Unit Title	Author
2023
MUSIC IS… JOY! LOVE! HEALING!	Karen Brinkley
Keywords: Leon Huff, Kenny Gamble, Music, Philadelphia International Records
Hip Hop Hope: Unlocking English Language Learning with Rhythms and Rhymes	Rebecca Horner
Keywords: movement, Music, hip-hop, healing, brain, Color Vowel Approach
Songs in the Key of MY Life	Nicole Flores
Keywords: Morning Meeting, lyrics, literacy, Music, The Brain, Socio-emotional Learning, Playlists
What Happens When High School Students Study the Role of Trauma in Black Art	Geoffrey Winikur
Keywords: Music, hip-hop, generational trauma, Trauma, white supremacy, racial violence, Black Art, Black Lives Matter, brain science
Music and Art Are Healing: Neurographic Art in the Classroom	Ms. Allison Aubry, M.ED
Keywords: meditative doodling, Music, neuro art, healing, Neurographic art, The Sound of Philadelphia, Art, brain breaks
Music’s Effect on Community Resilience	Theresa Eck
Keywords: Music, free black communities in the early republic, music’s effect on history, Philadelphia history, social emotional learning in history, Advanced Placement U.S. History aka APUSH, analyzing historical evidence
Trauma, Music, and Healing: The Power of Music to Transform a Classroom	Charlette Walker
Keywords: writing, Middle School, mental health, Music, Emotional Health, ELA, toxic stress, Trauma, social-emotional learning (SEL), resilience, digital literacy, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Music History from Philadelphia and the Emotional Being and Effect of Music on the Brain	Michelle Jackson
Keywords: local history, local artists, Music History, Music, Emotional Being, public schools, Philadelphia, brain
2021
Listening to Learn: Learning to Listen Lessons from the Griot Families of Mali	Rebecca Horner
Keywords: Africa, Color Vowel Approach, documentary, drumming, Elementary Education, Els, ESL, ESOL, griot, home-language, language learning, Mali, Music
Never Sing the Same Way Twice: Encouraging Student Voice with Umm Kulthum	Benjamin Perkins
Keywords: Africa, business, Drum, Egypt, Harmony, improvisation, Keyboard, Melody, Music, Performance, Piano, poetry, rhythm, Technology, Umm Kulthum, voice
Critical Interventions into the Single Story of Africa	Pearl Jonas
Keywords: Africa, African American History, Bias, Culture, Identity, Music, narrative, perspective, project-based, Single story, stereotypes, storytelling
Exploring Our City Through Images, Poetry, and Music	Katherine Volin
Keywords: class, gender, Music, poetry, race
Hand-Made Music: Creating the Instruments and Sounds of Africa	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: Africa, African music, Africana studies, Art, contemporary music, hands-on, High School, high school art, high school music, instrument, Music
How Music and Song has Influenced Political Change in Africa and the United States	Carmen R. Carrion M.Ed.
Keywords: African American History, African music, Music
2019
Poetry is my Jam!: Teaching Text Analysis through Poetry and Music	Keeler Park
Keywords: analysis, creative texts, critical vocabulary, Music, poetry
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
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
From Civil Rights to #BlackLivesMatter: The Music Is the Movement	Amanda Schear
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights Movement, Compare and contrast, Informational text, literacy, Music, Protest movements, Protest music, Social change, social justice
Music and Math: Combining Forms and Formulas	Vicki Baker
Keywords: Math, Music, Music History
Math is Music to My Ears	Caron D. Forman
Keywords: Math, Music