Unit Title	Author
2017
Put Yourself Out There: Identity, Genre, and Concert Production in Music Ensemble Performance	Walter Bechtold
Keywords: Arranging, Band, Culture, Genre, Grade 7-12, High School, Identity, Instrumental Music, Middle School, Music, Music Technology, Orchestra, Performance, Popular Music, social studies
Music and Math: Combining Forms and Formulas	Vicki Baker
Keywords: Math, Music, Music History
The Music of New Orleans and How It Shaped Its Culture	Chanelle Harley
Keywords: History, Reading, social studies, writing
Math is Music to My Ears	Caron D. Forman
Keywords: Math, Music
A Round of Rhythms	Patricia Rich
Keywords: African culture, African history, Afro-Cuban, Artístas y Músicos Latino Americanos, Charlie Parker, claves, community building, Cuban son, digital media, Dizzy Gillespie, djembe, drum circle, ensemble, hand drums, improv, improvisation, Jazz, karaoke, Mariel boatlift, Music, music literacy, rhythm, Son Cubano, Spanish, Tabadul, Taller Puertorriqueño
2014
Native American Music and Living Legends	Cynthia Cozette Lee
Keywords: biographies, contemporary, crossover, History, Native American music, percussion instruments, traditional
2012
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: African American Short Stories in the Jazz Tradition	Sydney Hunt Coffin
Keywords: African American short stories, Jazz, short stories
2011
Music and Social Activism – Introducing American Music and History to Elementary Students Through Protest Songs	Dale Apple
Keywords: History, Music, social activism, songs
What is American Music and Where Did it Come From?	Frank Machos
Keywords: blues, Jazz, Music, Music History, rock
Exposing Primary Age Students to African American Musical Genres and the History of African American Music	Jennifer Paratto Motsney
Keywords: African American music, hip-hop, musical genres, rap
Moved by the Music: A Musical Journey in West African and African American Music	Donna M. Rohanna
Keywords: African American music, Culture, Music, West Africa
Cultural Music and Movement	Lorraine Bias
Keywords: African dance, movement, Music, traditions
2009
Brave Voices through Time and Space: Poetry Café for Young People	Samuel A. Reed, III
Keywords: African American poets, Art, biography, constructive criticism, demystify poetry, figurative language, Middle School, Music, read, Reading, Research, social studies, speak, write, writing
Civil Rights Era and the African American Experience: Investigating American History through a Literary Lens	Erin Swan-Potras
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
2008
Using Rap Lyrics as a Resource in the Secondary English Classroom	Lisa Kelly
Keywords: African American, African-based American art form, analyze, Bronx, city students, comments on current events, enjoy, literary devices, literary skills, literary styles, rap music, rap tells stories, relevant to student life, tells stories, trace themes
THE SANKOFA – HIP HOP CONNECTION	Karen L. Brinkley
Keywords: analyze and critique, comparative analysis, Critical thinking, Ghana, hip-hop, importance of music, movies, past traditions, primary source documents, rap music, sankofa, Technology, Twi language
Harlem, Hughes, and Hip-Hop	Leslie Carlis
Keywords: 12th grade, acting, analyze, drama class, educational websites, graphic organizers, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, hip-hop, Hughes, interpret, Langston Hughes, perform the production, power point presentations, public speaking, read, short stories, themes of poems, themes of short stories, videos
2007
Rock and Roll and the Record and Broadcasting Industry	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: African American Artists, Blues music, Music, Philadelphia, rhythm, rock and roll
Strange Fruit – Metaphors, Music and Place – Jazz and Hip Hop as Reflective of the Times	Samuel A. Reed, III
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
Keywords: acting, African American, Art, dance, Music, performing arts, Reading, visual arts