K-12 Social Justice Themed books
Things Anyone Can Do Tomorrow, gender spectrum
It's Elementary! Talking About Gay Issues in Schools
(A guide for community organizing, professional development, and K-8 Curriculum)
Stereotypes About LGBT People (grades 6-8) pg. 90
Investigating Anti-LGBT Teasing (grades 6-8) pg. 98
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience and Being an Ally (grades 6-8) pg. 103
Mombian - Great Book List
When I Grow Up I Want to Be A...Moving Beyond Gender Boundaries in Our Lives
Grades 6-9 Pink Collar Jobs: Gender Segregation and Pay - Inequity in the Workplace (90 min. or 2 class periods + project time) pg. 20-31
Unheard Voices: Stories of LGBT History
The Invisibility of LGBT People in History: "Peculiar Disposition of the Eyes" (grades 8+) pg. 6
The History and Impact of Anti-LGBT Slurs (grades 6+) pg. 13
The Exclusion of LGBT People from Societal Institutions: In-Group, Out-Group (grades 8+) pg. 25
Winning the Right to Marry: Historic Parallels (grades 8+) pg. 30
Learning About Sexual Diversity in School: What is Age Appropriate?
(guide for Primary, Middle, and High School students)
Including Everyone: A Handbook for LGBT Inclusion in the Elementary Classroom (including 6th grade)
The Trevor Project: Saving Young Lives
(Books and Films for LGBTQ Young People)
Discussing Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Identity Issues
YALSA YALS Trans* Titls for Young Adults
Annotated Bibliography of titles with Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming characters
Additional Resources:
Fair Education Act Curricula (a site with K-12 lessons created by California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo)
LAUSD: Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity (LGBTQ lessons)
Fair Education Act (links to resources on Pintrest)
QYTF (Queer Youth Task Force of Santa Cruz County): K-12 lessons
We Are Fair - Resources for San Diego
Cross Dressers of the Civil War
Fair Education Act: Lessons for Middle School
VIDEOS
Note: link to Safari Montage requires log on with your district user name and password - videos often include a quiz and/or lesson guide.
Jane Addams, Neighboring with the Poor
Chicago: City of the Century: Battle for Chicago (1886-1893) Go to Ch. 4, Chicago: Jane Addams and Hull House (11 min 24 sec)
Freedom A History of US: Yearning to Breathe
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony: Part 1
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony: Part 2
Equality: A History of the Woman's Movement in America
The Progressive Era: The Progressives' Programs Chapter 1: The Progressive Era: The Progressives' Programs, Jane Addams, etc. (8 min 25 sec)
The Progressive Movement Chapter #2: The Progressive Movement: Women Take the Lead
Topics and Resources:
Sexuality and Gender in Certain Native American Tribes: The Case of Cross-Gender Females: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/494112
"My Spirit in My Heart": Identity Experiences and Challenges Among American Indian Two-Spirit Women
The Case of Cross Gender Females, Evelyn Blackwood https://docs.google.com/document/d/12b4N7P10kUfUXG8DlQ7wZhgDdz5rlzrVA60Q2lNg4kA/edit
James Buchanan: America’s first gay president?
But Were They Gay? The Mystery of Same-Sex Love in the 19th Century
http://merryfarmer.net/2013/10/is-he-earnest-homosexuality-in-the-19th-century/
“Disability and the Justification of Inequality in American History,”
List of LGBT Writers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT_writers Read excerpts from three authors. What were some themes of the 19th century?
http://www.faireducationact.com/portfolio/the-invisibility-of-lgbt-people-in-history/
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