Unit Title	Author
2020
Human Evolution	Chris Sikich
Keywords: Biology, Evolution, genetics, human evolution, life science, Natural Selection
Evolutionary History of Mitochondria	Cristobal Carambo
Keywords: Chemistry, interdisciplinary skills, mitochondria
Amazing Animal Adaptations	Dorothy Martin
Keywords: adaptation, animals, autistic support, Evolution, special education
Evolutionary Biology	Daniel Hartzog
Keywords: Biology, Evolution, Heredity, kindergarten, Science, Traits, Variation
Evolution: Pokémon v. Bizarre Real Animals	Lisa Yuk Kuen Yau
Keywords: Biology, Critical thinking, Evolution, pokemon, Science
Malaria	William McGeehan
Keywords: adaptation, biomagnification, disease, DNA, Ecology, Evolution, Flexibility and adaptability, genetics, Natural Selection, parasite, population genetics
Dark Matters	Valerie Adams
Keywords: black hole, CER framework, dark fantastic, ebony elizabeth thomas, imagination, milky way galaxy
The Superhero Self: Speculative Fiction for Identity Development and Social Change	Emma Connolly
Keywords: fiction, imagination, learning support, special education, superheroes
Storytelling for Freedom: How Black speculative stories can give us hope for a better future	Gina Dukes
Keywords: dark fantastic, freedom, hope, storytelling
Saving Ourselves: Exploring Identity and Imagined Realities Through Comics	Maddie Luebbert
Keywords: comics, dark fantastic, imagination, superhero genre, systemic racism
Police Free City: Writing Emancipatory Visionary Fiction	Charlie McGeehan
Keywords: Black Lives Matter, dark fantastic cycle, fantasy, fiction, Literature, Reading, science fiction, social studies, the Hunger Games, writing
Speculative Fiction: Using an Ethnic and Cultural Lens for Story Telling	Peggy Marie Savage
Keywords: speculative fiction, storytelling, the dark fantastic
Dabbling in the Dark: The Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow of the Black Speculative Aesthetic	Ryann M. Rouse
Keywords: Afrofuturism, Black Speculative Art, English Language Arts, fantasy, race, science fiction
Speculative Poetry: Making Sense of the Present and Shaping the Future	Sarah Vieldhouse
Keywords: analysis, imagination, poetry, speculative poetry
Here I Am: Graphic Novels as Social Equalizers for English Language Learners	Tia D. Larese
Keywords: comics, English language learners, graphic novels, the dark fantastic
Our New Mythologies Speculative Fiction Unit	Katherine Cohen Volin
Keywords: English Language Arts, mythology, speculative fiction
“Take Root Among the Stars” A Speculative Curriculum Unit for Fifth Grade	Vanetta Wood
Keywords: creative arts
A History of Philadelphia: Redlining and the Founding Ideals of Democracy	Alexander de Arana
Keywords: democracy, History, Philadelphia, social science
Planting the Seeds of Responsibility and Growing Citizens	Alima McKnight
Keywords: African Americans, change, citizen, citizenship, Government, rights, society, voting
Philadelphia’s Population Change: Using Data Visualization to Understand a Historical Narrative	Andrew Guyon
Keywords: Data visualization, historical narrative, mathematics lesson, Philadelphia history, quantitative data