Teaching Lgbtq+ History in High Schools - Practical Strategies and Voices of Experience

This book offers insights, strategies, and lesson plans for teaching LGBTQ+ history. With essays from educators, historians, activists, policy makers, and youth advocates, it speaks to the power and significance of LGBTQ+-inclusive curriculum and its necessity at a time when the LGBTQ+ community is more visible and increasingly targeted.

List of contents

Introduction: The Imperative to Teach LGBTQ+ in Challenging Times Part I: Why We Need to Teach LGBTQ+ History: Voices of Experience 1. Voices from the Academy: Professors as Agents of Change 2. Voices from the Classroom: Teachers' Perspectives on the Importance of LGBTQ+ 3. Voices in Higher Education: Teacher Educators' Perspectives on LGBTQ+ Inclusive 4. Voices of Activism: LGBTQ+ History's Power to Create Societal Change Part II: How We Can Teach LGBTQ+ History: Practical Strategies 5. Voices from the Field: Incorporating LGBTQ+ History in Middle and High School 6. Conclusion

About the author

Stacie Brensilver Berman is a Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University, USA, and was previously a public school teacher for 10 years. She is the author of LGBTQ+ History in High School Classrooms in the United States since 1990 and Project Based Learning in Real World US History Classrooms: Engaging Diverse Learners (co-authored by Diana B. Turk).
Robert Cohen is a Professor of History and Social Studies at New York University, USA, whose most recent books are Confronting Jim Crow: Race, Memory and the University of Georgia in the Twentieth Century, and Rethinking America's Past: Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States in the Classroom and Beyond (co-authored by Sonia E. Murrow).

Product details

• Authors: Stacie Brensilver Berman, Stacie Cohen Brensilver Berman, Robert Cohen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032689647
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3268964-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; Humanities, art, music > History; EDUCATION / General, History, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Curricula, Secondary Schools, Teaching of a specific subject, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities