Celebrate Pride Month With Pride Video Lessons
Want to show your support this Pride Month with some Edpuzzle Original video lessons on the progress the LGBTQ+ community and their allies have made? Let’s go!
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Progress on this journey often comes in small increments, sometimes two steps forward, one step back, propelled by the persistent effort of dedicated citizens. And then sometimes, there are days like this when that slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt. – President Barack Obama
These words were spoken by the President after the landmark Supreme Court decision on marriage equality in 2015.
This Pride Month, together with your students, dive into the history of the Gay Rights Movement and the incredible progress that’s been made by activists in the LGBTQ+ community and their allies.
These Edpuzzle Original video lessons are the perfect way to show your Pride this month and all year round!
Pride Video Lessons for Pride Month
In this first video lesson on the general topic of Pride Month, students will be introduced to the origins of Pride Month as well as common celebrations and expressions of Pride year round.
Students will also learn what the colors of the LGBTQ+ flag mean and how they can express Pride and show support for the community all year round.
It’s can be adapted to grades 3-12, so take a look to see how you can use it with your students today!
Video length: 6 mins. 14 secs.
The video also explores the HIV and AIDS crisis that disproportionately threatened the LGBTQ+ community, which faced discrimination from medical, government, and religious institutions.
Finally, students will learn about the 2015 Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges that made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.
This video lesson is targeted to grades 9-12 and comes with built-in questions that you can leave as is, or adapt to your specific class.
Video length: 8 mins. 18 secs.
Key Takeaways From the Pride Video Lessons
With a strong SEL component, the video lessons encourage students to show kindness toward and support all people.
The lessons also focus on the history of discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in the United States and acknowledge that the Gay Rights Movement is not over.
STEM Biography Video Lessons for Pride
This biography video lesson explores the mathematical genius of Alan Turing, the impact he had on the future of computer science, and how his 1952 arrest and trial changed the course of his short life.
Video length: 9 mins. 9 secs.
Alan Turing
In this video lesson, students will discover the story of Sally Ride and explore how her passion for science and learning led her to become NASA's first female astronaut.
Video length: 7 mins. 52 secs.
Sally Ride
Poetry Video Lessons for Pride
These poetry video lessons feature poems written by poets in the LGBTQ+ community with themes that are perfect for discussing during Pride Month!
Excerpt from “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman (Speaker, Structure)
This poem appeared in Leaves of Grass, a collection of Walt Whitman’s poetry, some of which discusses romantic relationships between men. Although Whitman never publicly addressed his sexual orientation, many scholars believe he was romantically involved with a man named Peter Doyle.
This Edpuzzle Original focuses on the idea of having pride in who you are while simultaneously building others up.
Video length: 7 mins. 39 secs.
“A Short Note to My Very Critical and Well-Beloved Friends and Comrades” by June Jordan (Anaphora, Juxtaposition, Irony)
June Jordan was an activist for LGBQT+ rights, and she often used her writing to explore issues of gender. This poem describes the speaker’s reaction to the unending judgment they received when others attempted to define them.
Video length: 7 mins. 57 secs.
“One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop (Tone, Refrain, Verbal Irony)
Elizabeth Bishop is a celebrated poet whose poetry often dealt with the struggle to find a sense of belonging. This poem is believed to be inspired by the loss of Bishop’s girlfriend.
Video length: 8 mins, 24 secs.
We can’t wait to see all the wonderful ways you celebrate Pride Month with your students. Give us a shoutout on Twitter and let us know how you’re incorporating the Edpuzzle Original video lessons on Pride in your classes!