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Reducing bias-based harassment in schools is partly a function of school boards adopting clear and inclusive anti-harassment policies and administrators supporting and explaining those policies and staff learning to intervene quickly and consistently. But none of those actions will END bias-based harassment in schools. The only way to END the scourge of bias-based bullying is for schools to educate children and teens regarding bigotry and prejudice. Prevention means including issues such as racism, sexism, anti-immigrant bias, anti-disability bias and anti-gay bias in the curriculum and in school-wide events.
Listen to:
"Homophobia" (0:57)
by Todd Denny -
part of the Music
Violence Prevention (MVP) curriculum
Listen to:
"How Could Anyone" (3:09)
by Libby Roderick - on
How Could Anyone. (2005)
http://www.libbyroderick.com/
This is also posted on our
Spiritual
Issues, and Resources
for K-12 Teachers & Curriculum
Specialists
resources pages.
"Delete
Discrimination": powerful
FREE guide to empower young people to fight discrimination in their local
communities and in themselves. Co-written by MTV, the Anti-Defamation League,
the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the National Conference for Community and
Justice. Rock
the Vote, 10635 Santa Monica Blvd. Mail Box 22, Los Angeles, CA 90025; Phone:
310-234-0665 ext.101; Email: dorlisa@rockthevote.org;
Web site: http://www.rockthevote.org
From Denial to Denigration: Understanding Institutionalized Heterosexism in Our Schools. 2002, Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network: http://www.glsen.org/binary-data/GLSEN_ATTACHMENTS/file/222-1.pdf (pdf format)
"'If These were Racial Slurs, Teachers Would be Stopping Them' ... Three Activists Object": an essay by Beth Reis, Mona Mendoza and Frieda Takamura of the Safe Schools Coalition to our fellow activists that discusses the intersection of racism and homophobia and why comparing forms of oppression is counter-productive: ( pdf file) http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/IfTheseWereRacialSlurs.PDF (pdf format)
Listen to:
"Homophobia Tango" (3:47)
by The Righteous Mothers - on Pesky
Angels. (1994)
http://www.righteousmothers.com/
Inside the Mind of People Who Hate Gays: This is an article by forensic psychologist Karen Franklin. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html
Internalized Homophobia/Transphobia …Homophilia/Transphilia: A Model: By Beth Reis, © 1990, revised 2008, with gratitude to professor Dorothy Riddle, Ph.D., on whose model for heterosexuals’ experience of homophobia this is based (www.wiu.edu/ucoso/riddle.htm) A description of the eight stages: Repulsion, Pity, Tolerance, Acceptance, Solidarity, Admiration, Appreciation, and Celebration. http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/InternalizedHomophobia_Reis’VersionofRiddle.pdf (pdf format)
International Day Against Homophobia - held on May 17 every year, is a rallying event offering an opportunity for people to get together and reach out to one another. Fondation Émergence promotes, mainly on a pan-Canadian level, the International Day Against Homophobia and encourages organisations and individuals to highlight this event in their environment. information for each of its endeavours remains a universal, multi-faceted and historical phenomenon: homophobia. http://www.homophobiaday.org/
"No
Place for Hate! 101 Ways You Can Beat Prejudice":
brochure available free online from the ADL: http://www.adl.org/prejudice/default.htm
"Not Round Here: Affirming Diversity, Challenging Homophobia" a Rural Service Providers Training Manual: This rich, well-written trainers' manual by Kenton Penley Miller & Mahamati of Outlink, a project of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Australia), is available free, in pdf format, at: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/pdf/human_rights/Not_round_here.pdf [© Copyright Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 2000. Anyone may copy, extract from or quote from the kit without any obligation to seek the Commission's permission or acknowledge the Commission - as long as the source of the training is acknowledged.] (pdf format)
Personal Assessment of Homophobia: This series of questions will make each person -- GLBT or not -- notice where he or she is on the journey to overcome anti-GLBT prejudice: http://www.uwm.edu/StudentOrg/sa/Ally/Personal%20Assesment.htm
Prejudice PSA's for all grade levels that you and your students can view on-line:
- For primary grades: There's one fun one with animation and real kids, reading aloud the book "The Crayon Box That Talked" and another about making friends with people different from yourself called "Be a Friend"
- For intermediate grades: Four vignettes from Nickelodeon on diversity and interaction across differences
- For middle school: There are three provocative, short TV public service announcements called "We Are All Americans"
- For high school: A gay-inclusive little piece on attitudes, "One America in the 21st Century," and thoughtful ones that address public policy and housing discrimination entitled "Because Affirmative Action Works" and "Do you still like me?"
Some are available in English and Spanish, both. You'll need either RealPlayer or Quicktime to view the TV PSA's. There are also radio PSA's on this page for which you'll need RealMedia or WindowsMedia. Scroll to the bottom of the page to download these tools. Some were developed by the National Anti-Discrimination Campaign with the Ad Council. Others come from Nickelodeon or the President's Initiative on Race. All are on CivilRights.org ... You can view them at: http://www.civilrights.org/about/lccref/programs/psa/
"Preventing Hate, Promoting Respect": This CD-Rom Tool and Manual from Partners Against Hate are organized into two sequenced categories: "Building Skills" and "Exploring Diversity," making it easy for you to just "click and go." The first set of topics is designed to help students explore thoughts and feelings about diversity, and help them to reflect on personal experience and think about themselves in relation to people whose race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or abilities may be different from their own. The second category of topics promotes life skills essential not just for positive intergroup relations, but for positive interpersonal and intragroup relations as well. Discussion questions are built into each lesson. To receive a copy of the Preventing Hate, Promoting Respect CD-Rom tool, contact: Project Director, Partners Against Hate, 1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite #1020, Washington, DC 20036; Phone: 202-452-8310; Email: webmaster@partnersagainsthate.org
"Preventing Prejudice: Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Lesson Plan Guide for Elementary Schools": A comprehensive, age-appropriate set of lesson plans designed to be easily integrated into units already being taught in K-5 classrooms, such as units on families, civil rights and stereotypes. Contains a resource list of books, articles and other relevant material. A joint project of the Lesbian and Gay Parents Association and the Buena Vista Lesbian and Gay Parents Group. $18. To order, go to: GroundSpark (formerly Women's Educational Media), Website: http://www.groundspark.org/
Soundbites Against Homophobia: Articulate Responses to Lies & Rhetoric, by Robin Kane on the web site of Political Research Associates: http://www.publiceye.org/eyes/soundhom.html
"Talking to Our Children about Bias and Prejudice": This Partners Against Hate web page offers concrete examples of parenting dilemmas and suggests language parents can use with preschoolers and elementary-age children to teach about bias: http://www.partnersagainsthate.org/strategies/families/children.html
Tolerance.org:
Web page from the Southern Poverty Law Center which intends to create a
national community committed to human rights, to awaken people of all ages to
the problem of hate and intolerance, to equip them with the best tolerance
ideas and to prompt them to act in their homes, schools, businesses and
communities: http://www.tolerance.org
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
II Sexual Orientation ~ Daily effects of straight privilege: based
on Dr. Peggy McIntosh's:
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack , this was
written by a number of straight-identified students at Earlham College
looked at a few examples of the privilege which straight people have. http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~hyrax/personal/files/student_res/straightprivilege.htm
and
http://www.campusactivism.org/uploads/straightprivilege.pdf
What Does Gay Mean? How to Talk with Kids about Sexual Orientation and Prejudice: anti-bullying program from The National Mental Health Association designed to improve understanding and respect for GLBT youth. Centered on an educational booklet (available in print and on their website as a PDF file) this program encourages parents and others to communicate and share values of respect with their children. http://www.nmha.org/whatdoesgaymean
"What
to Tell Your Child about Prejudice & Discrimination":
online brochure suggestions for parents and educators, from the
Anti-Defamation League: http://www.adl.org/what_to_tell/whattotell_intro.html
or, en Espanol: http://www.adl.org/what_to_tell/sp_whattotell_intro.html
YouthWEB
Online: web
site strives to unite youth and
adults from diverse backgrounds and communities in the fight against bias,
bigotry and prejudice: http://www.youthwebonline.com/
ZeroHour.com is an amazing web site. "This is it. The time to question your beliefs. You have one chance, so, which one defines you? ACTION or INACTION? There's no more time left. The time to act is NOW! Inaction is just another word for weakness. You either care or you don't. So which is it?" http://www.zerohour.com