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2021


Changing Technology for a Changing Climate: Knowledge is not always power, but power is rarely ignorant

Chloe Glynn
Keywords: fossil fuels, environment, geopolitics, green technology, greenhouse gases, hands-on experiments, climate change, critical minerals, renewable energy, power, social media

How the Humanities and Social Sciences Address Today’s Political Divide

Alexander de Arana
Keywords: political divide, History, identity politics, Humanities, social studies, social sciences

2018


Making Philosophic Ideas Visible: Connecting the Age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution

Alexander de Arana
Keywords: French Revolution, Foundations of Government, Critical thinking, Political thought, Social Contract, social studies, Age of Enlightenment

2016


The Haitian Revolution and Governor General Toussaint Louverture: A Biography

Keysiah M. Middleton
Keywords: High School, social studies

Have You Ever Told That Story Before? Student Biographers Asking Important Life Questions, Preserving Memories and Writing History

Joyce Arnosky
Keywords: elementary, language arts, writing, biography, social studies

2015


Why Isn’t Puerto Rico a State Yet?

Meagan C. Rubino
Keywords: Empire, Puerto Rico, American History, American empire

2014


Whispering Rivers: Whatever Happened to the Indians of Pennsylvania?

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe
Keywords: Native American, Native American History, Native American issues, Native Americans, Pennsylvania History, Political Activism, Historical Context, History, Political thought, political unrest, American History

2012


The Politics of Food: How the American Government Contributes to Public Health

Meagan C. Rubino
Keywords: Government, Health, public health, Politics

2009


The African American and the Woman Suffrage Movement

Myrtle Bastien
Keywords: gender discrimination, right to vote, class discrimination, disenfranchised, partisan interests, High School, racial discrimination, important struggle, African American, African American women

The Media and Its Impact on Institutions of National Government

Stephanie R. Felder
Keywords: Franklin, Hamilton, English political culture, Electronic Journalism, Magazines of Opinion, Media, political culture, public opinion, Jefferson, The Popular Press, The Party Press, American political culture, American Government

Fashion Trends: A Reflection of Our Political Culture

Ardeth Gilmore
Keywords: European history, fashion, fashion and politics, fashion fads, fashion trends, change, major political events, political attitudes, political culture, Industrial Revolution, postindustrial, 20th century, American History, American Colonial period

The Intersections of Law and Health

Jordan Solomon
Keywords: childhood health, Health, legislation, persuasive writing, physical education, law and health, health legislation, writing, American History

From Little Rock to Philadelphia: A Look at School Desegregation

Alison McCartney
Keywords: school desegregation, Central High School, desegregation, little rock, Little Rock Nine, Philadelphia, Research, racial inequalities, Warriors Don't Cry, Arkansas

Early Abolitionists in Philadelphia

Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: Colonial America, end to slavery, Philadelphia, Quakers, 8th grade, abolitionists, anti-slavery, African American

Civil Rights Era and the African American Experience: Investigating American History through a Literary Lens

Erin Swan-Potras
Keywords: segregation, social context, Civil Rights Movement, commercialism, discrimination, Music, political context, Historical Context, Children's March, Birmingham, video, Technology, 1950s, 1960s, African American figures, Alabama, American Civil Rights Movement

Why Do You Ask? An Introduction to Interview & Survey Methodology

Kate Reber
Keywords: Ex-Slaves, exploring bias in research, service-learning project, School of the Future, research topics, research strategies, Graduation Project, skill building, research methodologies, election polls, research based, interview, Bradley Effect, survey, West Philadelphia, 12th grade

2008


The African, Caribbean and African American Cultural Connection

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

2007


Jim Crow and Apartheid: Walking hand in hand to the Promised Land

Stacia D. Parker
Keywords: Harlem Renaissance, political literature, think globally, South Africa, Apartheid, African American History, America

The Life and Work of Dox Thrash: An Expression of Identity

Pamela Toller
Keywords: Culture, cultural climate, social climate, Dox Thrash, political climate, History, Art, African American History, African American art