Useful Links
Biographies
https://milkfoundation.org/about/harvey-milk-biography/
https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/harvey-milk
40 Years After The Assassination Of Harvey Milk, LGBTQ Candidates Find Success
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/27/670657965/40-years-after-the-assassination-of-harvey-milk-lgbt-candidates-find-success
Forty years after his death, Harvey Milk's legacy still lives onGay rights pioneer Harvey Milk was assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978, just one year after becoming California’s first openly gay elected official.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/forty-years-after-his-death-harvey-milk-s-legacy-still-n940356?icid=related
https://milkfoundation.org/about/harvey-milk-biography/
https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/harvey-milk
40 Years After The Assassination Of Harvey Milk, LGBTQ Candidates Find Success
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/27/670657965/40-years-after-the-assassination-of-harvey-milk-lgbt-candidates-find-success
Forty years after his death, Harvey Milk's legacy still lives onGay rights pioneer Harvey Milk was assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978, just one year after becoming California’s first openly gay elected official.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/forty-years-after-his-death-harvey-milk-s-legacy-still-n940356?icid=related
Brain POP Harvey Milk from BrainPOP on Vimeo.
Primary Sources
Primary Source Set: Harvey Milk (images + audio recordings)
Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 –Nov 27th 1978) https://www.glbthistory.org/primary-source-set-harvey-milk Harvey Milk Hope Speech (1978) https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/video/harvey-milks-hope-speech/#x Letter from Harvey Milk to President Carter Regarding the Briggs Initiative https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/harvey-milk-carter Harvey Milk's Speech at San Francisco's Gay Freedom Day Celebration https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/milk-hope-speech |
Classroom Resources
How did Harvey Milk and the Briggs Initiative unite marginalized groups?
In this lesson, students will analyze the purpose of the Briggs Initiative (Prop 6), which was on the California general election ballot in 1978. The referendum sought to ban gays and lesbians, and potentially supporters of gays and lesbians, from working in California’s public schools. Then, students will evaluate voices of those opposed to the initiative by reading posters and flyers. Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official, was a key political figure that led the debate against people like Senator John Briggs and Anita Bryant. Additionally, the Briggs Initiative was challenged by other marginalized groups including African Americans, feminists, and unionists. Finally, students will conduct a close reading of Harvey Milk’s speech given after the defeat of the Briggs Initiative on June 25, 1978 at California’s Gay Freedom Day.
https://www.lgbtqhistory.org/lesson/how-did-harvey-milk-and-the-briggs-initiative-unite-marginalized-groups/
https://ucla.app.box.com/v/hgp-harvey-milk
Harvey Milk Lesson Plan: Write and Deliver a Persuasive Speech
In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 6-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about Harvey Milk, an iconic leader of the gay rights movement in the 1970s. Using what they learn about Milk, students write and deliver a speech about why Harvey Milk Day should be a national holiday.
Lesson Plan Common Core State Standards Alignments
Students will:
An Educators’ Guide to The Harvey Milk Story- How to use the Harvey Milk story in schools
https://milkfoundation.org/harvey-in-schools/using-the-harvey-milk-story-in-schools/
In this lesson, students will analyze the purpose of the Briggs Initiative (Prop 6), which was on the California general election ballot in 1978. The referendum sought to ban gays and lesbians, and potentially supporters of gays and lesbians, from working in California’s public schools. Then, students will evaluate voices of those opposed to the initiative by reading posters and flyers. Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official, was a key political figure that led the debate against people like Senator John Briggs and Anita Bryant. Additionally, the Briggs Initiative was challenged by other marginalized groups including African Americans, feminists, and unionists. Finally, students will conduct a close reading of Harvey Milk’s speech given after the defeat of the Briggs Initiative on June 25, 1978 at California’s Gay Freedom Day.
https://www.lgbtqhistory.org/lesson/how-did-harvey-milk-and-the-briggs-initiative-unite-marginalized-groups/
https://ucla.app.box.com/v/hgp-harvey-milk
Harvey Milk Lesson Plan: Write and Deliver a Persuasive Speech
In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 6-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about Harvey Milk, an iconic leader of the gay rights movement in the 1970s. Using what they learn about Milk, students write and deliver a speech about why Harvey Milk Day should be a national holiday.
Lesson Plan Common Core State Standards Alignments
Students will:
- Brainstorm why we honor some people by having a national holiday in their name or the group they belong to.
- Use the Make-a-Map tool to identify Milk’s contributions to the LGBTQ+ community.
- Write and present a speech about why we should honor Harvey Milk by having a national holiday in his honor.
An Educators’ Guide to The Harvey Milk Story- How to use the Harvey Milk story in schools
https://milkfoundation.org/harvey-in-schools/using-the-harvey-milk-story-in-schools/