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All TIP Curriculum UnitsView by: Year | Seminar

Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: American Political Culture


The African American and the Woman Suffrage Movement

Myrtle Bastien 2009
Keywords: African American, African American women, class discrimination, disenfranchised, gender discrimination, High School, important struggle, partisan interests, racial discrimination, right to vote

The Media and Its Impact on Institutions of National Government

Stephanie R. Felder 2009
Keywords: American Government, American political culture, Electronic Journalism, English political culture, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Magazines of Opinion, Media, political culture, public opinion, The Party Press, The Popular Press

Reconstruction: The Promises and Failures of Post-Civil War America

Hye-Won Gehring and Shanee Garner 2009
Keywords: 10th grade, 11th grade, African American History, American History, economic tropes, English, High School, historical contexts, literacy skills, political, Reconstruction, social, student-centered

Fashion Trends: A Reflection of Our Political Culture

Ardeth Gilmore 2009
Keywords: 20th century, American Colonial period, American History, change, European history, fashion, fashion and politics, fashion fads, fashion trends, Industrial Revolution, major political events, political attitudes, political culture, postindustrial

The Intersections of Law and Health

Jordan Solomon 2009
Keywords: American History, childhood health, Health, health legislation, law and health, legislation, persuasive writing, physical education, writing

From Little Rock to Philadelphia: A Look at School Desegregation

Alison McCartney 2009
Keywords: Arkansas, Central High School, desegregation, little rock, Little Rock Nine, Philadelphia, racial inequalities, Research, school desegregation, Warriors Don't Cry

Early Abolitionists in Philadelphia

Sandy O’Keefe 2009
Keywords: 8th grade, abolitionists, African American, anti-slavery, Colonial America, end to slavery, Philadelphia, Quakers

Civil Rights Era and the African American Experience: Investigating American History through a Literary Lens

Erin Swan-Potras 2009
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, African American figures, Alabama, American Civil Rights Movement, Birmingham, Children's March, Civil Rights Movement, commercialism, discrimination, Historical Context, Music, political context, segregation, social context, Technology, video

Seminar: American Racial Politics


“We got to use what we got.” How Birmingham’s Children Became Foot Soldiers on the Front Lines in the Fight for Civil Rights Birmingham, Alabama 1963

Joyce Arnosky 2012
Keywords: Alabama, Birmingham, Black History month, civil rights, segregation

Race and Politics of Redistricting Who Will Win?

Vicki Baker 2012
Keywords: African American History, America, civics, Politics, race

“No Child Left Behind”: Does It Help Me? Change is Hard But Not Impossible

Monica A. Brundage 2012
Keywords: AYP, no child left behind, self advocacy

The African-American Graphic Novel: Discovering, Examining and Creating Graphic Narratives of Racialized Experience

Tara Ann Carter 2012
Keywords: civil rights, graphic novel, race

American Racial Politics and A Little Town Called Arthington

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe 2012
Keywords: Africa, Arthington, History, racial politics

Transition from Slavery – A Study of Reconstruction

Sandy O’Keefe 2012
Keywords: American civil war, Civil War, Reconstruction, Slavery

Environmental Justice and Social Action

Leslie Petruzzi 2012
Keywords: environmental justice, racism, social action, Social change

Liberty and Justice for (Not) All

Rita Sorrentino 2012
Keywords: American History, civil rights era, justice, liberty, Reconstruction

“Can We All Get Along?” Evaluating Racism in the Media

Elisabeth R. Yucis 2012
Keywords: American History, Media, racism

Seminar: Art and the Life of the City


Strange Fruit – Metaphors, Music and Place – Jazz and Hip Hop as Reflective of the Times

Samuel A. Reed, III 2007
Keywords: Art, Culture, hip-hop, Jazz, lyrics, Music, popular culture, Reading, social studies, society, videos, writing

Dance, Readings, Acting, Music, and Art (D.R.A.M.A.): A Study of African American Performing and Visual Arts in the 1940s – 1950s

Leslie Carlis 2007
Keywords: acting, African American, Art, dance, Music, performing arts, Reading, visual arts

Paul Robeson, African-American Artist, and the McCarthy Era

Carole Chernecky 2007
Keywords: African American, American Literature, Art, artist, Drama, Elgnish, Identity, Paul Robeson, social justice, social studies