't see himself...In this courageous and deeply honest memoir, Hutchinson takes readers through the journey of what brought him to the edge, and what has helped him truly believe that it does get better.
Seeing Gender by Iris Gottlieb
...an of-the-moment investigation into how we express and understand the complexities of gender today.
Homebody by Theo Parish
Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir about the journey one nonbinary person takes to find a home within themself.
The Gender Binary is a Big Lie by Lee Wind
Author Lee Wind takes readers across the globe to examine gender identity and representation throughout history. Learn how cultures both past and present debunk the idea of a gender binary.
Web Resources
Web Resources
Read:
Developing Adolescent Identity
The Center for Parent & Teen Communication provides this overview of the stages of identity development from adolescence into young adulthood.
Adolescent Identity Development
ACT for Youth offers this resource which looks at the dimensions of identity and the various stages of identity development.
A Forbes WomensMedia article published in 2022.
Listen:
Many great episodes to choose from that deal with identity in teens and building personal philosophical beliefs. Here are two to get you started:
Cultivating a Sense of Purpose
Exploring Masculinity and Mental Health
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