Unit Title	Author
2023
Natural Tendencies	Maya Bhagat
Keywords: Lenape, Philadelphia, sustainability, Place-based
2021
Wicked Problems, Place, and Liberation	Charlie McGeehan
Keywords: Kensington, Wicked Problem, social justice, Philadelphia, cities
Breast Cancer: An Exponential Process	Vicki Baker
Keywords: logarithmic functions, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, exponential functions, Algebra 2, Elementary Functions, Breast cancer, cancer
Discovering Our Community Assets	Sarah C. Beverly
Keywords: social studies, Philadelphia, service learning, assets, community, English Language Arts
2020
Still Segregated in 2020: A Study of Equity in Philadelphia Area Schools through Film Study and Creation	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: Media, freedom, Government, History, Philadelphia, Politics, communications, cinema, civics, Civil Rights Movement
A History of Philadelphia: Redlining and the Founding Ideals of Democracy	Alexander de Arana
Keywords: History, social science, Philadelphia, democracy
2019
Chasing Cinderella: Following One Story Around the World	Phyllis Zimmer
Keywords: PBL, stories, Philadelphia, Culture, cinderella
Environmental Humanities Through the Lens of a Math Teacher	Tracy Saltz
Keywords: Math, Philadelphia, pollution, Schuylkill River, environmental humanities, carbon dioxide
A Place Based Climate Change Exploration for Middle School	Rachel Odoroff
Keywords: Philadelphia, climate change, climate literacy, climate activists
Noticing and Wondering, Who Decides How a River is Made?	Vicki Baker
Keywords: mathematics, Philadelphia, Schuylkill River, algebra, climate change
Living With Lead: Lessons for Environmental Justice and Citizenship	Ryann Rouse
Keywords: Philadelphia, Flint, interpreting facts, lead, lead legislation, lead paint, lead poisoning, lead regulation, environmental justice, toxicity, toxins, water crisis, research project, analyzing informational texts, environmental citizenship, central theme
2018
Phila-Gami: Philadelphia Themed Folding in the Math Classroom	Catherine Michini
Keywords: origami, Math, Mobile, Philadelphia, fold-and-cut, geometry, STEAM, Pi Day, pop-up card, Alexander Calder, Art
2016
The Philadelphia Wax Museum: Exploring the History of a City Through Different Points of View	Tia D. Larese
Keywords: Philadelphia, History, social studies, wax museum, revolutionary war, biography, elementary
2009
Early Abolitionists in Philadelphia	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: Philadelphia, Quakers, 8th grade, abolitionists, African American, anti-slavery, Colonial America, end to slavery
Philadelphia 1793: Yellow Fever, Race, Medicine and Politics	Mona Kolsky
Keywords: yellow fever, Medicine, Philadelphia, History, race
From Little Rock to Philadelphia: A Look at School Desegregation	Alison McCartney
Keywords: Philadelphia, Little Rock Nine, little rock, Warriors Don't Cry, racial inequalities, Research, school desegregation, Arkansas, desegregation, Central High School
2008
Bound Labor in Philadelphia	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: Philadelphia, immigrants, indentured servants, workforce, servitude, redemptioners, apprentice, apprenticeships, Colonial Philadelphia, bound labor
The Peopling of Philadelphia: 19th Century Immigration	Mona Kolsky
Keywords: national trends, Philadelphia, Graphs, industrial city, Lazaretto Quarantine Station, ship manifests, stereotyping, photographs, political cartoons, advertisements, 19th Century Immigration
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: migration, personal narrative, Philadelphia, History, worker migration, clothing trade in Africa, commerce, commercial influence, data analysis, cultural imperialism
Germantown PA: Researching the Great Road Welcome Mat	Barbara McDowell Dowdall
Keywords: Philadelphia, Irish, Italian, Germantown, African, 9th grade, Daniel Pastorious, Dutch trading company, English 1