June is Pride Month: Teaching Resources

Junie is Pride Month and there are many activities being scheduled in South Orange and Maplewood, including Lavender Graduation right here at Columbia High School on June 6th. 

Last year, the NJ Legislature passed a bill mandating the inclusion of LGBTQ+ history in grades 6 - 12 curricula. As resources become available, we will make sure that teachers get access to them. The law went into effect for the 2020-21 school year.


One of the best websites is Learning for Justice which has a specific section focusing on Gender & Sexuality identification (see image above).  There you can access webinars, articles, videos, and lessons using reading. Below you can find their unit on the Stonewall Uprising, a seminal event in LGBTQ+ history.

In addition, Garden State Equality is also launching a pilot program for a select number of schools to bring LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum into classrooms starting now in 2021. GLSEN also has a collection of resources for teachers as well.

California, like NJ, passed inclusivity legislation requiring LGBTQ+ history in their curricula. That's why checking California resources may help us here in our classrooms. Here are some resources I found helpful from California: (1) Teaching LGBTQ History, (2) ONE Archives Foundation, (3) YouthSpace, and (4) the LA School District. , there are resources in other states that passed similar laws in Illinois and Colorado.


We also need to thank our CHS librarians who have identified these resources for our faculty:


Learning for Justice Stonewall Lesson: 

Stonewall 50th Anniversary: Why It Matters
Fifty years ago, LGBTQ protesters at the Stonewall Inn stood up against a system of oppression and dehumanization. While the uprising was a critical moment in the fight for civil rights, it wasn’t the beginning of LGBTQ activism as we know it. As this important milestone in American history approaches, learn how you can teach the truth about Stonewall no matter the time of year.

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