Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 12:01:44 -0700 
From: jessea@nature.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Anti Homophobia Curriculum

Homophobia: Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation ils a 40
page, 5 part lesson plan for junior and high school students.  This
prejudice-reduction curriculum contains lesson plans, supplementary
readings and a bibliography.  The lessons are entitled: Homophobia
and Violence, A Lesson in History, Dispelling Myths and Falsehoods,
Troubled Teens , and Preparing Your Class for Speakers on Homosexuality.
Each lesson plan has a teacher's guide which includes objectives,
vocabulary, teaching strategy, discussion questions, and activities.
The lesson on history includes a chronology of important events in
the lesbian/gay rights movement and list of famous historical
figures who are known to have had lesbian/gay relationships. The
curriculum has been approved for use in the Los Angeles Unified
School District.  It has been styled to be used in conjunction with
the Jewish Anti-Defamation League's "World of Difference Campaign."
To order, call GLAAD/LA, 213-658-6775.

===Jessea Greenman, jessea@nature.Berkeley.edu===

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