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What’s So Bad About “That’s So Gay”?

Almost every teacher has heard students use the expression, “that’s so gay” as a way of putting down or insulting someone (or to describe something). These lessons will help students examine how inappropriate language can hurt, and will help them think of ways to end this kind of name-calling.

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

SEL

ELL / ESL

February 27, 2010

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March 22, 2018

What Love, Simon Can Teach Us About Classroom Conversations

For the first time, a rom-com from a major studio is helping gay and bi teens feel seen—and celebrated. Teachers have an opportunity to do the same.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

article

August 19, 2011

What’s Next For Girls Who Want To Be Astronauts?

As the final Space Shuttle mission touched down last month, ending NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program, I wondered what would come next for women in aerospace. Without a clear, defined mission from NASA, I questioned where that leaves girls and young women who dream of becoming astronauts.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

article

July 27, 2012

What Sally Ride and Amelia Earhart Taught Us

This week reminded us of two pioneering women in aviation. The nation mourned the death of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. At the same time, many of us celebrated the 115th birthday of Amelia Earhart.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

article

December 10, 2014

What a Week for Transgender Students!

December started off right with expanded rights for transgender students attending public schools.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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Literature

What Is Talmud?: A Jewish tale set in medieval Germany

Girl sits on a man's lap with a large book.

This story introduces the Talmud, an important book in the Jewish faith that contains the ideas and teachings from hundreds of rabbis. A father reads a story from the Talmud to his daughter and they talk about its meaning.

Nina Jaffe and Steve Zeitlin

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Religion Gender & Sexual Identity

July 3, 2014

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December 4, 2017

What If My Student Discloses a Sexual Assault?

girl reading with face in hands sitting on hallway floor

This guidance from experts at the National Association of School Psychologists can help educators respond if a student discloses abuse or assault.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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December 11, 2017

What We Mean When We Say, “Toxic Masculinity”

As a consumer of news and a classroom teacher, how can I help my students make sense of the current news cycle? The term “toxic masculinity” can be useful vocabulary for these conversations.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

article

February 21, 2012

When Boys Love Barbie

For two years I taught preschool to a diverse group of energetic children. Every morning one boy would enter the classroom, throw down his stuff, run over to the dress-up corner and slip into a shimmery polyester wedding gown.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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June 25, 2015

When a Fairy Tale Turns Into a Nightmare

Two North Carolina educators resigned last week after an LGBT-inclusive fairy tale was read to third-graders. What does that say about school climate?

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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