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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Imagery in Action

Donna L. Jones 2009
Keywords: African American literature, african american poetry, Literature, poetry

Borders and Doorways: Using Poetry of Constraint to Explore Boundaries and Possibilities

Sophia Renda 2019
Keywords: analysis, collaborative learning, poetry, writing portfolio

I Am UnBroken: Deconstructing Modern American Poetry to Promote Self-Actualization For English Language Learners

Lisa (Yuk Kuen) Yau 2019
Keywords: Emily Dickinson, long poems, Reading, short poems, Walt Whitman, writing

Seminar: "But Mostly I Lie A Lot" - The African American Short Story in the 21st Century


How Does Media Affect Our Identity?

Jacqueline Adam-Taylor 2012
Keywords: Identity, Media, Recitatif

“I Even Encountered Myself”: Exploring Identity Development in Literature During the Middle School Years

Erin Bloom 2012
Keywords: Identity, Literature, short stories

Fly Away North: African-American Short Stories of the Great Migration

Bonnee L. Breese 2012
Keywords: Great Migration, short stories, US distinction, US migration

African American Short Stories: Author Studies for Elementary Level Students

Sue A. Christmas 2012
Keywords: African American stories, Faith Ringgold, Jacqueline Woodson, Julius Lester, short stories

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: African American Short Stories in the Jazz Tradition

Sydney Hunt Coffin 2012
Keywords: African American short stories, Jazz, short stories

What’s That You Say Neighbor?

Lynn Gourinski Fahr 2012
Keywords: Civil War, storytelling, The Great Migration

Intentional Diction, Code Switching and Character Development — Oh My!

Mary Beth Grady 2012
Keywords: character development, diction, Identity, self-awareness, self-identity

Teaching American African Males Using Short Stories

Keysiah M. Middleton 2012
Keywords: African American males, African American short stories, short stories

Short Story Encounters: Pathos in Action in African-American Fiction

Stacia Parker 2012
Keywords: African American fiction, pathos, short stories

Teaching Characterization and Metacognition using African-American Short Stories

Jessica L. Shupik 2012
Keywords: African American short stories, metacognition, Recitatif, short stories

School Daze: Engagement Strategies for Middle School Readers

Joan Taylor 2012
Keywords: African American short stories, cognitive strategies, reading strategies, short stories

Do You Know My Struggle? A Writing Unit Designed to Explore the Voices of Middle School Students

Michelle Todd 2012
Keywords: external conflicts, internal conflicts, literacy, short stories

Seminar: 20th Century American Literature


The Story of Us: An Urban Fifth Grade Class Creates a Living History Document Through Memoir and Photography

Joyce Arnosky 2007
Keywords: analyze, data collection, History, literacy, Math, memoir, photography, social studies, Visual Art, writing

Philly Girls Grow Up Through Memoir and Fiction

Barbara McDowell Dowdall 2007
Keywords: African American women, American Literature, growing up, memoir, women, writers

Looking Through Others’ Eyes- Literature and the Double Self in the 20th Century

Laura C. Jacklin 2007
Keywords: American short stories, American society, double-consciousness, Literature, The Souls of Black Folk, World War I

Recurring Themes of African American Folktales

Catherine Thornton Brownlee 2007
Keywords: African American folktales, African American literature, Afro-American, language arts, Reading, symbolism, themes

The Lesson the Piano Teaches: August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and the African-American Experience It Illuminates

William S. Lewis 2007
Keywords: African American History, August Wilson, griot, History, Literature, personal history