Workshop in Teaching LGBTQ+ History in Pennsylvania to be held August 4

The Pennsylvania LGBT History Network is presenting a workshop, Teaching LGBTQ+ History in Pennsylvania, on Wednesday August 4, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.

Designed for social studies and history teachers, Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA) student organization advisors, and consultants and students in the education field, the workshop will provide opportunities for attendees to find LGBTQ+ history resources in Pennsylvania and beyond; get ideas from examples of lesson plans, curricula and topics; and learn how to create their own customized lesson plans for their students.

The workshop agenda is below and will include a series of presentations by archivists and educators leading a tour of digital archival collections and online exhibits in LGBTQ+ history with a particular focus on Pennsylvania. These sources provide access to documents, photographs and other materials for creating lessons in LGBTQ+ history. The second part of the agenda will include presentations by teachers and educators of sample lesson plans and curricula they have created. There will be a presentation about National History Day in PA projects with an LGBTQ+ theme. The final section of the agenda will be devoted to creating lesson plans in LGBTQ+ history using online tools and other resources.

This virtual workshop is free of charge and will be accessed over Zoom. To register and receive the Zoom invitation, use this link: https://bit.ly/teachinglgbtqpa. For general inquiries, contact Barry Loveland at history@centralpalgbtcenter.org.

The mission of the PA LGBT History Network is to engage people in discovering Pennsylvania's LGBTQ+ history, historic sites, history projects, artifacts and archival collections, and to facilitate collaboration between the organizations, institutions and individuals that provide stewardship of this heritage.

We accomplish our mission by holding regular meetings, facilitating communications, collaborating, and creating opportunities to share information, collections, resources, exhibits and programs.

There are currently about 500 people in our Network. To join our Network, send an email to the-pa-lgbt-history-network+subscribe@googlegroups.com. We are also on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/625853160935056/. There is no cost to join.

Teaching LGBTQ+ History in Pennsylvania

A workshop presented by the PA LGBT History Network

August 4, 2021, 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM

AGENDA

1:00 PM        Welcome and Introduction: Barry Loveland (he/him/his), Coordinator of the Pennsylvania LGBT History Network

FIND RESOURCES

1:05 PM        LGBTQ+ Archival Collections and Digital Exhibits available in PA

• John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia – John Anderies (he/him)
• New Hope Celebrates History – Daniel Brooks
• LGBT Center of Central PA History Project at Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections – Malinda Triller-Doran (she/her) Special Collections Librarian, Dickinson College
• Lehigh Valley LGBT Community Archive, a partnership between Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center and Muhlenberg College's Trexler Library – Kristen Leipert (she/her/hers), Digital Projects Archivist at Muhlenberg College and Archivist at Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
• Pittsburgh Queer History Project – Harrison Apple (they/them/theirs)
• Army Heritage Center Foundation – Jeff Hawks, Director of Education and Veteran Outreach
• Lavender Legacies listings in Society of American Archivists web site - TBD

2:05 PM        General discussion, Q&A and break time, moderated by Barry Loveland

GET IDEAS

2:20 PM        Sample Lesson Plans/Curricula

• Teaching LGBTQ+ History in the Elementary Grades – Josh Herren, teacher, The Philadelphia School
• Introducing LGBTQ History through your GSA – Carol Smialek, teacher, PA Distance Learning Charter School
• Curricula and lesson plans – Drew Benfer (he/him/his), teacher, Abington Friends School
• The Long Road to LGBTQ+ Equality in Pennsylvania digital exhibit lesson plan – David Duffield, Colorado LGBT History Project

3:00 PM        National History Day in PA projects with LGBTQ+ history themes

• Introduction to National History Day -  Jeff Hawks, State Coordinator, National History Day in Pennsylvania
• Examples of LGBTQ+ history projects – Marian Cronin-Connolly, St. Peter’s School, Philadelphia

3:20 PM        General discussion, Q&A and break time, moderated by John Anderies

CREATE LESSONS

3:35 PM        Teaching LGBTQ+ history with DocsTeach, from the National Archives  – Andrea (Ang) Reidell (she/her/hers), Education Specialist, National Archives and Records Administration; and Program Manager, National History Day Philadelphia

3:55 PM        Creating your own lesson plans for teaching LGBTQ+ history – Drew Benfer (he/him/his), teacher, Abington Friends School

4:15 PM        General discussion and Q&A, moderated by Barry Loveland

4:30 PM        Conclusion/link to recording and evaluation survey: Barry Loveland