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All TIP Curriculum UnitsView by: Year | Seminar

Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: From West Africa to West Philadelphia


Love to Tell the Story: West African Expressions Come to West Philadelphia

Bonnee Breese 2008
Keywords: African people, cross-cultural understanding, cultural and historical backgrounds, discover and explore, dismantle stigmas and stereotypes, English Language Arts, oral storytelling, Overbrook neighborhoods of West Philadelphia, storytelling, written storytelling

Sew Me a Story: African and African American “Quilt Lore”

Kelly Graham 2008
Keywords: African American History, American History, elementary school, human experience, quilt, Quilt Lore, quilting, stories and designs, storytelling

Using Elder Stories to Understand the Continuity of History

Meagan C. McGowan 2008
Keywords: broader historical narratives, folk lore, folk lorists, local resources, make history relevant, Reading, stories of elders

From Cornrow Village to Corporate City I

Valerie A. Quarterman 2008
Keywords: African American culture, African American History

The African, Caribbean and African American Cultural Connection

Keysiah M. Middleton 2008
Keywords: aesthetic values, African, African American, Black Atlantic, connect to Africa, cultural expression, dance, Food, interlinked groups, language, Music, pride, shared African background, shared awareness

From Cornrow Village to Corporate City II Culturally-Based Classroom Guidance for Transitioning High School Students

Karon S. Waters 2008
Keywords: African American History, High School

Kids Love Stories

Nan Richmond 2008
Keywords: attitudes towards young and old people, celebrations, community culture, evaluate, folktales, games, heroes, interactional routines, language arts, language of origin, local settings, problem solving, relating to life, retelling, social studies, Technology, values

Philadelphia Stories: African Transitions from West Africa to Philadelphia as a Means to Study Oral Histories

Stephanie R. Wicks 2008
Keywords: African American History, African immigrants in Philadelphia, English, ethnography, historical research, historiography, learn content through oral history, learning history, love of history, love of learning, oral history project, story time, storytelling

Folktales: Trickster Stories Across Time – From African Ancestors to African American Rappers

Wilda Hayward 2008
Keywords: African, African American, African Diaspora, African folktales, anthropology, ESOL, folktales, hip-hop, legacy, Middle Passage, rap, trickster stories, West African storytellers

Crossing Borders and Crossing Time: A Tableau of African Immigration and Migration in America

Stacia D. Parker 2008
Keywords: African Americans, Africans, West Philadelphia

Seminar: Global Environmental Challenges and Potential Solutions


The Power of a Circle: Zero Waste Matters

Anna Herman
Keywords: bio-building, carbon cycle, circular economy, compost, environmental solutions, food waste, green economy, municipal solid waste, sustainability, sustainable economies, Zero waste

Trash or Treasure? Waste as a Social Construct

Chloe Glynn
Keywords: Art, e-waste, environmental health, food waste, Global waste management, human health, incineration, Isaiah Zagar, municipal solid waste, Philadelphia Magic Gardens, recycling, tires, waste disposal

Let us Breathe Clean Air

David L. Turner
Keywords: " garbage, "Let us Breathe Clean Air, carbon footprint, climate change, glaciers, greener schools., Pepper Middle School, recycle, recycling, Tilden Middle School

Whose Land, For What Purpose

Freda Anderson

Go Green for a Better Tomorrow

Marie P. Clarke
Keywords: changemakers, Ecology, incinerators, landfill, pollution, recycle, reduce, reuse, solutions, trash

What’s In Our Water?!

Cea Fortarezzo 2022

Our Forests and Climate Change

Kawalpreet K Aneja 2022
Keywords: Agarikon, climate change, Forest Bathing, Forests, photosynthesis, Respiration

Seminar: History of Hollywood


Learning Through the Lens: How Hollywood Shapes the Way We View History

Andrea Ferentchak 2018
Keywords: American History, Creative Writing, History activity, Media, Reading

Film Techniques and Gender and Race Representation in Film

Amanda Fiegel 2018
Keywords: Cinematography, Entertainment industry, Media, Pop culture

Novel and a Movie?

Nicole Flores 2018
Keywords: Clips, Media, Novel, Pairing, Pop culture, Reading