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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: Africa in the Classroom


Masquerading in Western Africa

Janice D. Williamson 2007
Keywords: Africa, Art, Culture, customs, dance, Music

Seminar: African American Poets in the 21st Century


Brave Voices through Time and Space: Poetry Café for Young People

Samuel A. Reed, III 2009
Keywords: African American poets, Art, biography, constructive criticism, demystify poetry, figurative language, Middle School, Music, read, Reading, Research, social studies, speak, write, writing

Seminar: American Capitalism


Rock and Roll and the Record and Broadcasting Industry

Sandy O’Keefe 2007
Keywords: African American Artists, Blues music, Music, Philadelphia, rhythm, rock and roll

Seminar: American Political Culture


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

Seminar: Art and the Life of the City


Strange Fruit – Metaphors, Music and Place – Jazz and Hip Hop as Reflective of the Times

Samuel A. Reed, III 2007
Keywords: Art, Culture, hip-hop, Jazz, lyrics, Music, popular culture, Reading, social studies, society, videos, writing

Dance, Readings, Acting, Music, and Art (D.R.A.M.A.): A Study of African American Performing and Visual Arts in the 1940s – 1950s

Leslie Carlis 2007
Keywords: acting, African American, Art, dance, Music, performing arts, Reading, visual arts

The Harlem Renaissance

Richard P. Holmes 2007
Keywords: African American, African American art, African American History, dance, History, Literature, Music, The Harlem Renaissance

American Expatriates in the 1920s: Why Paris?

Deborah Samuel 2007
Keywords: American Literature, Art, British literature, dance, Harlem, Literature, Music, Paris, Renaissance

Seminar: Cities through the Lens of Race, Class, and Gender


Exploring Our City Through Images, Poetry, and Music

Katherine Volin 2021
Keywords: class, gender, Music, poetry, race

Seminar: From West Africa to West Philadelphia


The African, Caribbean and African American Cultural Connection

Keysiah M. Middleton 2008
Keywords: aesthetic values, African, African American, Black Atlantic, connect to Africa, cultural expression, dance, Food, interlinked groups, language, Music, pride, shared African background, shared awareness

Seminar: Listening to the Music of Contemporary Africa: History, Politics, and Human Origins


How Music and Song has Influenced Political Change in Africa and the United States

Carmen R. Carrion M.Ed. 2021
Keywords: African American History, African music, Music

Hand-Made Music: Creating the Instruments and Sounds of Africa

Katherine Steiner 2021
Keywords: Africa, African music, Africana studies, Art, contemporary music, hands-on, High School, high school art, high school music, instrument, Music

Critical Interventions into the Single Story of Africa

Pearl Jonas 2021
Keywords: Africa, African American History, Bias, Culture, Identity, Music, narrative, perspective, project-based, Single story, stereotypes, storytelling

Never Sing the Same Way Twice: Encouraging Student Voice with Umm Kulthum

Benjamin Perkins 2021
Keywords: Africa, business, Drum, Egypt, Harmony, improvisation, Keyboard, Melody, Music, Performance, Piano, poetry, rhythm, Technology, Umm Kulthum, voice

Listening to Learn: Learning to Listen Lessons from the Griot Families of Mali

Rebecca Horner 2021
Keywords: Africa, Color Vowel Approach, documentary, drumming, Elementary Education, Els, ESL, ESOL, griot, home-language, language learning, Mali, Music

Seminar: Modern and Contemporary U.S. Poetry


Poetry is my Jam!: Teaching Text Analysis through Poetry and Music

Keeler Park 2019
Keywords: analysis, creative texts, critical vocabulary, Music, poetry

Seminar: Music and Healing in Philadelphia


Hip Hop Hope: Unlocking English Language Learning with Rhythms and Rhymes

Rebecca Horner 2023
Keywords: brain, Color Vowel Approach, healing, hip-hop, movement, Music

Songs in the Key of MY Life

Nicole Flores 2023
Keywords: literacy, lyrics, Morning Meeting, Music, Playlists, Socio-emotional Learning, The Brain

What Happens When High School Students Study the Role of Trauma in Black Art

Geoffrey Winikur 2023
Keywords: Black Art, Black Lives Matter, brain science, generational trauma, hip-hop, Music, racial violence, Trauma, white supremacy

Music and Art Are Healing: Neurographic Art in the Classroom

Ms. Allison Aubry, M.ED 2023
Keywords: Art, brain breaks, healing, meditative doodling, Music, neuro art, Neurographic art, The Sound of Philadelphia