When, where, and how might teachers address LGBTQ+ perspectives within the history curriculum? How does attention to such experiences enrich and/or challenge traditional narratives that structure introductory courses? What do political pressures around gender and sexuality in education mean for the significance of these histories? And what might it look like to incorporate some of the insights gathered here into a K-12 history classroom?

The AHA’s State of the Field for Busy Teachers series provides a forum for history teachers at all levels to interact with leading historians and discuss content, sources, and trends in scholarly interpretation on a theme related to topics commonly addressed in the history classroom.

We invite a leading historian to outline current debates, new lines of inquiry, useful primary sources, historiographic developments, and/or revised periodizations. For the rest of the session, a panel of educators moderates a discussion, with robust audience participation, about how to incorporate insights from new research into the classroom. We anticipate a lively exchange in which all participants can walk away with new insights and resources.