Teaching LGBTQ+ History in High Schools

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This book is a marvel. And we need it now more than ever. Teaching LGBTQ+ History in High Schools is a book for and by teachers. It features contributions from a wide range of thinkers and practitioners invested in the art and craft of teaching accurate history that also diversifies the voices that we have been told are worth studying. The authors offer personal stories of empowerment and strategy in the classroom, while also laying out a roadmap to help ensure LGBTQ+ history remains a key part of our curricula.

Julio Capo, Jr., Florida International University, Author of Welcome to Fairyland: Queer Miami before 1940

Written by teachers, for teachers, Teaching LGBTQ+ History in High Schools shares theories of pedagogy, classroom-tested curricular activities, and examples proving the continued relevance of the LGBTQ+ past. Most powerfully, it offers the voices of educators speaking from the perspective of their classrooms and with the wisdom of experience. Brimming with creativity and compassion, the volume combines practical guidance for those who want to introduce or more fully incorporate LGBTQ+ topics in history and social studies classes with inspiring accounts of the positive impact that teachers can make in the lives of their students. And vice versa! At a time when public education in the US seems mired in divisive politics, Teaching LGBTQ+ History brings a reminder of the transformative possibility of schools.

Anne Valk, The Graduate Center at the City University of New York & Director of the American Social History Project