Unit Title	Author
2023
Soundtrack to Our Class: Reading, Writing, and Speaking about Music	Emma Connolly
Keywords: Middle School, English Language Arts, Identity, figurative language, theme, writing, social-emotional learning, Reading, community building
A Class Act	Margo A. Pinckney
Keywords: race relations, data collection
W.E.B. Du Bois and the Making of Accordion Books, Data Portraits, and People Places	Lisa Yuk Kuen Yau
Keywords: The Philadelphia Negro, W.E.B. Du Bois, Placemaking, Social Epidemiology, 7th Ward, Data visualization, Data Portraits, Accordion Books
Unraveling the Block: DuBois, The Seventh Ward and Our Responsibility	Tyriese James Holloway
Keywords: Heterogeneity, space, Protagonism, Place, activism
Correcting Epistemic Injustices and Memorializing 19th Century Black Women	Shaquita Smith
Keywords: marginalized groups, Monuments, murals, epistemic injustice, historically marginalized voices, The Philadelphia Negro, The Old Seventh Ward, Sociology, W.E.B. Du Bois, using sociology to study history, black women
World History or White History?: Deconstructing Race in the World History Classroom	Keeler Park
Keywords: map reading, Equity, History, Geography, discussion, Sociology, world history, society, power, race, primary source, social studies, Slavery, document-based questions, DBQ, annotation, analysis, criticality, Critical Race Theory
The “Peculiar” Race: W.E.B. Du Bois, the Seventh Ward, and The Philadelphia Negro	Robbie Marsden
Keywords: Du Bois, Sociology, Philadelphia Negro, Seventh Ward
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: informational text analysis, historical fiction, high school ELA, The Philadelphia Negro, summarization, W.E.B. DuBois, primary sources, Philadelphia, social science, Seventh Ward, cite evidence, Compare and contrast, author’s purpose
The School on Greenberg Street: Using The Philadelphia Negro and The House on Mango Street as models to tell the story of a neighborhood	Katherine Cohen Volin
Keywords: The Philadelphia Negro, The House on Mango Street, W.E.B. Du Bois, 7th Ward
What is Home?	Jeannette Moon
Keywords: maps, mapping, Du Bois, Home, Hansberry, Genre Analysis, survey, storytelling, Wayward Lives, Raisin in the Sun, Seventh Ward
Hip Hop Hope: Unlocking English Language Learning with Rhythms and Rhymes	Rebecca Horner
Keywords: movement, Music, hip-hop, healing, brain, Color Vowel Approach
Songs in the Key of MY Life	Nicole Flores
Keywords: Morning Meeting, lyrics, literacy, Music, The Brain, Socio-emotional Learning, Playlists
What Happens When High School Students Study the Role of Trauma in Black Art	Geoffrey Winikur
Keywords: Music, hip-hop, generational trauma, Trauma, white supremacy, racial violence, Black Art, Black Lives Matter, brain science
Music and Art Are Healing: Neurographic Art in the Classroom	Ms. Allison Aubry, M.ED
Keywords: meditative doodling, Music, neuro art, healing, Neurographic art, The Sound of Philadelphia, Art, brain breaks
Music’s Effect on Community Resilience	Theresa Eck
Keywords: Music, free black communities in the early republic, music’s effect on history, Philadelphia history, social emotional learning in history, Advanced Placement U.S. History aka APUSH, analyzing historical evidence
Trauma, Music, and Healing: The Power of Music to Transform a Classroom	Charlette Walker
Keywords: writing, Middle School, mental health, Music, Emotional Health, ELA, toxic stress, Trauma, social-emotional learning (SEL), resilience, digital literacy, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Music History from Philadelphia and the Emotional Being and Effect of Music on the Brain	Michelle Jackson
Keywords: local history, local artists, Music History, Music, Emotional Being, public schools, Philadelphia, brain
MUSIC IS… JOY! LOVE! HEALING!	Karen Brinkley
Keywords: Leon Huff, Kenny Gamble, Music, Philadelphia International Records
“Rare Ability and Devotion”: Elizabeth Tyler, first visiting Black nurse of Philadelphia, as Counter-Narrative	Danina Garcia
Keywords: Medicine, Medical History, Henrietta Lacks, Tuberculosis, Nursing History, Philadelphia, African American History
How Do We Envision A More Sustainable And Just Philadelphia?	Dr. Joe Alberti
Keywords: fossil fuels, sustainability, solar energy, Renewable and Non-renewable Energy, Air Pollution