Unit Title	Author
2020
Slavery: A Tough Lesson to Learn	Margo Pinckney-Wilson
Keywords: diversity, poetry, Slavery
Forging A Connection: Releasing the Bondage of Internalized Oppression through Quality Social Studies Instruction	Sondra W. Gonzalez
Keywords: abolitionist, internalized racism. vacant esteem. ever-present anger. racial socialization, Slavery
The Dis-Connection of Our Roots	Stephanie M. Robinson
Keywords: roots, Slavery, African American History
The Ongoing Black Freedom Struggle: Expanding the Single Story of the Civil Rights Movement	Pearl Jonas
Keywords: film, Civil Rights Movement, History, American History
Lasting Effects of Slavery	Victor M. Pomales Jr.
Keywords: film, social studies, Slavery, African American History
2019
Rich or King “Founding” Fathers or Mothers’ Mythology	Samuel A. Reed, III
Keywords: American History, founding fathers, Humanities, king, mythology
2018
Learning Through the Lens: How Hollywood Shapes the Way We View History	Andrea Ferentchak
Keywords: American History, Creative Writing, History activity, Media, Reading
2017
Jazz as Black History: Teaching African American History Through Musicology	Matthew Menschner
Keywords: African American History, American History, Bebop, Grades 9-12, Jazz, Jazz History, Jazz Studies, Literature, Music History, Music Studies, Musicology, Swing Music, The Harlem Renaissance, The Jazz Age, World War II
2016
The Haitian Revolution and Governor General Toussaint Louverture: A Biography	Keysiah M. Middleton
Keywords: High School, social studies
2015
Why Isn’t Puerto Rico a State Yet?	Meagan C. Rubino
Keywords: American empire, American History, Empire, Puerto Rico
“Moving on Up”: The Causes and the Impact of the Great Migration on African Americans	Tonya R. Oniyama
Keywords: African American History, eleventh grade, inquiry-based learning, ninth grade, tenth grade, The Great Migration, world history
2014
Native American Music and Living Legends	Cynthia Cozette Lee
Keywords: biographies, contemporary, crossover, History, Native American music, percussion instruments, traditional
The Seminole and African Collaboration: An Alliance for Survival	Keysiah M. Middleton
Keywords: Abraham, African American History, Alachua chief, American History, Andrew Jackson, Asi Yahola, Battle at Hatcheelustee Creek, Battle at Jupiter Inlet, Battle of Lockahatchee, Battle of Okeechobee, Battle of Wahoo Swamp, Ben Bruner, Black Seminoles, Coacoochee, Colonial Florida, Dade’s Massacre, Destruction of St. John’s Sugar Plantations, Duncan Clinch, Edmund P. Gaines, First Battle of Withlacoochee, Francis L. Dade, freedom fighters, Geechee, Gullah, History, John Caesar, John Horse, La Florida, Luis Fatio Pacheco, Micanopy, Micconuppe, Mikasuki, Native American History, Negro Fort Massacre, Osceola, runaway slaves, Second Battle of Withlacoochee, Seige of Camp Izard, Seminole maroons, Seminoles, St. Augustine, St. John Slave Revolt, Thomas Sidney Jesup, Tuskegee, Wild Cat, Zachary Taylor
Influencing Environmental Policy with Real Data	Meagan C. Rubino
Keywords: Energy Efficiency, Environmental Science, Government, History, legislation
Whispering Rivers: Whatever Happened to the Indians of Pennsylvania?	Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe
Keywords: American History, Historical Context, History, Native American, Native American History, Native American issues, Native Americans, Pennsylvania History, Political Activism, Political thought, political unrest
2013
The American Civil War and African American Emancipation: A Documentary Analysis	Keysiah Middleton
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln, African American History, capitalism, Civil War, emancipation, History, Middle School, primary source documents
Freedom, Colorism, and Race and Place in the American South	Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe
Keywords: African American History, Colorism, Gens d’ Couleur, History, Homer Plessy, Middle, Mobile, New Orleans, Placage, St. Domingue
Economic Restrictions and Opportunities of Freed People	Bernadette McHenry
Keywords: African American History, freedmen, High School, primary sources, Reconstruction, social studies
50 Years and Beyond:Philadelphia after the Emancipation Proclamation	Terry Anne Wildman
Keywords: English, History, language arts, literacy, Pennsylvania History, social studies
“Everybody But Me”: The Historical Implications of the Struggle for Civil Rights on Culture, Education, and Politics in the 21st Century	Erin Bloom
Keywords: African American History, civil rights, education, History, Politics, Slavery