Unit Title	Author
2008
Childhood Obesity: Eating For Worth Not Girth	Deborah R. Sanchez
Keywords: childhood obesity, good nutrition, information on healthy foods, overweight, physical activity, unhealthy eating habits
Think before you eat! A Kindergarten Nutrition Guide	Grace Hollander
Keywords: childhood obesity, daily exercise, diet, exercise, fruits and vegetables, Health literacy, healthy eating, nutrition, obesity, self-awareness
A Weighty Battle: Helping Children Fight Obesity	Joyce Arnosky
Keywords: 5th grade, childhood obesity, exercise, food choices, healthy choices, healthy food choices, literacy, Math, obesity, physical activity, self-regulation, visual arts
What’s for Lunch?	Rita Sorrentino
Keywords: 5th grade, childhood obesity, Health, healthy choices, lunch choices, nutiriton, obesity, overweight children, school day food
Crossing Borders and Crossing Time: A Tableau of African Immigration and Migration in America	Stacia D. Parker
Keywords: African Americans, Africans, West Philadelphia
2007
The Lesson the Piano Teaches: August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and the African-American Experience It Illuminates	William S. Lewis
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
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
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
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
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
Keywords: African American History, America, Apartheid, Harlem Renaissance, political literature, South Africa, think globally
Can You Hear Me Now? – Exploring the Science of Sound	Rita Sorrentino
Keywords: acoustics, computer science, elementary school, hearing, language arts, medium, physics, Science, sound, speech, Technology, vibrations, wave motion
Atomic Structure	Stuart Surrey
Keywords: atom, Chemistry, college prep, elementary particles, Greek philosophers, laboratory experiments, Math, physicists
Physics of Music: Making Waves in a Science Classroom	Rosalind Echols
Keywords: hip-hop generation, motion, Physical Science, physics, Science, sound, waves
Cartoon Animation and Films in Literature: Intrinsic to Physics	Bonnee L. Breese
Keywords: cartoon animation, English Language Arts, film, film editing, literacy terms, Making connections, Math, physics, physics vocabulary, Science
Learning Physics and Math: An Aesthetic Approach	Moses B. Jackson
Keywords: 10th grade, 9th grade, Art, arts, create, dance, discover, explore, high school math, Math, Music, physics, think
Learning Science through the Sound of Music	Vijayalakshmi Karri
Keywords: 9th grade, amplitude, frequency, human perception of sound, Music, music room, nature of waves, Physical Science, Science, science lab, Sound of Music, sound waves
Kinematics (Equations of Motion)	Krishan L. Wadhwa
Keywords: acceleration, deceleration, diagrams, equations of motion, Graphs, Kinematics, motion of objects, Physical Science, physics, speed, vectors, velocity
Mathematics Through the Eyes of Physics	Anne Cherian
Keywords: 11th grade, acceleration, displacement, distance, Kinematics, linear equations, Math, motion, motion of objects, physics, quadratic equations, speed, time, velocity
African American Women Workers in 19th Century and 20th Century Philadelphia	Myrtle Bastien
Keywords: African American History, African American women, American economic system, poverty, racial prejudice