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Lesson 2: Significance of the Gay Rights Movement and GLF – LGBTQ+ History KS3 (Full Scheme Available)

This is the second lesson in a 6-lesson LGBTQ+ History scheme designed for high-ability KS3 (Year 9) students or as a pre-GCSE bridge. The lesson introduces students to key 20th-century LGBTQ+ rights groups in Britain and encourages deep thinking around historical significance and the relationship between legal reform and cultural liberation.

Lesson focus:
Was the 1960s British Gay Rights Movement more significant than the Gay Liberation Front?

Includes:

Editable, fully resourced PowerPoint

Structured Do Now and Deep Thinking Challenge (DTC) tasks

Independent and collaborative activities analysing five key political organisations from the 1960s

Stonewall Riots and the Gay Liberation Front: historical context and response in Britain

Significance criteria to guide judgement writing

Extended writing task comparing the impact of different movements

Structured sentence starters and clear modelling for high-quality student answers

Curriculum Fit:

KS3 History (Year 9)

Ideal support for GCSE skills (significance, causation, judgement)

Strong cross-curricular links with PSHE and Citizenship

Part of a full LGBTQ+ History Scheme (available separately on TES)