Information / Activities for 8th Grade History Teachers

1. KWL Chart - What do you know about LGBT history?

2. Video: Don't Erase My History - .30-12:40  (KWL: Students, Martin Meeker, Jewell Gomez, Sheila Kuehl). Teacher's Guide. 

3. Curriculum as a Mirror and a Window Article (Styles, 1988) - Groups of 4 - different schools

• In groups: Persons 1 and 2: pages 1-3;  Persons 3-5 – Read pages 3-5.  Group Discussion. 
• How has curriculum (or literature) been a mirror or a window for you?
• How do you make curriculum a mirror and a window for your students?  
• Mirror and Window Chart 
• Add to your KWL chart 

4. Article: A Little History about LGBT History in California (KWL)

5. 8th Grade History and the New History Social Science Framework and LGBT History (KWL)

• PDF - Google Doc Framework - Google Doc Standards-LGBT History Alignment

6. Slide Show: LGBT History and the Gender Binary. 

7. Feedback Form

8. Summer Workshop - PVUSD - June 19 and 20 - Register Now. 

9. Bonus: Kahoot Game for LGBT Vocabulary 

State Textbook Adoption Process (2017) - Preview the possible new books here. 

Stanford History Education Group (SHEG). 

Resources

• A Little History About Teaching LGBT History in California
• LGBT History Included in 2016 California History Social Science Framework
• Other LGBT History to Consider when Teaching 8th Grade U.S. History 
• You Tube Video: Don't Erase My History  
• Making the Framework Fair (2014, Romesburg et al) 
• California History Framework, 8th Grade (2016)