Fair Act Curricula
SDUSD Fair Act Curriculum Committee
Vision
The SDUSD Fair Act Curriculum Committee aims to provide transformational education that promotes empathy and empowers students and educators through inclusive curricula.
Mission
To provide educators with materials and resources that make the contributions of those who have been invisible, visible, known, and celebrated.
California History-Social Science Framework Proposed LGBT Revisions Related to the Fair Education Act.
"The FAIR Education Act requires that California K-12 schools provide Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful representations of people with disabilities and people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender in history and social studies curriculum.
The California Education Code has been updated over time to make sure that the role and contributions of members of underrepresented racial, ethnic and cultural groups to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States are included in history and social studies lessons. The FAIR Education Act amends the Education Code by mandating California schools to also include the contributions of people with disabilities and members of the LGBT community in the curriculum.
The updated educational guidelines also prescribe that schools do not adopt learning materials with a discriminatory bias or negative stereotypes based on gender, sexual orientation or disability.
The FAIR Education Act, SB 48, was authored by Senator Mark Leno, signed into law on July 14, 2011, and went into effect on January 1, 2012. http://www.faireducationact.com/about-fair/
Resources
Recommended Resources:
One Archives Foundation: LGBTQ History Lesson Plans
Berkeley History-Social Science Project
Fighting for Justice - Book Series
LGBT and Gender History in the H-SS Framework (line inclusions)
How to Implement the FAIR Act (CHSSP)
Our Family Coalition - FAIR Act Resources
Overview of the History of People with Disabilities in the US
Resouces for Teaching Disability History, Emerging America
LGBT History Resources, Library of Congress
UCLA History Geography Project - 11th Grade Lessons
LGBTQ Heritage Theme Study, National Park Service
Gender, Sexuality, and the Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Lesson Plans to Help Students Understand Gender and to Support Transgender and Non-Binary Children
Talking With Parents
Talking with Concerned Parents about Teaching LGBTQ Material - English
Talking with Concerned Parents about Teaching LGBTQ Material - Spanish
Talking with Concerned Parents about Teaching LGBTQ Material - Cambodian
Talking with Concerned Parents about Teaching LGBTQ Material - Arabic
Talking with Concerned Parents about Teaching LGBTQ Material - Somali
Talking with Concerned Parents about Teaching LGBTQ Material - Vietnamese
Discussing Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Identity Issues
LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There's an Effort to Change That
These resources were compiled by the San Diego Unified School District Fair Act Committee:
Adrian Espinal, We Are Fair Cooridinator
Edward Estrada,SDSCPA student
Kathy Figueroa, SDUSD Translator/interpreter
Air Gallegos, community volunteer
Bill McClain, SDUSD teacher
Dennis Nicely,GLSEN Co-chair
Wendy Ranck-Buhr, SDUSD Secondary Instructional Resource Officer
Irina Segade,GLSEN Co-chair, USD field supervisor
“A peaceful future depends on our everyday acts and gestures. Let us educate for tolerance in our schools and communities, in our homes and workplaces and, most of all, in our hearts and minds.”
- Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO (from his address at the dedication of the Museum of Tolerance, February 8, 1993)
Lower Elementary K-3 Upper Elementary 4-6 Middle School 6-8 High School 9-12