This document outlines a webinar on teaching LGBT history in schools. It discusses how to teach about social movements by comparing the stages of the women's rights movement, civil rights movement, and gay rights movement. It provides examples of how to integrate LGBT history into various grade levels by tying it to topics already in the curriculum, and resources on aligning LGBT lessons to state standards. The webinar emphasizes teaching LGBT history in the context of social movements and standing up for rights at an age-appropriate level for students.

1. Darrow. LGBT
History Course.
June 2018
Webinar 2:
Social Movements and
LGBT History
“Teaching LGBT History in Schools”
Rob Darrow, Ed.D.
June 2018
www.RobDarrow.us * Robdarrow@robdarrow.us

2. Darrow. LGBT
History Course.
June 2018
Course Info
• Recording of this presentation:
– Video Recording
– Audio Only
• Course Website:
• https://www.robdarrow.us/lgbt-
history/lgbt-history-course-summer-
2018/

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History Course.
June 2018
Webinar Structure
• Lecture / Discussion about Topic
• Interactive Activity
• Final Word from participants
• Course clarifications at end (not
recorded)

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History Course.
June 2018
Webinar Schedule
• June 5 – Intro to LGBT History
• June 12: Social Movements and Teaching LGBT
History
• June 19: Harlem Renaissance (1920s) and the
Lavender Scare (1950s)
• June 26: Legislation, Laws and Amendments related
to LGBT History
• July 3: No Webinar – Happy “Independence Day”
• July 10: Transgender History
• July 17: Presentations (All participate)

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History Course.
June 2018
This is a Safe Space

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History Course.
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Remember:
A difference between:
➢ Teaching LGBT history
➢ Advocating a lifestyle
➢ Promoting a religion
Note: Teachers have taught about Puritanism or
Muslim for years in history courses, but we don’t
promote it

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History Course.
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Remember…
• LGBT history in the California History/Social
Science Framework
– Primarily U.S. History (Grades 2, 4, 5, 8 and 11)
– Framework is a “floor” not a “ceiling” – minimum
of what should be taught
• Teachers at every level enhance lessons with
new information to engage learners
• Integrated vs. stand alone lessons better

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History Course.
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Some key historical
statements and
questions
• Evidence indicates that…
• If [some person] was alive today would
he/she/they identify as gay, lesbian,
bisexual or transgender?
• If Charley Parkhurst were alive today would
he have identified as transgender?

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History Course.
June 2018
Quick Review of Last week –
LGBT History
• Ancient Times – Same sex relationships existed
• 1600s – Laws against sodomy. People hung.
• 1700s – Revolution and Constitution. Gender norms
based on religion. LGBT and cross-dressers
• 1800s – Civil War / romantic friendships and social
change / progressives / movement West
• 1900s – Inclusion (1920s), then Laws/policies
eliminate LGBT people from military and
government (1950s), then Stonewall (1969) and
protests (1970s)
• 2000s – Equality protection laws passed / Supreme
Court decisions / repeal of “Don’t’ Ask Don’t Tell”

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What is a
“social movement”?
• “Organized yet informal social
entities that are engaged in extra-
institutional conflict that is
oriented towards a goal.”
(Christiansen, 2009).

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History Course.
June 2018
Elements of Social
Movement
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1
G68O8e_2h769ieTRk5NS42JVSsBPK4x
A1qOZNhxwxXk/edit

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History Course.
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Stages of a Social Movement
(not necessarily linear)
• 1. Initial unrest and agitation
• 2. Resource mobilization
• 3. Organization
• 4. Institutionalization
• 5. Organizational decline

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History Course.
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Women’s Rights – Late 1800s
• UNREST: 1848 – Women meet in small
groups to discuss the “state of women”
• MOBILIZATION: 1848 – Seneca Falls
Women Conference / Declaration of
Sentiment (included men)
• 1872 – Susan B. Anthony votes and
arrested (Anthony never marries)
• 1873– Supreme Court rules that a state has
the right to exclude a married woman from
practicing law.
• 1876 – Book Written: “History of Women’s
Suffrage” (6 volumes – 1922)

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History Course.
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Women’s Rights – Late 1800s
• ORGANIZATION: 1889 – Jane Addams and
her long term partner, Mary Rozet Smith,
open Hull House in Chicago
• ORGANIZATION: 1890 – National Assoc for
Women’s Suffrage
• 1912 – Jane Addams becomes first woman
to nominate a presidential candidate –
Theodore Roosevelt (Roosevelt speaks out
for women’s suffrage)
• 1918 – Margaret Sanger wins court case
about advising women about birth control.
• INSTITUTIONALIZATION: 1920 – Women’s
Suffrage (19th Amendment Ratified)

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History Course.
June 2018
Other Social Movements
taught in schools?
• #MeToo Movement
• California Farmworker Movement
• Civil Right Movement
• Etc.

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Identify the stages in the:
Gay Rights Movement
• Unrest:
• Mobilization:
• Organization:
• Institutionalization:

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Comparison of Rights Movements

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Comparison of Rights Movements

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History Course.
June 2018
Comparison of Rights Movements

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History Course.
June 2018
Comparison of Rights Movements

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Comparison of Rights Movements

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Comparison of Rights Movements

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History Course.
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Comparison of Rights Movements
• Documents available on Webinar website.

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History Course.
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History Teaching
• History curriculum generally organized by
time
• LGBT History should be taught in context
of other social movements
(No “LGBT history day” only)
• Social movements and/or standing up for
rights can be taught beginning in second
grade

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Curriculum Content/Integration
• 2nd Grade – Families
• 3rd Grade – Heroes
• 4th Grade – Native Americans, California,
gold rush, local heroes and government
(Pride month, growth of SF, rainbow flag,
etc.)
• 5th grade – Westward movement. Gender
discussions.

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History Course.
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Curriculum Content/Integration
• 6th Grade – Ancient Greece (Sappho of
Lesbos), Rome (Hadrian and Antinous) and
China (See: Li Shiu Tong)
• 7th Grade – Middle Ages, Reformation and
Renaissance (Michelangelo and DaVinci)
• 8th grade – Early America, Civil War
• 10th grade world history – Religion, World
War I, World War II
• 11th grade U.S. history – Women’s Rights,
Harlem Renaissance, Lavender Scare,
LGBT people in the military

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LGBT History Framework Alignment to Standards – 8th

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LGBT History Framework Alignment
to Standards – 11th

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Curriculum Calendar – 11th

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Textbook Selection Tool – 2nd

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Curriculum Integration
Documents – Linked on Website
• Making the Framework Fair (2014)
• Alignment of LGBT History in
Framework with Standards (8th and 11th)
• Curriculum Calendar (8th and 11th)
• Textbook Selection Tools (K-5, 8th, 11th)

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Concluding Thoughts
• Social movements / standing up for rights
can be taught at any grade (Add in LGBT
rights)
• Integrate into what is already taught
• Teachers need guidance/scaffold tools to
see how LGBT history fits – alignment to
standards, curriculum map, textbook
selection tool, etc.
• Framework is a “floor” not a “ceiling” –
minimum of what should be taught
• Identify LGBT people in history if there is
evidence of a person being gay, lesbian,
bisexual or transgender in history

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History Course.
June 2018
Webinar 2: Final Word from You –
Social Movements/
Teaching LGBT History
• A final thought or insight to share – one
or two sentences.
• See you next Tuesday

35. Darrow. LGBT
History Course.
June 2018
Webinar 2:
Social Movements and
LGBT History
“Teaching LGBT History in Schools”
Rob Darrow, Ed.D.
June 2018
www.RobDarrow.us * Robdarrow@robdarrow.us