Unit Title	Author
2021
Discovering Our Community Assets	Sarah C. Beverly
Keywords: social studies, Philadelphia, service learning, English Language Arts, community, assets
Breast Cancer: An Exponential Process	Vicki Baker
Keywords: logarithmic functions, exponential functions, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Algebra 2, Elementary Functions, Breast cancer, cancer
Wicked Problems, Place, and Liberation	Charlie McGeehan
Keywords: Kensington, social justice, Philadelphia, Wicked Problem, cities
2020
A History of Philadelphia: Redlining and the Founding Ideals of Democracy	Alexander de Arana
Keywords: History, social science, Philadelphia, democracy
Still Segregated in 2020: A Study of Equity in Philadelphia Area Schools through Film Study and Creation	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: History, freedom, Government, Politics, Media, Philadelphia, Civil Rights Movement, communications, civics, cinema
2019
Living With Lead: Lessons for Environmental Justice and Citizenship	Ryann Rouse
Keywords: lead, interpreting facts, lead legislation, lead paint, lead poisoning, lead regulation, environmental justice, Flint, environmental citizenship, research project, Philadelphia, water crisis, toxicity, toxins, analyzing informational texts, central theme
Noticing and Wondering, Who Decides How a River is Made?	Vicki Baker
Keywords: mathematics, Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, algebra, climate change
A Place Based Climate Change Exploration for Middle School	Rachel Odoroff
Keywords: Philadelphia, climate activists, climate change, climate literacy
Environmental Humanities Through the Lens of a Math Teacher	Tracy Saltz
Keywords: Math, pollution, Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, environmental humanities, carbon dioxide
Chasing Cinderella: Following One Story Around the World	Phyllis Zimmer
Keywords: stories, PBL, Philadelphia, Culture, cinderella
2018
Phila-Gami: Philadelphia Themed Folding in the Math Classroom	Catherine Michini
Keywords: Math, geometry, fold-and-cut, STEAM, pop-up card, Philadelphia, Pi Day, Mobile, origami, Alexander Calder, Art
2016
The Philadelphia Wax Museum: Exploring the History of a City Through Different Points of View	Tia D. Larese
Keywords: History, social studies, revolutionary war, Philadelphia, wax museum, elementary, biography
2009
From Little Rock to Philadelphia: A Look at School Desegregation	Alison McCartney
Keywords: little rock, Little Rock Nine, Philadelphia, racial inequalities, Research, school desegregation, Warriors Don't Cry, desegregation, Arkansas, Central High School
Early Abolitionists in Philadelphia	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: Quakers, Philadelphia, 8th grade, abolitionists, African American, Colonial America, end to slavery, anti-slavery
Philadelphia 1793: Yellow Fever, Race, Medicine and Politics	Mona Kolsky
Keywords: yellow fever, History, race, Medicine, Philadelphia
2008
Germantown PA: Researching the Great Road Welcome Mat	Barbara McDowell Dowdall
Keywords: Irish, Italian, Germantown, Philadelphia, 9th grade, African, Daniel Pastorious, Dutch trading company, English 1
Give and Take from the Great Demographic Fact: A Vagarious Look At Commercial Influence over Cultural Exchange in 20th- and 21st-century Philadelphia	Chadd S. Johnson
Keywords: History, Philadelphia, migration, personal narrative, worker migration, clothing trade in Africa, commerce, commercial influence, cultural imperialism, data analysis
The Peopling of Philadelphia: 19th Century Immigration	Mona Kolsky
Keywords: industrial city, Lazaretto Quarantine Station, stereotyping, Graphs, photographs, political cartoons, ship manifests, national trends, Philadelphia, advertisements, 19th Century Immigration
Bound Labor in Philadelphia	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: immigrants, indentured servants, servitude, redemptioners, Philadelphia, workforce, Colonial Philadelphia, apprentice, apprenticeships, bound labor
2007
Rock and Roll and the Record and Broadcasting Industry	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: rhythm, rock and roll, Music, Philadelphia, African American Artists, Blues music