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 Cris Mayo
Call Number: LC192.6 M396 2014ISBN: 9780807754894Publication Date: 2013-11-29Acting Out! by Mollie V. Blackburn (Editor); Caroline T. Clark (Editor); Lauren M. Kenney (Editor)
Call Number: LC212.8 .A27 2010ISBN: 9780807750322Publication Date: 2010-04-01
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 Peter Cameron
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 John Green; David Levithan
Guide by Dutton Children's Books
A printable PDF pamphlet that includes activities, discussion questions, and author information.Discussion Guide: Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Discussion questions and more by Shmoop.comDiscussion Guide: Ash by Malinda Lo
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 Julie Anne Peters
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 Ellen Wittlinger
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 Brent Hartinger
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 Alex Sanchez
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 Virginia Euwer Wolff
Guide by Multnomah County Public Library.
Includes discussion questions and read-alikes.Discussion Guide: After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Guide by G.P. Putnam's Sons
Printable PDF pamphlet. Includes activities, discussion questions, and author information.