[quote=Hobie]Math>Reading>Writing>US/World History>Art/Music>Home Ec,Woodshop,Life skills( balance checkbook, resume, etc) all should be in front taking time for gay history. Once the test scores are up and we are turning out sharp kids, we can discuss adding esoteric topics to the curricula. [/quote]
I don’t think an entire month should be devoted to it (I really don’t think women’s history or black history should get their 1 month a year either), but it is certainly reasonable to integrate it into your US/World History component above. These areas are so LACKING from my 1970s public school education, my next example requires me to consult wikipedia to flesh it out (which I won’t do due to time constraints).
So here goes: when covering the revolutionary war in US History, for example, we discuss George Washington and the generals. Is it so much trouble to include a few paragraphs on the regimen of freed slaves that contributed to the winning of that war? And when the realization of our manifest destiny is covered, it’s reasonable to include a chapter or subchapter on the contributions of Chinese-Americans to the railroad effort and the place of the gay community in “settling” San Francisco. Art History can include Georgia O’Keefe and what some consider to be the inspiration for her work. English or World History can include information on Sappho (or was it Lesbos–again, my education was lacking.)
See–concise and relevant to core topics. I don’t think they are advocating for diagrams or anything….
