Unit Title	Author	Year
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
Seminar: "But Mostly I Lie A Lot" - The African American Short Story in the 21st Century
“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
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
Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and Students’ Poetic Perceptions of Contemporary Issues	Kemo Donita Logan	2007
Keywords: African American literature, Compare and contrast, Harlem Renaissance, literacy revolution, poetry, social activism, social themes
What Matters the Most through Reading and Writing	Christine Lokey	2007
Keywords: direct reading, inspire to act, integrating, Literature, racial justice, Reading, scaffolding, social justice, writing, writing instruction
Connecting Nineteen Eighty-Four to Today	Alison McCartney	2007
Keywords: analyze, British literature, debate, English, George Orwell, involved citizens, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Reading, social science, World Literature
Exploring African American Culture Through Literature	Susan King	2007
Keywords: African American culture, African American literature, autistic support, books, comprehension skills, Reading, storytelling