Unit Title	Author
2012
Transition from Slavery – A Study of Reconstruction	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: American civil war, Civil War, Reconstruction, Slavery
Environmental Justice and Social Action	Leslie Petruzzi
Keywords: environmental justice, racism, social action, Social change
Liberty and Justice for (Not) All	Rita Sorrentino
Keywords: American History, civil rights era, justice, liberty, Reconstruction
“Can We All Get Along?” Evaluating Racism in the Media	Elisabeth R. Yucis
Keywords: American History, Media, racism
How Does Media Affect Our Identity?	Jacqueline Adam-Taylor
Keywords: Identity, Media, Recitatif
Picturing Our Lives Through Written Tales, Oral History and Photographs	Dale Apple
Keywords: oral history, photographs, smart phones, social media, stories
“I Even Encountered Myself”: Exploring Identity Development in Literature During the Middle School Years	Erin Bloom
Keywords: Identity, Literature, short stories
Fly Away North: African-American Short Stories of the Great Migration	Bonnee L. Breese
Keywords: Great Migration, short stories, US distinction, US migration
African American Short Stories: Author Studies for Elementary Level Students	Sue A. Christmas
Keywords: African American stories, Faith Ringgold, Jacqueline Woodson, Julius Lester, short stories
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: African American Short Stories in the Jazz Tradition	Sydney Hunt Coffin
Keywords: African American short stories, Jazz, short stories
What’s That You Say Neighbor?	Lynn Gourinski Fahr
Keywords: Civil War, storytelling, The Great Migration
Intentional Diction, Code Switching and Character Development — Oh My!	Mary Beth Grady
Keywords: character development, diction, Identity, self-awareness, self-identity
Teaching American African Males Using Short Stories	Keysiah M. Middleton
Keywords: African American males, African American short stories, short stories
Short Story Encounters: Pathos in Action in African-American Fiction	Stacia Parker
Keywords: African American fiction, pathos, short stories
Teaching Characterization and Metacognition using African-American Short Stories	Jessica L. Shupik
Keywords: African American short stories, metacognition, Recitatif, short stories
School Daze: Engagement Strategies for Middle School Readers	Joan Taylor
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
Keywords: external conflicts, internal conflicts, literacy, short stories
Staying Healthy by Participating in Dance and Sports: Ways of Exercise in Many Cultures	Meg H. Flisek
Keywords: dance, exercise, Health, sports
Health and the Inner City	Nicole Flores
Keywords: African-American community, diabetes, halth, risk
All About Germs	Melissa Freeman
Keywords: germs, Health