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Do's and Don'ts of Teaching Black History
How do you ensure students get the most out of black history and Black History Month? Here are some suggestions.
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Why Women’s History Month Matters in 2016
Women’s History Month is a crucial time to remind the nation and the world of women’s important work and the barriers that exist to full gender equality.
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Black History Month Teaching: Miseducation or Empowerment?
This high school English teacher encourages educators to focus on African Americans' contributions to the United States, with the Harlem Renaissance as a way to begin.
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Women’s History Month Opens Path to STEM
The theme of Women’s History Month 2013 is “Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.” Make March a jumping-off point for a year-long effort to invite female students into the world of STEM.
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Black LGBTQ History: Teachers Must Do a Better Job
Our curricula should not present a narrow, monolithic narrative about Black history that omits certain voices and identity groups, such as LGBTQ individuals.
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Black History in the Making
Black history isn’t only in the past—it’s happening right now. This Black History Month, commit to acknowledging and elevating today’s young Black change makers and their accomplishments year-round. Our resources will help you uplift Black activists who are changing history and those fighting for justice within their communities, and they will encourage your students to see themselves as change makers too.
- “We Won’t Wear the Name”
- Teach This: “The Hill We Climb” and the 2021 Inauguration
- Charlottesville’s Zyahna Bryant Shall Lead
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Latinx History Is Black History
This webinar will clarify the confusion between race and ethnicity, provide a historical primer on Afro-Latinx identities and review resources for teaching Elizabeth Acevedo’s poem “Afro-Latina.”
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Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month
October is LGBTQ+ History Month. LGBTQ+ people have always existed, but LGBTQ+ history, which is an integral part of the history of the United States, has often been ignored or erased. We offer a few of our resources for learning and teaching about the contributions of LGBTQ+ people, including articles, posters and our 13-episode podcast series, Queer America, devoted to this understudied history.
- Queer America Podcast
- Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights and Inclusion
- Black LGBTQ History: Teachers Must Do a Better Job
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Celebrate LGBTQ History Month
LGBTQ history is American history, and all of our students deserve to know that. This October, we hope you’ll join us in celebrating LGBTQ History Month. Here are a few of our favorite resources for learning and teaching about the contributions of LGBTQ people, including lessons, posters, articles and our podcast, Queer America, devoted exclusively to recovering this understudied history.
- Queer America Podcast
- Laverne Cox
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Celebrating Women's History Month
March is Women's History Month! Our treasure trove of texts and resources can help you teach this history year-round, but this is a great time to address inequity and draw special attention to girls and women who have shaped—and continue to shape—our world.
- Jazz Jennings
- You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!
- Welfare is a Women's Issue