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LGBTQ+ Inclusive History-Social Scient Lesson Plans

One Institute’s lesson plans on LGBTQ+ history are developed in partnership with K-12 teachers, using primary sources from ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Aligned to Common Core standards and California’s History-Social Science Framework, these resources are produced in collaboration with the UCLA History-Geography Project and OUT for Safe Schools® through their summer teacher programs.

The lesson plans support implementation of California’s FAIR Education Act. California law requires that the experiences and contributions, both historical and contemporary, of the LGBTQ+ community, people of all genders, people of color, and immigrants are positively included in history/social studies instruction, from kindergarten through 12th grade.

We invite educators to explore, download, remix, and teach the lesson plans featured below.

10 new lesson plans, including resources for K-8 teachers, were published in June 2025 following the 16 released since 2019. Check out coverage from LGBTQ Nation.

For inquiries about lesson plans and our K-12 teacher programs, or to share stories of our resources in your classroom, please email Trevor Ladner, Director of Education Programs, at [email protected].

Visit One Institute’s Dropbox folder to download and remix DOCX version files of the above lesson plans. Please note: the format of these files may be affected when downloaded, depending on your operating system.

Special thanks to the following teachers for their work in creating these LGBTQ+ History Lesson Plans: Elana Goldbaum, Hala Dillsi, Sasha Guzman, Miguel Covarrubias, Eunice Ho, Chris Lewis, Emily Waldron, Marika Manos, Peta Lindsay, Oliver Treanor Miska, Aditi Doshi, Israel Calderon, Danielle Torrez, Carla Ayala, Olive Garrison, Brian Gonzalez, Kris Sanchez, Jesse Ramirez, Barbara Garringer, Emily Healy, Mx. Hernandez, Mayra De La Torre, Paige Shakeri, and Teacher Kirkwood.