Unit Title	Author
2025
How Does Assistive Technology Make Life Easier?	Jennifer Disque
Keywords: Assessments, Assistive Technology (AT), Concept, disability, environment, force, Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) Model, Human Centered Design (HCD), Machine, power, prototype, Stakeholder, Work
When Do the Black Girls Win?	Rebecca Cohen
Keywords: Argumentative Writing, Black Girls Literacies, Diverse Children's Literature, Hero Narratives, Identity, literacy, Missing Perspectives
Ni de aquí, ni de allá: Between Worlds, Latinx Cultural Narratives	Marla Colondres
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
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
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
Keywords: African American, authenticity, children’s literature, folktales, Jewish, mirrors & doors, multicultural, Muslim, picture books, Representation
2024
De/Constructing and Re/Constructing Mexican and Chicanx Identities Through Myths	Feven Yared
Keywords: Aztlán, Chicanx/a/o/@, Indigenismo, La Llorona, La Malinche, La Raza, Mestizaje, Mestizo, Mexican history, Mexican/a/o/@, Myths, Teaching culture in Spanish, Tenochtitlan
Building a Community: A Celebration of Culture and Hispanic Heritage	Eileen Dowling
Keywords: community, High School, Hispanic, Latina, Latine, Latino, LatinX, National Hispanic Heritage Month
Can You Hear Me? Let’s Lift the Voices of Immigrant Students	Sondra Gonzalez
Keywords: cultural storytelling, culturally responsive teaching, English language acquisition immigration experiences, ESOL/ELL education, immigrant student narratives, multilingual learner empowerment
Estamos aquí: El ayer, hoy, y mañana de la historia latinx de filadelfia / We are here: The yesterday, today, and tomorrow of Philadelphia’s Latinx history	Jenifer Felix
Keywords: Bilingual, Demographics, Latinx Communities, Latinx History, Philadelphia Geography, Philadelphia history, Spanish as a Heritage Language, Spanish as a Native Language
Systems	James O'Karma
Keywords: adam smith, capitalism, communism, economic systems, feudalism, History, karl marx, Literature, Marxism, monopoly
Mindfulness & Self-Soothing Techniques for Social Emotional Growth	Regina Hastings
The Appeal of Communism to African-Americans in the United States	Bill Chenevert
Keywords: Black Communists, Black history, capitalism, Claude McKay, communism, economics, Friedrich Engels, Jim Crow South, karl marx, Langston Hughes, McCarthyism, Paul Robeson, racism, socialism, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Cold War, The Great Migration, the USSR
Boundaries, Borders, and Sliding Glass Doors: Where do we come from, and where are we going?	Emma Steinheimer
Keywords: Borders, Boundaries, children’s literature, Creative Writing, Critical Literacy, cultural identity, fiction, place-based learning, poetry, storytelling, Writing Workshop
The Pulse of the Land: Using the Arts to Teach About War	Keeler Park
Keywords: Art, conflict, Creative Writing, Culture, emotion, History, Literary Analysis, military, Military History, poetry, primary source, secondary source, social studies, social-emotional learning, war, world history
Understanding Latinidades: Reclaiming the Rite/Right to America	Ryann Rouse
Keywords: “banana republics, “Latinidad”, ” informational texts, Afro-Latinidad, collaborative learning, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, La Bamba, Latin America, Latin American colonial history, Latin American Geography, Latin American Politics, Latina, Latino, LatinX, Literature Circles, Panama, postcolonial Latin American Studies, Son Jarocho, summarization
Hispanic Heritage Month for All: 31 Days of LatinXellence	Alima McKnight
Keywords: Culture, elementary, Hispanic, Indigenous, interactive notebook, Latina, Latine, Latino, LatinX, National Hispanic Heritage Month, social studies
We Are Not Alone: Cold War (Black) Radical Unionism, Internationalism and the World After George Floyd	Tyriese Holloway
Keywords: McCarthyism, social movements, socialism, solidarity, unions, USSR
Economics, Abundance, and Value, or How Much Is Too Much Salami?	Chloe Glynn
Keywords: agriculture, choice, economics, environmental, environmentalism, History, meat, Politics, responsibility, value
Multilingual Elementary Students’ Exploration of Place, Identity and Memory through Sensory Poetry and Imagery	Katie Miller
Keywords: cultural capital, English language, English language learners, Identity, Imagery, multilingual, Place, poetry