Abstract
- This article explores how teaching about passing using high-quality resources aligned to national standards can address both race "and" gender/sexuality, illuminating for students how people with various marginalized identities have been treated across time and place. The authors outline possibilities for addressing National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) themes in queer-inclusive ways using "The Parker Inheritance," a novel recommended for grades 3-7. The article explores the historical idea of passing and reviews ways LGBTQ+ topics can be included in social studies education, as well as explaining the book and its instructional possibilities. Also included are suggestions to help teachers navigate resistance to reading texts that address both race and sexuality.