Unit Title	Author
2021
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
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
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
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
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
Exploring Our City Through Images, Poetry, and Music	Katherine Volin
Keywords: class, gender, Music, poetry, race
2019
Poetry is my Jam!: Teaching Text Analysis through Poetry and Music	Keeler Park
Keywords: analysis, creative texts, critical vocabulary, Music, poetry
2017
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
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
Math is Music to My Ears	Caron D. Forman
Keywords: Math, Music
Music as Activism: Warrior’s Don’t Cry and Protest in the Civil Rights Movement	Renae Curless
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Civil Rights Movement, integration, little rock, melba patillo beals, Music, poetry, racism, segregation
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
2015
Our Songs, Our Story: From Spirituals to Hip-Hop- The Use of Music in the African-American Culture	Jada L. Warfield-Henry
Keywords: hip-hop, History, language arts, Music, Slaves, songs, spirituals
2011
Music and Social Activism – Introducing American Music and History to Elementary Students Through Protest Songs	Dale Apple
Keywords: History, Music, social activism, songs
African American History as told through African American Music	Sue Christmas
Keywords: African American music, American History, Media, Music
Traveling In Time Through Words: Lyrics of Hip Hop, Funk, Jazz and the Blues	Sydney Hunt Coffin
Keywords: African American culture, blues, funk, hip-hop, Jazz, Music
What is American Music and Where Did it Come From?	Frank Machos
Keywords: blues, Jazz, Music, Music History, rock
Stop The Violence: Music is the Message	Regina Perrulli
Keywords: African American History, Music, rap, Slavery, violence
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