Unit Title	Author
2023
Natural Tendencies	Maya Bhagat
Keywords: Lenape, Philadelphia, Place-based, sustainability
“Rare Ability and Devotion”: Elizabeth Tyler, first visiting Black nurse of Philadelphia, as Counter-Narrative	Danina Garcia
Keywords: African American History, Henrietta Lacks, Medical History, Medicine, Nursing History, Philadelphia, Tuberculosis
DuBois and the Seventh Ward: A Study of The Philadelphia Negro and Its Counternarrative of Black People’s Evolution in Urban America	Ryann Rouse
Keywords: author’s purpose, cite evidence, Compare and contrast, high school ELA, historical fiction, informational text analysis, Philadelphia, primary sources, Seventh Ward, social science, summarization, The Philadelphia Negro, W.E.B. DuBois
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
2021
Discovering Our Community Assets	Sarah C. Beverly
Keywords: assets, community, English Language Arts, Philadelphia, service learning, social studies
Breast Cancer: An Exponential Process	Vicki Baker
Keywords: Algebra 2, Breast cancer, cancer, Elementary Functions, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Wicked Problems, Place, and Liberation	Charlie McGeehan
Keywords: cities, Kensington, Philadelphia, social justice, Wicked Problem
2020
A History of Philadelphia: Redlining and the Founding Ideals of Democracy	Alexander de Arana
Keywords: democracy, History, Philadelphia, social science
Still Segregated in 2020: A Study of Equity in Philadelphia Area Schools through Film Study and Creation	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: cinema, civics, Civil Rights Movement, communications, freedom, Government, History, Media, Philadelphia, Politics
2019
Living With Lead: Lessons for Environmental Justice and Citizenship	Ryann Rouse
Keywords: analyzing informational texts, central theme, environmental citizenship, environmental justice, Flint, interpreting facts, lead, lead legislation, lead paint, lead poisoning, lead regulation, Philadelphia, research project, toxicity, toxins, water crisis
Noticing and Wondering, Who Decides How a River is Made?	Vicki Baker
Keywords: algebra, climate change, mathematics, Philadelphia, Schuylkill River
A Place Based Climate Change Exploration for Middle School	Rachel Odoroff
Keywords: climate activists, climate change, climate literacy, Philadelphia
Environmental Humanities Through the Lens of a Math Teacher	Tracy Saltz
Keywords: carbon dioxide, environmental humanities, Math, Philadelphia, pollution, Schuylkill River
Chasing Cinderella: Following One Story Around the World	Phyllis Zimmer
Keywords: cinderella, Culture, PBL, Philadelphia, stories
2018
Phila-Gami: Philadelphia Themed Folding in the Math Classroom	Catherine Michini
Keywords: Alexander Calder, Art, fold-and-cut, geometry, Math, Mobile, origami, Philadelphia, Pi Day, pop-up card, STEAM
2016
The Philadelphia Wax Museum: Exploring the History of a City Through Different Points of View	Tia D. Larese
Keywords: biography, elementary, History, Philadelphia, revolutionary war, social studies, wax museum
2009
From Little Rock to Philadelphia: A Look at School Desegregation	Alison McCartney
Keywords: Arkansas, Central High School, desegregation, little rock, Little Rock Nine, Philadelphia, racial inequalities, Research, school desegregation, Warriors Don't Cry
Early Abolitionists in Philadelphia	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: 8th grade, abolitionists, African American, anti-slavery, Colonial America, end to slavery, Philadelphia, Quakers
Philadelphia 1793: Yellow Fever, Race, Medicine and Politics	Mona Kolsky
Keywords: History, Medicine, Philadelphia, race, yellow fever
2008
Germantown PA: Researching the Great Road Welcome Mat	Barbara McDowell Dowdall
Keywords: 9th grade, African, Daniel Pastorious, Dutch trading company, English 1, Germantown, Irish, Italian, Philadelphia