additional resources for the teacher...

This WebQuest is intended for 11th & 12th grade high school sociology students, and college students primarily in a lower division curriculum that addresses these issues. The following links will provide instructors with additional background information and pathways to a more in-depth exploration of this topic.

Unfortunately, because of the invisibility, it is often impossible to identify the lesbian and gay community at your school. Yet these are your students and additionally, they are their parents, relatives, and your fellow faculty, staff, and friends. This invisibility has led many of us to ignore the problem and a failure to design a curriculum that will address these issues ~ similar to the curriculum that has been developed to address the issues of other at-risk communities such as ethnic, racial, female or disabled groups.(1)

Specific Resources:

GLSEN: Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network: Educators

Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals

Creating Change Conference | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

Educators for Social Responsibility » Countering harassment and bullying

Human Rights and Sexual Orientation

Out for Equity: School-Based Support for LGBTQA Youth - Journal of LGBT Youth

ScienceDirect - Teaching and Teacher Education : Toward a consistent stance in teaching for equity: …

Talking With Kids About Tough Issues: Ten Free Tips For Improving Communications With Your Children


General Resources:

HRC | Human Rights Campaign

HRC Back Story (blog of the Human Rights Campaign)

AMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights

PFLAG: Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays

Southern Poverty Law Center

Tolerance.org: Teaching Tolerance


Credits:

This WebQuest was created by Tom Cappelletti, as part of his iMet graduate studies at Sacramento State University, July 2009. Please feel free to contact me with any comments at the link below.

Thank you.