During this workshop, we would look to:
- deliver an interactive reading of our book Alien Nation
give appropriate language and terminology to describe people who experience their gender in a different way to the gender they were given at birth- look at some important people in trans activism history, including the kindness they have shown
- encourage thinking ahead to a time where you have a friend that comes out to you
- create some pride in the school!
During this workshop, we would look to:
- highlight the existence of same-gender relationships
- give appropriate language and terminology to describe people who experience same-gender attraction
- explain that marriage is equally available to all adults in the UK and some other countries, but that that was not always the case
- encourage thinking ahead to a time where you have a friend that comes out to you
- create some pride in the school!
The Rainbow Flag Award Classroom is home to 40+ LGBT+ inclusive lessons, covering 12 different subjects. Each lesson is written to the National Curriculum for England and aims to teach subject-specific content but LGBT+ people, lives and history have been sprinkled throughout to support teachers in positively representing the LGBT+ community.
Each lesson includes a lesson plan, resources and a PowerPoint, all of which are completely FREE to download and use.
You can find out more about The Classroom on The Rainbow Flag Award’s main website by clicking here.
This pack has been created around the book Alien Nation to support primary schools in teaching about gender identity, celebrating our differences, as well as sharing that trans and non-binary people exist and that being trans is usual.
As mentioned in LGBT+ Identities, children become aware of their gender at around three-years old. It is important that the trans and non-binary young people in your school see their identity positively represented.
Aimed at KS2, this resource includes:
- The book Alien Nation.
- Five fully resourced lessons to support you in positively teaching about gender identity.
- A set of three Alien Nation posters.
- A Trans Pride Flag.
You can find out more about the Trans Positive Education Pack by clicking here.
Alien Nation is a story of friendship, solidarity and celebrating our differences. This book explores gender, gender expectations, gender roles and gender identity in an age-appropriate and easy to understand way.
Alongside the book, we have created a prop pack to make reading the book even more fun and interactive!
You can find out more about Alien Nation by clicking here.
Happily Ever After is a twist on a traditional fairy tale. Based on the book ‘King and King’ by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland, the story follows a prince whose mother the Queen is growing impatient with her lazy son. The Queen wants her son to grow up and get married and so she invites hundreds of princesses from across the land – the Prince isn’t impressed with any of them. But one day a princess arrives accompanied by her brother…
Aimed at KS2, this resource includes:
- The Happily Ever After Film.
- Five fully resourced lessons to support you in positively teaching about same gender relationships.
- Further Talking Heads films, featuring LGBT+ young people talking about their real-life experiences.
You can find out more about Happily Ever by clicking here.