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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.
Sommario
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
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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).
