LGBTQ+Students+and+Bullying

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<**Class 9: Whose History/Whose Science** ...................................................................... **Class 11: Impacts of Poverty on Learning>**




 * Key Topics: **


 * ** Building Safe Schools ** .............. || ** Bullying ** ............ || ** Exclusive or Inclusive ** .............. || ** Upstanding Not Bystanding ** ||



= BUILDING SAFE SCHOOLS = //**Read**// Hostile Hallways: Sexual Harassment

**1**. ** Have you seen signs of sexual harassment in school you attended as a student? **


 * Bullet list the three recommendations **** to produce a safe school environment for all from **** //Hostile Hallways: Sexual Harassment// **** . **


 * Were any of these three recommendations publicly stated when you were in school prior to college? **

Read**// about California's FAIR Education Act //**


 * The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act, Senate Bill 48 in California, updates prior laws requiring representation in public school learning resources of diverse populations' contributions to the development of the United States and the state of California.** “//Pacific Islanders, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, and persons with disabilities//” are included in this bill.


 * 2. Explain succinctly the purpose of the FAIR Education Act. **


 * Summarize in two sentences the information from 'What Does the Law Say'? **


 * 3. **** What is your thinking about the use of these guidelines pertaining to curriculum and its effects on bullying behavior? **

= BULLYING =




 * (Photo Ester Inbar, Wikimedia Commons) **

//**According to the National Mental Health Information Center,**// // " Bullying involves repeated acts of physical, emotional, or social behavior that are intentional, controlling, and hurtful ." //
= To Bully or Not to Bully: Shakespeare Speaks =


 * Some 400 years after the first recorded performance of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” thousands of Colorado students are seeing an adaptation of the famous play created especially for them.** **Their version is relatively short, and has a very specific goal:** ** reducing violence among teens and pre-teens .**


 * “// Shakespeare is an expert in violence //,” said Tim Orr, director of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival . “// There is so much violence and intimidation. And he explores every possible way: family violence, nation violence, kings and queens, husbands and wives, children and parents //.”**

-April Brown PBS Newshour
 * “// There’s characters who are more the bullying type, there’s some that are the victims, some that are the bystanders. And so it lends itself to a conversation about all those roles //,” says Beverly Kingston, director of the [|Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence.] **


 * **Read** Anti-Bullying Lessons with the Bard
 * Bard means poet in old English. Shakespeare is known as the Bard of Avon, showing his national status and naming his birthplace. **

//**View**// 1 minute Shakespeare & Violence Prevention


 * 4. **** Seeing Shakespeare's characters portray positions of power ** ** awakens students' perceptions of the different **** roles **** that exist in bullying. **


 * Had you thought of or heard prior to now of Shakespeare being an expert on violence? **


 * Did you learn in school about "the moment of decision" when characters choose their behaviors and their actions follow from those choices? **


 * How might these ideas, violence and moment of decision, place Shakespeare's plays in a modern context today and create interest for high school students? **


 * What did you ** **observe high schoolers doing as they engaged in the workshop w/actors?**

= EXCLUSIVE/INCLUSIVE : = = UPSTANDING NOT BYSTANDING =



//**View**// **41 minute episode of MTV's,** If You Really Knew Me
 * Freedom High, California**


 * 5. NAME and ASSESS the effects of 3 of the strategies facilitators used to explore and change social divisions in this school on this day. **


 * What would you create as follow up activities to sustain the changes throughout an entire school year? **


 * 6. Is there is a strategy or program you know of that effectively stops students' use of derogatory language in school? **


 * What would you create in a school to reduce the use of these words? **


 * (the words homo, gay, fag, les, butch, dyke, flaming and others "having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force") **

** force ** noun Dictionary.com
1.physical power or strength possessed by a living being: 2.strength or power exerted upon an [|object]; physical coercion; violence: to use force on a person. 3.strength; energy; power; intensity: 4. ** power to influence, affect, or ** [|control]; efficacious power: the force of circumstances; a force for law andorder. 5. ** Law. unlawful violence threatened or committed against persons or property **.

Additional Resources
From Teasing to Torment: School Climate Revisited: A Survey of U.S. Secondary School Students and Teachers, GLSEN, 2016

[|FAQ About Anti-LGBT Curriculum Laws]
 * Findings pages xi to xvii

Coming Out /Transgender High School Teacher

New Estimates Show that 150,000 Youth Ages 13 to 17 Identify as Transgender in the U.S., UCLA School of Law

== Making the Framework FAIR: California History-Social Science Framework Proposed LGBT Revisions Related to the FAIR Education Act ==


 * Upstanding or Bystanding **

Learn how an event at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 sparked a revolution among the gap community that is still being fought today. The American Experience: Stonewall Uprising

The Pulse Nightclub mass shooting in June, 2016 recalled the UpStairs Lounge gay bar fire June, 1973, that killed 32 people. Out of the Ashes, An Unwavering Resolve

Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club, named for Harvey Mild after his assassination.

Harvey Milk Told Ron Huberman One Thing That Changed His Life Ron Huberman tells his story. Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club, named for Harvey Mild after his assassination.

I'm From Driftwood, LGBTQ Story Archive

Daniel Hernandez, Jr. [] Chy Johnson and Her Boys: High School Football Teams Upstands

This lively, contemporary story introduces readers to a centuries-old festival and the traditional sport of kite fighting, and to a spirited, determined young boy who masters the sport while finding his own way to face and overcome life’s challenges. //King for a Day,// by Rukhsana Khan

Garrett Gilkey: offensive lineman in football, defensive upstander in life. NFL draft prospect out of Chadron State faced bullies in high school. Who's laughing now? Garrett Gilkey

The "Equality Forum coordinates **LGBT History Month**, produces **documentary films**, undertakes **high-impact****initiatives** and presents the largest annual national and international **GLBT civil rights forum**." The Equality Forum

Malcolm Lazin, executive director of the Equality Forum, a Philadelphia- based nonprofit devoted to LGBT civil rights, tells his story about how Arlen Spector became an upstander in Lazin's life. Arlen Spector's Courageous Stand

StoryCorps Shorts: The Saint of Dry Creek 1959, a high school boy puts glitter on his face as part of his costume for his high school assembly performance. His father comes to watch the performance.
 * Bullying **


 * According to the National Mental Health Information Center, " Bullying involves repeated acts of physical, emotional, or social behavior that are intentional, controlling, and hurtful. "**

In a history-making report, Hostile Hallways: Bullying, Teasing, and Sexual Harassment in School (2001), ** four of five students-boys and girls-report that they have experienced some type of sexual harassment in school, despite a greater awareness of school policies dealing with the issue. **
 * Hostile Hallways **
 * According to the students surveyed, ** sexual harassment-words and actions-in school happens often, occurs under teachers’ noses, can begin in elementary school, and is very upsetting to both girls and boys. **

When given 14 examples of **non-physical and physical harassment, students say they would be very upset if someone did the following:**
 * According to the report, based on a national survey of 2,064 public school students in 8th through 11th grades conducted by Harris Interactive: **
 * 83% of girls and 79% of boys report "ever" having experienced harassment.
 * The number of boys reporting experiences with harassment often or occasionally has increased since 1993 (56% vs. 49%), although girls are still somewhat more likely to experience it.
 * For many students sexual harassment is an ongoing experience: over 1 in 4 students experience it “often.”
 * These numbers **do not differ by whether the school is urban or suburban or rural.**
 * **76% of students have experienced non-physical harassment while 58% have experienced physical harassment.** Non-physical harassment includes taunting, rumors, graffiti, jokes or gestures. **One-third of all students report experiencing physical harassment “often or occasionally.”**
 * Actions hurt - but so do words... **
 * Spread sexual rumors about them (75%)
 * Pulled off or down their clothing in a sexual way (74%)
 * Said that they were gay or lesbian (73%)
 * Forced them to do something sexual other than kissing (72%)
 * Spied on them as they dressed or showered at school (69%)


 * Although large groups of both boys and girls report experiencing harassment, girls are more likely to report being negatively affected by it... **
 * Girls are far more likely than boys to feel “self conscious” (44% to 19%), “embarrassed” (53% to 32%), and “less confident” (32% to 16%) because of an incident of harassment
 * Girls are more likely than boys to change behaviors in school and at home because of the experience, including not talking as much in class (30% to 18%) and avoiding the person who harassed them (56% to 24%)
 * Girls were consistently more likely to say they would be “very upset” by all 14 incidents of sexual harassment, with the exception of being called gay or lesbian (boys – 74 %, girls – 73 %)


 * Students fear being sexually harassed or hurt in school... **
 * A substantial number of students-both boys and girls-fear being hurt by someone in their school life. **Eighteen percent (18%) are afraid some or most of the time, and less than half (46%) are “never” afraid in school**.
 * One-third of students fear being sexually harassed in school.
 * Hispanic boys and girls are more likely than African American students to feel afraid.

For more on bullying and cyberbullying, see our TransformingTech wiki.

National Bully Prevention Center's Teens Against Bullying Campaign Bullying Scenarios and How Teens Can Address Them

Anderson Cooper's 360 Report on a school is reaching out to LGBT students. Dealing with gay students, bullying in very different ways

The It Gets Better Project's mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth around the world that it gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them. Website includes videos to help speak out against hate and intolerance for teh LGTBQA community, predominately for teens. It Gets Better Project

A NY Times interactive website where youth and young adults tell their stories about being gay and transgender, and knowing they were different. 'Coming Out': Audio, Photos, and Stories of Gay Teens Accompanying article: ‘Coming Out’: Gay Teenagers, in Their Own Words

PBS Newhour highlights the Roots of Empathy program, which targets k-8 students and is on a mission to decrease aggressive behavior patterns at an early age and therefore curb bullying. Roughly 160,000 children miss school every day “due to fear of an attack or intimidation by other students,” according to the National Education Association. Bringing Babies to the Classroom to Teach Empathy, Prevent Bullying Roots of Empathy Read [|Obama Administration Speaks Out Against Bullying Gay Youth]

Founded in 2006, PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center actively leads social change, so that bullying is no longer considered an accepted childhood rite of passage. PACER offers digital-based resources for parents, schools, teens and youth. PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center PACER's Stories from Kids: Be the Change

MARC: Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University. Research on bullying and cyberbullying in Massachusetts schools by Elizabeth K. Englander Research Findings: MARC 2011 Survey Grades 3-12

The Infinite Learning Lab uses a familiar cartoon cat to teach students a number of life lessons, including all about cyber bullying and the consequences it can have. Professor Garfield's Cyberbullying

An interactive website where children can learn about bullying - what it means to bully and to be bullied and how to make a difference. Kids Against Bullying

Teaching Tolerance offers an abundance of professional development tools, classroom activities, magazine articles and blogs dedicated to informing people on bullying. Bullying Basics

The Anti-Defamation League and Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation presents: The Pyramid of Hate

Steven Spielberg tells the story of how and why he began filmmaking as an excluded bullied 16-year-old. (2:30-5:56) or (0:00-5:56)
 * Steven Spielberg/60 minutes **


 * Exclusive or Inclusive **

Never Counted Out: A Creative Revolution To Empower At-Risk Youth

[|Best Practices: Creating an LGBT-Inclusive School Climate] from Teaching Tolerance

For LGBTQ Students, Safety is Not Enough

'The Sims' Traces the Cultural Arc of LBGT Movement


 * Safe Schools **


 * How might a teacher/tutor/adult talk with students about the words: transgender, gay, lesbian, homo, fag, or any other offensive or hurtful name?**

Five Myths about Transgender Students Educators Need to Unlearn

Gay-Straight Alliance Network's website with information, resources, events and school programs to "empower youth activists to fights homophobia and transphobia in schools" Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act

//And Tango Makes Three// is a children's book from 2005 in which two male penguins from the Central Park Zoo are given an egg to raise. The book was one of the most challenged books between 2005 and 2010 because of its controversy with same-sex marriage and homosexuality. View the book in video form And Tango Makes Three Read about the book and the responses it got Wikipedia: And Tango Makes Three

Videos of 4th grade students and teachers discussing stereotypes, labels, and how kids learned the words not usually highlighted in class: It's Elementary Part 1 and It's Elementary Part 2

This free quarterly newsletter is designed to keep you informed about important school climate issues and NSCC's work nationwide with articles available via PDF download. National School Climate Center

Welcoming Schools is a project of the Human Rights Campaign. The site provides resources for students and educators to learn how to deal with bullying and harassment situations. Welcoming Schools

The Human Rights Campaign's __trailers__ for bullying information and awareness: Welcoming Schools Film: What Do You Know? and What Can We Do? Bias, Bullying and Bystanders


 * LESSON PLAN: LGBTQ-Inclusive History and Curriculum**

California is Adopting LGBTQ-Inclusive History Textbooks (November 14, 2017)
 * Integrating LBGTQ Curriculum**

Illinois Aims to be Second State Including LGBTQ History in School (February 21, 2018)

[|LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum]from GLSEN


 * Banning LGBTQ Curriculum**

[|#Dont Erase Us: FAQ about Anti-LGBT Curriculum Laws], Lambda Legal
 * Includes state-by-state information about laws to protect LGBT people and people with living with HIV

Don't Say Gay: Why States are Erasing LBGTQ Students and How They Have the Power to Change It

Alan Turing Page on resourcesforhistoryteachers
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Learn more about Alan Turing at Information Pioneers: Alan Turing


 * Bayard Rustin**


 * Bayard Rustin page on resourcesforhistoryteachers**

Bayard Rustin

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

** [[image:Screen Shot 2017-02-24 at 12.30.24 PM.png]]LESSON PLAN: Bullying Prevention Statistics and Videos **

 * Learning How Bullying Happens in Order to Prevent It NPREd (October 17, 2017) **
 * Show chart of How Students Report They Are Bullied


 * Bullying Statistics **
 * **Effects of bullying**
 * **Cyberbullying**
 * **Bullying of students with disabilities**
 * **Bullying of students of color**
 * **Bullying of students who identify or are perceived as LGBTQ**
 * **Weight-based bullying**

LGBT Students Experience Pervasive Harassment and Discrimination, But School-Based Resources and Supports Are Making a Difference National School Climate Survey with data and infographics
 * GLSEN (Gay Lesbian & Straight Education Network) National School Climate Survey **
 * 84.9% of students heard "gay" used in a negative way at school; 91.4% reported feeling distressed by the use of that language.
 * 56.9% reported hearing homophobic remarks from teachers or other school staff;
 * 56.9% reported hearing negative remarks about their gender expression from teachers or other school staff.
 * 31.8% missed at least one day of school in the past month because they felt unsafe or uncomfortable at school.
 * Students who experienced higher levels of victimization in school because of sexual orientation or gender expression were more than twice as likely to report they did not intend to pursue post-secondary education.


 * School Climate in Massachusetts**


 * Videos**


 * As a teacher.**
 * **I would show this video to students because it will influence more inclusive, respectful behavior (A)**
 * I might show this video to students because it could **influence more inclusive, respectful behavior (B)**
 * I would not show this video to students because it will not **influence more inclusive, respectful behavior (C OR BELOW)**

It's Not Acceptable

A Sincere Compliment

Bullying Jr: Burger King's Anti-Bullying Ad is an Eye-Opener

[|Wanda Sykes]Video from GLSEN and the Ad Council


 * How Challenging That's So Gay Made a School Safer**

Back Down Bully--Nasir's Story. (Nasir is a 4th grade student in a school in Washington State)

[|Great School Bullying Videos]
 * **Break the Chain** (grand prize winner in the Stop Bullying Challenge)

[|You Can Play Colorado]Video from Colorado High School Activities Association

[|Mean Girls Music Video] by Rachel Crow

End Bullying, Kids in the House

Middle Schoolers Win International Award with Anti-Bullying Video

Two High School Football Players Tackle Bullying

[|You Are Not Alone] from National Bullying Prevention Center

EXTRA Video RESOURCES

[|My Bullying Story]


 * [|Hilary Duff and Wanda Sykes Videos]

[|Who Will Stop the Bullying?] from UpTV
 * Be the Hero



TEAMS' class schedule 4:05- 5:10pm Speakers Panel from the Stonewall Center addresses the whole class 5:15-6:00pm 1-2 Time/ workshops half hour each 6:00- 6:30 pm Site meetings

John Maynard Keynes