Pride Teaching Resources

We have compiled the following LGBTQIA+ teaching resources for educators to help address issues of equality, inclusiveness, mutual understanding and acceptance. Booklists ranging from picture books to adult-level texts are included followed by classroom materials and lesson plans. 

Booklists

• American Library Association's Rainbow Booklist
• DOE's "Add a Little Pride to your Reading List"
• GLSEN book discussion guides
• New York Public Library's Pride Collection
• Scholastic's Inspiring LGBTQIA+ Books
• Stonewall Book Awards List
• Welcoming Schools

Curriculum materials

• Garden State Equality’s Lesson Plan Collection (all grade levels)
• GLSEN’s collection of LGBTQ+ Teaching Guides and Lessons (all grade levels)
• Human Rights Campaign’s "Welcoming Schools" curriculum (all grade levels) 
• Illinois Civics Education’s LGBTQ toolkit (middle school & above) 
• Illinois Inclusive Curriculum lesson Plans (all grade levels) 
• LGBTQ+ History Timeline from GLSEN (upper elementary & above) 
• One Archives Foundation Lesson Plans (middle school & above) 
• Pronoun Awareness Lesson from GLSEN (elementary) 

Lessons for Pride Month

• AFT’s LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Educator Resources (all grade levels)
• ADL's LGBTQ+ Pride Month and Education Resources (all grade levels)
• DOE's Pride Month page (all grade levels)
• Community Action Middle School (MS 258) - Presentation of Pride Month Lessons (middle school & above)
• WeTeach NYC Pride Month lessons (all grade levels)