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Citizenship: Campaigning and Protest – A British Value?

This lesson is mostly based on interviews with Geoff Hardy and Tim Lucas, former members of The Gay Teachers Group (forerunner to Schools OUT UK) who describe the momentous events of the 1983 NUT Conference, which was held on Jersey. In the second part of the lesson, Myrtle Finley from the Proud Trust (then LGBT Youth […]

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Exploring different kinds of rights and obligations

Context: Blue Eye / Brown Eye is an experiment first performed in the USA by Jane Elliot in 1968. The experiment was performed by Elliot on the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, to demonstrate what prejudice was to her third grade class. This activity enables pupils to experience, first hand, what prejudice […]

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Wikipedia Timeline of LGBT History

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history This is a timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) related history, starting from around the 10th millennium BC to present day.Contains dates many homophobic laws were made/repealed in various countries. From Key Stage 4 for students to navigate. Bits can be selected for use at lower key stages. Some use for all […]

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Homophobia Posters

Poster available for order from https://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/ “We have a range of materials which are for display in Scottish schools. 1) Posters 2) Postcard 3) Pocket sized cards for young people 4) Posters specifically for staff areas in schools  

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Safe Space Kit: Guide to Being an Ally to LGBT Students

GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) Designed to help educators create a safe space for LGBT youth in schools, the NEW Safe Space Kit features the 42-page Guide to Being an Ally to LGBT Students. (more…)

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