UCBHSSP and the FAIR Act
UCBHSSP has worked with teachers and scholars over the last few years to think about how we can support teachers in implementing the FAIR Act. Above are links to lessons we have developed for classroom use. While the FAIR Act applies explicitly to US History, we have also worked with world history teachers on asking questions of gender and sexuality about the past. Consequently, you can find a link to world history lessons as well. Our work has been informed by this advocacy document authored by scholars of the history of gender and sexuality, and particularly the work of Professor Don Romesburg.
Diversity Practices for Distance Learning
Compiled by the Our Family Coalition in Summer 2020.
UCBHSSP's LGBTQ Lesson Plans
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Charley Parkhurst and the California Gold Rush (4th & 8th grade)
- Charity and Sylvia (5th grade)
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Love, War, and Honor in Ancient Greece (6th grade)
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Baron von Steuben and the Continental Army (8th Grade)
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The Lavender Scare and McCarthyism (11th grade) This lesson was awarded the Committee on LGBTQ History of the American Historical Association's inaugural Don Romesburg Prize for a K-12 lesson plan on LGBT History.
Recommended LGBTQ History Resources
- FAIR Act FAQs
- Making the Framework FAIR
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LGBT and Gender History in the H-SS Framework (line inclusions)
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LGBT History Resources, Library of Congress
- Hidden Voices: LGBTQ+ Stories in US History (NYC DOE)
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Gender, Sexuality, and the Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Disability Resources
- Teaching the FAIR Act through Disability History (CHSSP)
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Overview of the History of People with Disabilities in the US
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Resouces for Teaching Disability History, Emerging America
- Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability, San Francisco State University