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Using Primary Sources: Understanding the LGBTQ+ Equality Movement

Thursday, August 4, 20229:00 amFriday, August 5, 20222:00 pm

The Constitutional Democracy Project with a grant from the Library of Congress and using Teaching with Primary Sources rich digital LGBTQ+ collections will hold a 2-day professional development workshop to create lesson plans and activities that explore the place of the LGBTQ+ equality movement in American history; milestones for the LGBTQ+ community itself; and court cases that secured civil rights for LGBTQ+ people. Teacher stipends will be provided to those educators that attend both days and participate in creating lesson content.

CPDU Credit Available

This workshop is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region Program, coordinated by Illinois State University.

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