Unit Title	Author
2021
Telling Stories and Making Connections Through Clay	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: Art, clay, Indigenous Pottery, pottery, Pueblo, storytelling
A Geographical Analysis of Sites of African American History in Philadelphia	Hannah Zieve
Keywords: African American History, anthropology, Geography, High School, project based learning, Research, social studies
West African Jelis/Griots Old and New	Aisha Al-Muid
Keywords: Geography, Mali, Nigeria, West Africa, West AFrican empires
How the Humanities and Social Sciences Address Today’s Political Divide	Alexander de Arana
Keywords: History, Humanities, identity politics, political divide, social sciences, social studies
Power and the Past: A Philosophical Approach to Historiography	Matthew Menschner
Keywords: Epistemology, Historical Thinking Skills, historiography, History, philosophy, social studies
Where Does Our Water Come From?	David White
Keywords: water, water cycle, water filtration, water pollution, Watershed
Critical Metals and Their Real-World Applications	Ariel Coff
Keywords: earth metals, mining, periodic table
Changing Technology for a Changing Climate: Knowledge is not always power, but power is rarely ignorant	Chloe Glynn
Keywords: climate change, critical minerals, environment, fossil fuels, geopolitics, green technology, greenhouse gases, hands-on experiments, power, renewable energy, social media
Representing our Blessings on Pottery Inspired by Southwestern Native American Art	Allison Aubry
Keywords: Art, blessings, clay tools, coil pot, motif, narrative, Native American, pinch pot, pottery, pottery wheel, Pueblo Pottery, secondary, slab, symbolism, symbols, well wishes
The Navajo, the Pueblos and Me	Jennifer Gallagher
Keywords: “The Long Walk”, Art, clay, fry bread, hogan, Native Americans, Navajo, pottery, Pueblo, Southwest, textiles, tradition and culture, weaving
Does Breaking It Down, Break It?: A look at holism’s effect on Euro/Indigenous Relations	Theresa Lord
Keywords: analytic, colonization, divergent worldviews, Holistic, indigenous/U.S. relations, Navajo, primary sources, Pueblo, secondary sources, thesis writing
Tangible History: Engaging Students Through Art of Indigenous Cultures	Alima McKnight
Keywords: appreciation, appropriation, Art, Blackfoot, Culture, design, hands-on, Indigenous, Native American, Navajo, pottery, Pueblo, symbols, teepees, textiles, weaving
Gathering Clay: Community Poetry, Individual Grace, and the Limitations of Language	Greg Probst
Keywords: Art, artifacts, community, Creative Writing, Culture, English Language Arts, High School, Indigenous, individuality, louise erdrich, Native American, Navajo, neoindigenous, philly, poetry, Pueblo, society, south philadelphia, southwestern
Weaving for Healing and Connection	Karen Rufino
Keywords: Diné, Hozhó, Native American, Navajo, reservation, Spider Woman, tribe, weabing
2020
Heritage or Renewal: The Impacts of Gentrification	Matthew Menschner
Keywords: gentrification, heritage, local history, Philadelphia Neighborhoods
A History of Philadelphia: Redlining and the Founding Ideals of Democracy	Alexander de Arana
Keywords: democracy, History, Philadelphia, social science
Welcome to America: Enslaved Diasporic and Indigenous People	Jeri Johnson, M.S. Ed., M.S. School Psychology
Keywords: Afircan American History, American History, indigenous people, Slavery
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 Ongoing Black Freedom Struggle: Expanding the Single Story of the Civil Rights Movement	Pearl Jonas
Keywords: American History, Civil Rights Movement, film, History