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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: 20th Century American Literature


Jim Crow and Apartheid: Walking hand in hand to the Promised Land

Stacia D. Parker 2007
Keywords: African American History, America, Apartheid, Harlem Renaissance, political literature, South Africa, think globally

Seminar: American Capitalism


Why Are There Abandoned Factories in My Neighborhood?

Tim Woods 2007
Keywords: History, Industrial history, Philadelphia, William Penn

Seminar: American Literature and American Painting, 1840 to 1940


Settling of the West: Expansion, Emigration, and Extermination

Nancy B. Matlack 2010
Keywords: American History, emmigration, History, indian massacre, Native American History

Images of American Wars and Warriors: Trial and Triumph

Sandy O’Keefe 2010
Keywords: American History, Civil War, revolutionary war, vietnam war, WW1

Seminar: American Political Culture


The African American and the Woman Suffrage Movement

Myrtle Bastien 2009
Keywords: African American, African American women, class discrimination, disenfranchised, gender discrimination, High School, important struggle, partisan interests, racial discrimination, right to vote

The Media and Its Impact on Institutions of National Government

Stephanie R. Felder 2009
Keywords: American Government, American political culture, Electronic Journalism, English political culture, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Magazines of Opinion, Media, political culture, public opinion, The Party Press, The Popular Press

Reconstruction: The Promises and Failures of Post-Civil War America

Hye-Won Gehring and Shanee Garner 2009
Keywords: 10th grade, 11th grade, African American History, American History, economic tropes, English, High School, historical contexts, literacy skills, political, Reconstruction, social, student-centered

Fashion Trends: A Reflection of Our Political Culture

Ardeth Gilmore 2009
Keywords: 20th century, American Colonial period, American History, change, European history, fashion, fashion and politics, fashion fads, fashion trends, Industrial Revolution, major political events, political attitudes, political culture, postindustrial

The Intersections of Law and Health

Jordan Solomon 2009
Keywords: American History, childhood health, Health, health legislation, law and health, legislation, persuasive writing, physical education, writing

From Little Rock to Philadelphia: A Look at School Desegregation

Alison McCartney 2009
Keywords: Arkansas, Central High School, desegregation, little rock, Little Rock Nine, Philadelphia, racial inequalities, Research, school desegregation, Warriors Don't Cry

Early Abolitionists in Philadelphia

Sandy O’Keefe 2009
Keywords: 8th grade, abolitionists, African American, anti-slavery, Colonial America, end to slavery, Philadelphia, Quakers

Civil Rights Era and the African American Experience: Investigating American History through a Literary Lens

Erin Swan-Potras 2009
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, African American figures, Alabama, American Civil Rights Movement, Birmingham, Children's March, Civil Rights Movement, commercialism, discrimination, Historical Context, Music, political context, segregation, social context, Technology, video

Philadelphia 1793: Yellow Fever, Race, Medicine and Politics

Mona Kolsky 2009
Keywords: History, Medicine, Philadelphia, race, yellow fever

Seminar: American Racial Politics


Race and Politics of Redistricting Who Will Win?

Vicki Baker 2012
Keywords: African American History, America, civics, Politics, race

American Racial Politics and A Little Town Called Arthington

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe 2012
Keywords: Africa, Arthington, History, racial politics

Liberty and Justice for (Not) All

Rita Sorrentino 2012
Keywords: American History, civil rights era, justice, liberty, Reconstruction

Seminar: Art and the Life of the City


The Life and Work of Dox Thrash: An Expression of Identity

Pamela Toller 2007
Keywords: African American art, African American History, Art, cultural climate, Culture, Dox Thrash, History, political climate, social climate

Seminar: Biography as History, or, Perhaps, History as Biography


The Haitian Revolution and Governor General Toussaint Louverture: A Biography

Keysiah M. Middleton 2016
Keywords: High School, social studies

Seminar: Cinema and Civil Rights


The Ongoing Black Freedom Struggle: Expanding the Single Story of the Civil Rights Movement

Pearl Jonas 2020
Keywords: American History, Civil Rights Movement, film, History

Lasting Effects of Slavery

Victor M. Pomales Jr. 2020
Keywords: African American History, film, Slavery, social studies