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All TIP Curriculum UnitsView by: Year | Seminar

Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: Diverse Children's Literature: Literary Art, Cultural Artifact and Contested Terrain


Ni de aquí, ni de allá: Between Worlds, Latinx Cultural Narratives

Marla Colondres 2025
Keywords: Afro-Latinidad, bicultural identity, immigration and border narratives, language acquisition, Latinx literature, representation in literature, student voice

Breaking the Cycle: Culturally relevant and Identity Affirming Text-Selection Framework for Future Teachers

Jada Blackwell 2025
Keywords: Anti-Bias Education, CTE Program, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Diverse Literature, Equity in Education, Future Teachers, Identity Affirmation, Literacy Instruction, Reflective Practice, Text Selection

Celebrating Identity, Culture, and Diversity Through Children’s Literature

Eman Metwaly 2025
Keywords: belonging, Culture, diversity, English as a Second Language (ESL), Family Heritage, Home-School Connections, Identity, Multilingual Learner, social-emotional learning, storytelling

Culturally Authentic Picture Books: Celebrating Cultural Diversity

Diana KA Miller 2025
Keywords: African American, authenticity, children’s literature, folktales, Jewish, mirrors & doors, multicultural, Muslim, picture books, Representation

Seminar: Educating for American Democracy


Engaging Philadelphia’s Ward System: How democratic is our system?

Charlie McGeehan 2022
Keywords: authentic assessment, civics, democracy, Government, Inquiry, interview, local politics

How Coal Changed Philadelphia: 1820-1865

William McGeehan 2022
Keywords: antebellum Philadelphia, Coal, industrialization, ironworking, locomotives, mineral energy, nativism, poverty, social reform, steamships, textile mills, water pollution, whiteness

Political Parties: Vehicles or Disruptors of American Democracy?

Alexander de Arana 2022
Keywords: Democrats, interest groups, multiparty system, Political parties, Republicans, third parties, two-party system

“There Must Come A Change”: School-Based Black Educational Activism in Philadelphia

Danina M. Garcia-Fuller 2022
Keywords: 1967 Walkout, African American History, Literary Societies, rhetoric, School District History

Impacts of Social Media on Democracy

Timothy Woods 2022
Keywords: Big Tech, democracy, digital literacy, disinformation, misinformation, social media

Exploring Civic Engagement through Early Childhood Special Education

Alissa Capponi 2022
Keywords: autistic support, community engagement, life skills, special education, vocational skills

Who Owns The Land?: The Sparrow’s Principle and Anti-Gentrification in Philadelphia

Tyriese James Holloway 2022
Keywords: gentrification, Marita’s Bargain

Untangling Hair Discrimination

Lisa Yuk Kuen Yau 2022
Keywords: CROWN act, Gender Bias, Hair, hair discrimination, hair laws, hairstyles, Native American boarding school, queue, race bias, tignon

Educating for Democracy TIP Seminar 2022: The 14th Amendment And Persons With Disabilities, What Students Should Know

Peggy Marie Savage 2022
Keywords: Disabilities; Fourteenth Amendment; equal protection; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Americans with Disabilities Act; IEP; LRE

Seminar: Electronics from Toys to Tools: An Adventure for Future Engineers


The Electric Human

Nichole Boyd 2015
Keywords: Human body replica, Models of human body, Nervous system, Ohm’s law

Teaching Math Using Electronics

Cara Wallin 2015
Keywords: Algebraic Equations, circuits, Conversions, Robots, STEM

Hey! Who Turned Out the Lights? Electricity in Series and Parallel Circuits

Sharon Mastrobuoni 2015
Keywords: conductors, electrical circuit, electricity, insulators, Parallel Circuit, Physical Science, resistance, Series Circuit

How To: An Adventure in Writing and Designing Circuits

Tia D. Larese 2015
Keywords: breadboard, Circuit, diode, engineering, invention, language arts, LED, light bulb, Physical Science, quiz board, Technology, timeline, transistor, writing

Tinkering with Simple Electric Circuits

Ambra Hook 2015
Keywords: electric circuits, electricity, parallel circuits, Physical Science, series circuits, tinkering

Electricity Through Nonfiction Text

Melissa McPhillips 2015
Keywords: electricity, energy, nonfiction text, primary

Animal & Plant Electricity

Bruce S. Karpe 2015
Keywords: animal, cellular transmissions, electrical signal, electricity, environmental stimuli