Unit Title	Author
2022
Self-Representation is the Message, the Message is Power	Meredith Seung Mee Buse
Keywords: artists of color, Black artists, Black gaze, ekphrastic writing, empowerment, Frederick Douglass, personal narratives, poetry, portfolios, Portraiture, self-portraits, self-representation, visual vocabulary
What does it mean to be a Migrant?: Using mentor texts to understand migration	Katherine Volin
Keywords: immigration, migration, poetry, travel
Modern and Contemporary African American Women Poets	Monica Rowley
Keywords: African American, Black Poets, context, Creative Writing, form, function, language, literary devices, poetry, Women poets, women writers, Workshop
Finding Your Voice… then Shouting!	Nicole Flores
Keywords: 5th Grade ELA, activism, comprehension, Novel, poetry, Research, social justice
2021
City Through Poems, Songs, and Artwork	Alla Dolderer
Keywords: artwork., authentic sources, city, community, ESL, global, immigration, local, poetry, songs
Who Am I and Where Am I? A Place-Based Poetry Unit	Emma Connolly
Keywords: comprehension instruction, fluency instruction, identity development, Middle School, place-based learning, poetry, special education, writing instruction
Exploring Our City Through Images, Poetry, and Music	Katherine Volin
Keywords: class, gender, Music, poetry, race
Using Poetry to Confront Neighborhood Representation and Gentrification	Sally O’Brien
Keywords: class, gender, gentrification, High School, intersectionality, landscape literacy, media analysis, metaphor, place-based learning, poetry, race
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
Gathering Clay: Community Poetry, Individual Grace, and the Limitations of Language	Greg Probst
Keywords: Art, artifacts, community, Creative Writing, Culture, English Language Arts, High School, Indigenous, individuality, louise erdrich, Native American, Navajo, neoindigenous, philly, poetry, Pueblo, society, south philadelphia, southwestern
2020
Speculative Poetry: Making Sense of the Present and Shaping the Future	Sarah Vieldhouse
Keywords: analysis, imagination, poetry, speculative poetry
Slavery: A Tough Lesson to Learn	Margo Pinckney-Wilson
Keywords: diversity, poetry, Slavery
2019
Poets Imagining the City	Sally O’Brien
Keywords: imagination, Literature, O'hara, poetry, Whitman, writing prompts
Borders and Doorways: Using Poetry of Constraint to Explore Boundaries and Possibilities	Sophia Renda
Keywords: English, History, poetry, us history
I Am UnBroken: Deconstructing Modern American Poetry to Promote Self-Actualization For English Language Learners	Lisa (Yuk Kuen) Yau
Keywords: American poetry, Emily Dickinson, poetry, Walt Whitman
Dawning of A Sunrise	Valerie Adams
Keywords: Critical thinking, Drama, ELA, fables, folktales, frame story, frame tale, Middle East, multi-intelligence, narrative, pair, Personal Identity, poetry, Reading, share, short stories, South Asia, storytelling, think, writing
The Art of Literature: Visual Stimuli that Constructs Communication	Silvino J. Alexander Jr.
Keywords: "Third Space" Paradigm, Art, comic books, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP), History, literacy, poetry, THAL (Technology
PoetryTeaches Too!	Nicole Flores
Keywords: close reading, comprehension, comprehension skills, poetry
Identity and Ideology: Using Poetry to Explore Who You Are and What You Believe	Ellen Powell Fracassini
Keywords: Identity, ideology, poetry
Teaching African-American History Through Contemporary Modern Poetry	Chanelle Harley
Keywords: African American culture, African American History, modern poetry, poetry