Unit Title	Author
2023
Climate Justice and Jurassic Park	Renae Curless
Keywords: climate change, climate justice, ELA, English, environmentalism, High School, Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, science fiction
2022
The Immigrant Experience through Literature and History	Sarah Vieldhouse
Keywords: ELA, English, immigration, Literature Circles, Middle School, Research
2019
Borders and Doorways: Using Poetry of Constraint to Explore Boundaries and Possibilities	Sophia Renda
Keywords: English, History, poetry, us history
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
2016
Sisters in the Shadows: Black Women During the Black Arts Movement	Kristian Ali
Keywords: black arts movement, black women, English, feminism, gender awareness, High School, language arts, movement, revolution, self-awareness, social justice
“Men of Bronze”: Reflecting on Legacy of the Hellfighters of Harlem	Tara Ann Carter
Keywords: African Americans, comic books, English, graphic novels, Harlem Hellfighters, History, Max Brooks, Military History, New York, primary source documents, Secondary Source Documents, Sociology, soldiers, The Great Migration, World War I, Writing Workshop
Are They REALLY That Different?	Nicole Flores
Keywords: Compare, elementary, English, Fifth-Grade, Literature, poetry, social studies
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: It Will Be Digital	Jada L. Warfield-Henry
Keywords: black arts movement, Digital Anthology, English, Harlem Renaissance, High School, hip-hop, Historical Context
Reading Activist Playwrights, Writing Activist Plays	Anissa Weinraub
Keywords: Activist Art, black arts movement, Creative Writing, English, Theater
Your Galactic Address: Space, Place, and Perspective	Amanda Amanullah
Keywords: astronomy, elementary, English, fractions, Geography, geometry, Math, perspective, physics, point of view, Proportion, Ratio, Reading, scale, Science, social studies, solar system, space, Space Science, universe, writing
2014
Using Lessons Learned Through a Study of the Holocaust to Teach Children to Become Upstanders	Joyce Arnosky
Keywords: bystander, elementary, English, Holocaust, Literature, upstander
Bearing Witness: Understanding Holocaust Testimony Within Urban High School Students’ Lives	Lynn Gourinski Fahr
Keywords: bystander, elementary, English, Holocaust, Literature, upstander
You Gonna Eat That?	Glenza Lowman
Keywords: Biology, EEEW, English, Food, healthy lifestyle, Science
2013
50 Years and Beyond:Philadelphia after the Emancipation Proclamation	Terry Anne Wildman
Keywords: English, History, language arts, literacy, Pennsylvania History, social studies
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, But How Many Pictures is a Word Worth?	Femi-Ama K. Johnson
Keywords: English, language arts, literacy, writing
Poetry Out Loud: Reading, Reciting, and Responding to Poetry	Stacia Parker
Keywords: close reading, English, High School, out loud, poetry, spoken word
The Color of Beauty in the Darkness – Using Poetry and Art to Create a Visual Picture of Your World	Michelle Todd
Keywords: English, figurative language, Langston Hughes, Middle School, poetry, segregation
Want to be a Better Reader? Then Read!	Jessica Ramos
Keywords: Book logs, English, graphing, Increased reading ability, Literature, Middle, Probability / Statistics
2011
From Hastinapur to Canterbury: Textualizing the Frame Narrative	Lori Mehler
Keywords: English, medieval, narrative
2009
Prosody and the African American Poet: A Case for Close Reading	Deborah Samuel
Keywords: active engagement, close readings, Critical thinking, English, English literature, examine, literary techniques, Literature, poetry, read, slow down