Unit Title	Author	Year
Seminar: 20th Century American Literature
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
Seminar: African American Poets in the 21st Century
Prosody and the African American Poet: A Case for Close Reading	Deborah Samuel	2009
Keywords: active engagement, close readings, Critical thinking, English, English literature, examine, literary techniques, Literature, poetry, read, slow down
Seminar: American Political Culture
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
Seminar: Asian Americans in U.S. Schools
The Immigrant Experience through Literature and History	Sarah Vieldhouse	2022
Keywords: ELA, English, immigration, Literature Circles, Middle School, Research
Seminar: Biography as History, or, Perhaps, History as Biography
“Men of Bronze”: Reflecting on Legacy of the Hellfighters of Harlem	Tara Ann Carter	2016
Keywords: African Americans, comic books, English, graphic novels, Harlem Hellfighters, History, Max Brooks, Military History, New York, primary source documents, Secondary Source Documents, Sociology, soldiers, The Great Migration, World War I, Writing Workshop
Are They REALLY That Different?	Nicole Flores	2016
Keywords: Compare, elementary, English, Fifth-Grade, Literature, poetry, social studies
Seminar: Children's Literature
From Hastinapur to Canterbury: Textualizing the Frame Narrative	Lori Mehler	2011
Keywords: English, medieval, narrative
Seminar: Critical Thinking in Elementary School English Language Arts
Critical Thinking in Elementary School English Language Arts	Karen Detlefsen, Terry-Anne Wildman, Eliezer Gottlieb, Geralyn McGinty, Kimberly Gallagher, Kireema Sprowal, Lisa Yau, Melissa Green, Peggy Savage, Stephen Esser, Allauren Forbes	2019
Keywords: Critical thinking, ELA, elementary, English
Seminar: From Slavery to Civil Rights
50 Years and Beyond:Philadelphia after the Emancipation Proclamation	Terry Anne Wildman	2013
Keywords: English, History, language arts, literacy, Pennsylvania History, social studies
Seminar: From West Africa to West Philadelphia
Philadelphia Stories: African Transitions from West Africa to Philadelphia as a Means to Study Oral Histories	Stephanie R. Wicks	2008
Keywords: African American History, African immigrants in Philadelphia, English, ethnography, historical research, historiography, learn content through oral history, learning history, love of history, love of learning, oral history project, story time, storytelling
Seminar: Modern and Contemporary American Poetry
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, But How Many Pictures is a Word Worth?	Femi-Ama K. Johnson	2013
Keywords: English, language arts, literacy, writing
Poetry Out Loud: Reading, Reciting, and Responding to Poetry	Stacia Parker	2013
Keywords: close reading, English, High School, out loud, poetry, spoken word
The Color of Beauty in the Darkness – Using Poetry and Art to Create a Visual Picture of Your World	Michelle Todd	2013
Keywords: English, figurative language, Langston Hughes, Middle School, poetry, segregation
Seminar: Modern and Contemporary U.S. Poetry
Borders and Doorways: Using Poetry of Constraint to Explore Boundaries and Possibilities	Sophia Renda	2019
Keywords: English, History, poetry, us history
Seminar: Oats, Kings, Proofs, and Climate Change: How Do You Know?
Propaganda and “Truth”: How Do You Know?	Elisabeth Raab	2009
Keywords: English, High School, persuasion, Propaganda, rhetoric
Seminar: Painless Statistics for Teachers and Teaching
Want to be a Better Reader? Then Read!	Jessica Ramos	2013
Keywords: Book logs, English, graphing, Increased reading ability, Literature, Middle, Probability / Statistics
Seminar: Philadelphia and the Immigrant Experience
Latino Immigrants and Communities in Philadelphia	Alison McCartney	2008
Keywords: building community, Critical thinking, Culture, English, group work, immigration process, interdisciplinary skills, Latino, Latinos in Philadelphia, Puerto Rico, social studies, stereotypes, World Language
Seminar: Planning for a Sustainable, Environmentally Just, and Climate-Ready Philadelphia
Climate Justice and Jurassic Park	Renae Curless	2023
Keywords: climate change, climate justice, ELA, English, environmentalism, High School, Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, science fiction
Seminar: Teaching Science with Science Fiction
Is it Still a Brave New World?	Deborah Samuel	2008
Keywords: Beyond This Horizon, Biology, Brave New World, English, literacy, neuropsychology, technological advances
Teaching Science with Science Fiction	Stuart Surrey	2008
Keywords: atomic structure, audiovisual, chemical reactions, Chemistry, energy, English, flow of energy, matter, printed, Science, science fiction