Unit Title	Author
2020
African American Hair, Freedom, and Civil Rights: Using Film, Media, and African American Hair Styles to Analyze Civil Rights	Aisha Al-Muid
Keywords: African American, cinema, civil rights, film, freedom, Hair, Media
Police Free City: Writing Emancipatory Visionary Fiction	Charlie McGeehan
Keywords: Black Lives Matter, dark fantastic cycle, fantasy, fiction, Literature, Reading, science fiction, social studies, the Hunger Games, writing
The Slavery Project: Why It All Matters	Nora Karasanyi
Keywords: “Negro Spirituals”, abolition, abolitionist, awakening, bondage, discrimination, emancipation, existence, freedom – spiritual, inequality, justice, kidnapping, memory book, monologue, oppression, physical, proclamation, racism, Reverse Underground Railroad, Slavery, subservient, suffrage, Underground Railroad
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
2019
Critical Thinking in Elementary School English Language Arts	Karen Detlefsen, Terry-Anne Wildman, Eliezer Gottlieb, Geralyn McGinty, Kimberly Gallagher, Kireema Sprowal, Lisa Yau, Melissa Green, Peggy Savage, Stephen Esser, Allauren Forbes
Keywords: Critical thinking, ELA, elementary, English
This is the Story of a River	Chelsea Trainor
Keywords: environment, interdisciplinary, reading skills, self contained, writing skills
Poets Imagining the City	Sally O’Brien
Keywords: imagination, Literature, O'hara, poetry, Whitman, writing prompts
Borders and Doorways: Using Poetry of Constraint to Explore Boundaries and Possibilities	Sophia Renda
Keywords: English, History, poetry, us history
I Am UnBroken: Deconstructing Modern American Poetry to Promote Self-Actualization For English Language Learners	Lisa (Yuk Kuen) Yau
Keywords: American poetry, Emily Dickinson, poetry, Walt Whitman
2018
Everyone’s a Critic: Asking Meaningful Research Questions through Film	Keeler Park
Keywords: Cinematography, Creative Writing, developing research questions, Entertainment industry, essay, film, film in the classroom, Media, outline, Pop culture, public speaking, Reading, Research, research project, student choice, writing
Philosophy and Literature Unit Plan	Kimberly Sweeney
Keywords: ELA activity, ethics, philosophy
“Who Am I? An Exploration of Personal Identity Through Philosophy and Literature”	Jessica Waber
Keywords: Critical thinking, Making connections, Morality, Personal Identity, philosophy, Questioning, social justice
Critical Thinkers Are World Changers	Charlette Walker
Keywords: Analyzing arguments, character development, Critical thinking, ELA activity, empowerment, ethical responsibility, ethics, Morality, Personal Identity, philosophical chairs, philosophy, social justice
2017
Creating Life!	Nicole Flores
Keywords: astronomy, Earth Science, Science, Space Science
The Music of New Orleans and How It Shaped Its Culture	Chanelle Harley
Keywords: History, Reading, social studies, writing
2015
A Brave New World?	Nicole Flores
Keywords: literacy, literacy skills, Parable of the Sower, Reading, science fiction, The Giver
You Lookin’ For Me?	Glenza Lowman
Keywords: Black history, Black History month, writing
2014
Bearing Witness through Narration	Karen J. Burrell
Keywords: Holocaust, literacy, Literature, narration, stories, writing
We All Have A Story to Tell…	Nicole Flores
Keywords: fiction, Holocaust, journals, nonfiction, religion, religious beliefs, writing
2013
The Art of the Poem in Poems of Art: Using Visuals and Close Readings to Aid Creative Writing	Sydney Hunt Coffin
Keywords: Art, Creative Writing, modern art, poetry