LGBTQ Materials for Classroom Use : Discussion Guides
This guide provides recommended fiction, discussion guides, lesson plans, scholarly articles and local resources for instruction on LGBTQ topics.
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Featured Resources
LGBTQ Youth and Education by Call Number: LC192.6 M396 2014ISBN: 9780807754894Publication Date: 2013-11-29
Local Networks
- Gay Straight Alliance for Safe SchoolsCapacity-building for youth, students and professional staff.
- Madison Metropolitan School District GLBTQ ProgramSupport and information for students and educators.
- Cooperative Children's Book Center Intellectual Freedom ServicesConfidential assistance for educators and librarians in Wisconsin.
- Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Madison ChapterSupports health and well being for GLBTQ people, their families and friends.
- UW-Madison LGBT Campus CenterSupport for social, emotional, academic and cultural needs of LGBTQ students.
High School Book Discussion Guides
Discussion Guide: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Guide by Farrar, Straus, Giroux
This printable PDF contains discussion questions and brief blurbs on the author and book.
Discussion Guide: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by Guide by Dutton Children's Books
A printable PDF pamphlet that includes activities, discussion questions, and author information.
Discussion Guide: Boy Meets Boy by Discussion questions and more by Shmoop.com
Discussion Guide: Ash by Guide by the Rhode Island Teen Book Award, a project of School Librarians of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Library Association.
Contains discussion questions, awards, read-alikes and web resources.
Discussion Guide: Luna by Guide by the Rhode Island Teen Book Award, a project of School Librarians of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Library Association.
Contains discussion questions, awards, read-alikes and web resources.
Discussion Guide: Hard Love by Guide by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, Wild Goose Guides
Includes author interview, questions and project suggestions.
Middle School Book Discussion Guides
Discussion Guide: Geography Club by Guide by Brent Hartinger
A guide on the author's website that includes synopsis, major themes, question for discussion, and suggested classroom projects.
Discussion Guide: So Hard to Say by Guide by the Rhode Island Teen Book Award, a project of School Librarians of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Library Association.
Contains discussion questions, awards, read-alikes and web resources.
Discussion Guide: True Believer by Guide by Multnomah County Public Library.
Includes discussion questions and read-alikes.
Discussion Guide: After Tupac and D Foster by Guide by G.P. Putnam's Sons
Printable PDF pamphlet. Includes activities, discussion questions, and author information.
