Curriculum Resources Primary
Access a variety of curriculum resources, including lesson plans and worksheets, to support you to embed LGBT Inclusive Education Learning Themes across your curriculum. Some of the resources hosted here have a large file size – please allow time for your download to complete. You are encouraged to adapt resources to complement your own curriculum context.
Lesson Plans and Teaching Packs
Scots Poetry Collection
This resource contains a collection of original poems written in Scots which feature LGBT themes.
It has been designed to support teaching and learning in the ‘Literacy’ Experiences and Outcomes and all poems link to one or more of the LGBT Learning Themes. The poems can be used individually or as a pack and each one comes with an accompanying worksheet and teachers’ notes.
Poems, Worksheets, and Teachers’ Notes included.
Level: Second
Role Models
This lesson plan will support you to highlight diverse role models and explore the fact that role models, like everyone, have more in common than that which divides them. In this lesson, learners will be comparing and contrasting role models from different communities, including LGBT, but from similar fields or professions. Learners will be able to develop literacy skills in finding and sorting information, presenting information purposefully and reading with purpose.
Powerpoint, Lesson Notes, and Worksheets included.
Level: Second
Equality & Inclusion: Learning and Teaching
These learning and teaching resources from the Scottish Catholic Education Service will help teachers in primary schools to explore issues of equality and inclusion and will support primary schools to put into practice policies that seek to ensure the safety and inclusion of all pupils.
These resources cover general themes across learning, including:
- Prejudice in the history of humanity
- Hates crimes and their impact
- Cyber bullying
Powerpoints and Teaching Notes are included.
Levels: Early to Second
STEM Learning Pathway
This resource from Dynamic Earth supports teachers to explore the lives and works of LGBTQ+ scientists from the past and present, introducing learners to diverse representation and to the idea that anyone can be a scientist.
This resource encourages learners to think about scientists and who can engage with science. It encourages them to see STEM subjects as something everyone can engage with and enjoy.
This resource complements Health and Wellbeing and Sciences, but is also applicable for Social Studies and Languages.
Learning Pathway features videos and worksheets.
Level: Second
Book and Media Reviews
Primary Book Reviews
This resource consists of a series of book reviews, in order to support teachers to incorporate texts with LGBT themes, such as anti-bullying, diverse families and addressing stereotypes, into teaching and learning. This can help to provide mirrors and windows for learners, ensuring that LGBT learners and those with LGBT family members see themselves reflected in their curriculum.
This resource is not intended as a prescriptive list. The books included within this resource were reviewed by registered teachers in Scotland.
Level: Early Years to Second Level
Primary Media Reviews
This resource consists of a series of film and media reviews with LGBT themes which can be used in ordinary teaching and learning, including diverse families, stereotyping, and representation. This can help to provide mirrors and windows for learners, ensuring that LGBT learners and those with LGBT family members see themselves reflected in their curriculum.
This resource is not intended as a prescriptive list. The film and media included within this resource were reviewed by registered teachers in Scotland.
Level: First to Second Level
Early Years Book Reviews
This resource consists of a series of book reviews specifically for early years settings. This resource can support early years practitioners when selecting texts for use, ensuring diverse representation of families and people.
This resource is not intended as a prescriptive list. The books included within this resource were reviewed by registered teachers in Scotland.
Level: Early Years
Worksheets
Numeracy and Mathematics Worksheets
This resource includes a series of worksheets for Numeracy and Mathematics, providing several inclusive examples to routine learning in areas such as money and budgets; time; and word problems.
Curriculum for Excellence links are detailed. Teachers are encouraged to adapt example resources to complement their own learning context.
Level: First and Second
Workbooks
What Is Discrimination? Learning Activity
This resource is a learning activity for young people, which aims to improve their understanding of what discrimination is and how it can impact others. Curriculum for Excellence links are detailed.
Level: Second