Unit Title	Author
2023
Hip Hop Hope: Unlocking English Language Learning with Rhythms and Rhymes	Rebecca Horner
Keywords: brain, Color Vowel Approach, healing, hip-hop, movement, Music
Songs in the Key of MY Life	Nicole Flores
Keywords: literacy, lyrics, Morning Meeting, Music, Playlists, Socio-emotional Learning, The Brain
What Happens When High School Students Study the Role of Trauma in Black Art	Geoffrey Winikur
Keywords: Black Art, Black Lives Matter, brain science, generational trauma, hip-hop, Music, racial violence, Trauma, white supremacy
Music and Art Are Healing: Neurographic Art in the Classroom	Ms. Allison Aubry, M.ED
Keywords: Art, brain breaks, healing, meditative doodling, Music, neuro art, Neurographic art, The Sound of Philadelphia
Music’s Effect on Community Resilience	Theresa Eck
Keywords: Advanced Placement U.S. History aka APUSH, analyzing historical evidence, free black communities in the early republic, Music, music’s effect on history, Philadelphia history, social emotional learning in history
Trauma, Music, and Healing: The Power of Music to Transform a Classroom	Charlette Walker
Keywords: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), digital literacy, ELA, Emotional Health, mental health, Middle School, Music, resilience, social-emotional learning (SEL), toxic stress, Trauma, writing
Music History from Philadelphia and the Emotional Being and Effect of Music on the Brain	Michelle Jackson
Keywords: brain, Emotional Being, local artists, local history, Music, Music History, Philadelphia, public schools
MUSIC IS… JOY! LOVE! HEALING!	Karen Brinkley
Keywords: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Music, Philadelphia International Records
2021
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
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
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