Unit Title	Author	Year
Seminar: "But Mostly I Lie A Lot" - The African American Short Story in the 21st Century
Short Story Encounters: Pathos in Action in African-American Fiction	Stacia Parker	2012
Keywords: African American fiction, pathos, short stories
Teaching Characterization and Metacognition using African-American Short Stories	Jessica L. Shupik	2012
Keywords: African American short stories, metacognition, Recitatif, short stories
School Daze: Engagement Strategies for Middle School Readers	Joan Taylor	2012
Keywords: African American short stories, cognitive strategies, reading strategies, short stories
Do You Know My Struggle? A Writing Unit Designed to Explore the Voices of Middle School Students	Michelle Todd	2012
Keywords: external conflicts, internal conflicts, literacy, short stories
Seminar: 20th Century American Literature
The Lesson the Piano Teaches: August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and the African-American Experience It Illuminates	William S. Lewis	2007
Keywords: African American History, August Wilson, griot, History, Literature, personal history
Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and Students’ Poetic Perceptions of Contemporary Issues	Kemo Donita Logan	2007
Keywords: African American literature, Compare and contrast, Harlem Renaissance, literacy revolution, poetry, social activism, social themes
What Matters the Most through Reading and Writing	Christine Lokey	2007
Keywords: direct reading, inspire to act, integrating, Literature, racial justice, Reading, scaffolding, social justice, writing, writing instruction
Connecting Nineteen Eighty-Four to Today	Alison McCartney	2007
Keywords: analyze, British literature, debate, English, George Orwell, involved citizens, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Reading, social science, World Literature
Exploring African American Culture Through Literature	Susan King	2007
Keywords: African American culture, African American literature, autistic support, books, comprehension skills, Reading, storytelling
Jim Crow and Apartheid: Walking hand in hand to the Promised Land	Stacia D. Parker	2007
Keywords: African American History, America, Apartheid, Harlem Renaissance, political literature, South Africa, think globally
The Story of Us: An Urban Fifth Grade Class Creates a Living History Document Through Memoir and Photography	Joyce Arnosky	2007
Keywords: analyze, data collection, History, literacy, Math, memoir, photography, social studies, Visual Art, writing
Philly Girls Grow Up Through Memoir and Fiction	Barbara McDowell Dowdall	2007
Keywords: African American women, American Literature, growing up, memoir, women, writers
Looking Through Others’ Eyes- Literature and the Double Self in the 20th Century	Laura C. Jacklin	2007
Keywords: American short stories, American society, double-consciousness, Literature, The Souls of Black Folk, World War I
Recurring Themes of African American Folktales	Catherine Thornton Brownlee	2007
Keywords: African American folktales, African American literature, Afro-American, language arts, Reading, symbolism, themes
Seminar: A Survey of Contemplative Practices Across the World's Religions
Investigating Religious and Cultural Spending Trends	Catherine Michini	2017
Keywords: cross, Culture, Social and cross-cultural skills, social studies, World religions
Mindfulness Mondays: Bite Size Strategies to Transform Your Classroom	Samuel A. Reed	2017
Keywords: Creative Writing, Journalism, Personal Growth
Be the Hero of Your Journey	Terry Anne Wildman	2017
Keywords: Creative Writing, History, Literature
Taking Teenagers From Aaaaah! To *Om* to Action! Using Contemplative Practices from World Religions to Teach Stress Management and Promote Well-Being	Meg H. Flisek	2017
Keywords: Flexibility and adaptability, Global awareness, Health literacy, Initiative and self-direction, Meditation, Productivity and accountability, Social and cross-cultural skills, Stress relief, World religions
How Does One Achieve the Good Life?	Colleen Lawson-Thornton	2017
Keywords: Bhagavad Gita, Buddhism, close reading, collaborative learning, contemplative practices, Cornell notes, Daoism, discussion board, Eastern philosophy, Eastern religion, Eightfold Path, experiential learning, Four Noble Truths, Good Life, happiness, Hinduism, Meditation, philosophy, tai chi, Tao of Pooh, Tao Te Ching, Upanishads, walking meditation, yoga, zine
Mindful Suspension	Jaimie Piotrowicz	2017
Keywords: Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Detention, Meditation, Mindful Suspension, Personal Growth, Suspension, Therapy