BEC's GSA WEBQUEST: NOW YOU KNOW!

Did You Know?

READ THROUGH THIS ENTIRE SECTION BEFORE BEGINNING!

In this task you will explore several websites to gather information about name-calling and how it affects GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered) youth.

As you read you will be learning new information and you may be exposed to new ideas. To keep track of this learning you will be asked to keep a journal or record.  As you read through the information about GBLT youth take note of the information you would like to share with the class. You may wish to write facts or statistics from the site. 

Compile your notes by dividing them into categories such as history, biology, statistics, famous people, myths, viewpoints, etc. You should have at least two items under each category. (You can have as many as you wish).

You may divide each page into two columns for each category with the category title on one side and Comments on the other:
 History                                                                  Comment

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Choose one of your "Did You know?" statements and reflect further on it : Did this information surprise you? How did it change your thinking? What did it make you wonder about? What significance does this information have for life at school?

You will hand this reflection in. Be sure to identify the site name from where you got your information.

Share your reflection with a partner. What do you think of your partner's opinion/reflection? Tell him/her.

Each student will read the statements they have gathered in the "Did You Know?" exercise, refraining from repeating. As a group decide on 30  statements to share with the school community. Consensus must be made.   These statements will be  copied onto rainbow coloured bristol board in various shapes and will be posted around the school.

 Go to the following website and type in "The Last Acceptable Prejudice? Homophobia in Schools." in the search. remember to take notes.
www.deal.org

or www.deal.org/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=939&itemid=1117

Go to the website www.stance.org.uk and click on the "What is homophobic bullying ?" picture.

Also read the article "The Other Way around" to get a sense of what some GBLT students feel

www.stance.org.uk/page140.asp

Read through the following

http://www.beyondbullying.com/uploads/stopbullying.pdf

http://www.beyondbullying.com/aboutbullying.html

http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all.news/record/2340.html

 Reflection assignement: Before doing the reflectionconsider the following list:

A good reflection—

1.      Is honest.

2.      Answers the questions or responds to the statements.

3.      Contains examples and details to support opinions and thoughts.

4.      Helps the person who wrote it understand himself/herself better.

5.      Informs the audience (teacher, classmates, self, etc.). It gives useful information.

6.      Shows that the person really thought about the question before writing down a response. You can tell the response is really what the person thinks.

7.      Shows personal perspective.

8.      Is easily understood by the reader. It is free of spelling mistakes as well as confusing language that would interfere with a reader's ability to understand what was written.

9.      Is based on what the person believes or thinks about what is asked.

10.  Shows thinking.

From http://hercules.gcsu.edu/agrubb/training/rubrics/reflectionrubric.htm