Unit Title	Author
2024
Toolbox for Tranquility: Using Meditation and Mindfulness to Ease Anxiety in the Classroom	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: anxiety, breathing, coloring, guided imagery, High School, Meditation, mental health, Mindfulness, relaxation, test anxiety, walking meditation
“Tell Me, How Can I Explain?”: Using 8th-Century Chinese Poetry to Meditate Responsibly in 21st-Century Classrooms	Danina Garcia
Keywords: Chan Buddhism, Chinese History, Meditation, mental health, Mindfulness, poetry, Trauma-Informed Instruction
Social Change Through Meditation and Community Building in the Classroom	Shaquita Smith
Keywords: Bhavana, Buddha, community, compassion, dharma, empathy, equanimity, Meditation, meta (Metacognitive thinking) meditation, sangha, Three Jewels
Peace and War	Deborah Wei
Keywords: Akan, China, Empire, feminism, Gandhi, Greece, hegemony, Mandate of Heaven, Meditation, meta, Pacifism, Peace, peacebuilding, peacemaking, Rome, Satyagraha, war
Teaching Literacy to Second Language Learners through Multi-Cultural Books	Michelle Jackson
Keywords: ELA, ELL, fiction books, Literature, LSS, Science, writing
Widening the Margins: A multi-genre unit	Christina D'Emma
Keywords: Antigone, Drama, drama strategies, effective speaking techniques, ghazal, Greek tragedy, immigration, Informational text, ode, one act play, pastiche, poetry, project based learning, Syrian refugees, U.S.-Mexico border, verse novel
Immigrant Children’s Literature: Reading and Writing in a Postcolonial Continuum	Geoffrey Winikur
Keywords: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Historically Responsive Literacy, Jazz Pedagogy, Postcolonial Literature, Young Adult Fiction
Identity and Immigration: An Upper Elementary Literacy Unit	Emma Connolly
Keywords: Creative Writing, fiction, Fifth-Grade, literacy, podcasts, poetry, upper elementary
Daughters of Immigrants: Poetry, Spoken Word, and Collage Essays	Lisa Yuk Kuen Yau
Keywords: border crossings, daughter of immigrants, literary collage, national identity, poetry, spoken word, women immigrants, women refugees
You Have Power! Give It a Voice.	Jennifer Gallagher
Keywords: ability, assumptions, communication, Culture, disability, Identity, Immigrant, journey, language, prejudice
“¿Pero las manos de quién?: Using cooking as archaeology to explore Indigenous voice, the Alkebulan diaspora and identity in the Spanish language classroom	Alicia Conquest
Keywords: Abya Yala, Alkebulan, Cooking in class, Decolonization, Foodways, Sancocho, World Language
Indomitable Voices: LGBTQIA+ Activism within the Latinx Civil Rights Movement	Marla Colondres
Keywords: “Latinidad”, activism, civil rights, discrimination, equality, intersectionality, Latino/a/x/é, LGBTQIA+, Stonewall riots
«Ahora empieza una nueva vida para ti»: migración y desplazamiento en el mundo hispanohablante / “Now a new life begins for you”: Migration and displacement in the Spanish-speaking world	Matthew Fischetti
Keywords: AP Spanish Language and Culture, Central America, children’s literature, discrimination, displacement, film, Honduras, IB Spanish, immigration, incarceration, Latin America, migration, militarized global apartheid, Morocco, Music, North Africa, poetry, Spain, Spanish, xenophobia
Nosotros la Gente	Theresa Eck
Keywords: Americanize, Boriken, civic rights and responsibilities, Dr. Albizu Campos, imperialism, insular cases, Jesus Colón, Jones Act, Lolita Lebrón, migration, military contributions, Philadelphia history, picture analysis, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Young Lords
2023
What Happens When High School Students Study the Role of Trauma in Black Art	Geoffrey Winikur
Keywords: Black Art, Black Lives Matter, brain science, generational trauma, hip-hop, Music, racial violence, Trauma, white supremacy
Sustainability is the Name of the Game!	Alima McKnight
Keywords: climate change, digital native, elementary, engagement, game based theory, gamification, motivation, pollution, solution, sustainability
Music and Art Are Healing: Neurographic Art in the Classroom	Ms. Allison Aubry, M.ED
Keywords: Art, brain breaks, healing, meditative doodling, Music, neuro art, Neurographic art, The Sound of Philadelphia
Music’s Effect on Community Resilience	Theresa Eck
Keywords: Advanced Placement U.S. History aka APUSH, analyzing historical evidence, free black communities in the early republic, Music, music’s effect on history, Philadelphia history, social emotional learning in history
“Rare Ability and Devotion”: Elizabeth Tyler, first visiting Black nurse of Philadelphia, as Counter-Narrative	Danina Garcia
Keywords: African American History, Henrietta Lacks, Medical History, Medicine, Nursing History, Philadelphia, Tuberculosis
Trauma, Music, and Healing: The Power of Music to Transform a Classroom	Charlette Walker
Keywords: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), digital literacy, ELA, Emotional Health, mental health, Middle School, Music, resilience, social-emotional learning (SEL), toxic stress, Trauma, writing