Unit Title	Author
2021
West African Jelis/Griots Old and New	Aisha Al-Muid
Keywords: Geography, Mali, Nigeria, West Africa, West AFrican empires
Critical Metals and Their Real-World Applications	Ariel Coff
Keywords: earth metals, mining, periodic table
The Sound of Resistance: Protest Music in African Cinema	David Jennis
Keywords: African Cinema, African music, Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony, Apartheid, History of Africa: Resistance and Liberation, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, South Africa
Changing Technology for a Changing Climate: Knowledge is not always power, but power is rarely ignorant	Chloe Glynn
Keywords: climate change, critical minerals, environment, fossil fuels, geopolitics, green technology, greenhouse gases, hands-on experiments, power, renewable energy, social media
Redefining the Teaching & Learning of Mathematics	Tracy Saltz
Keywords: active learning, Equity, Math Education, mathematical practices, problem solving, productive struggle
Renewable Energy: “Let it Shine”	Dr. David L. Turner
Keywords: “Let it Shine”, and solar cell, carbon emission, carbon footprint, renewable energy, solar energy, wind energy, wind turbines
Hand-Made Music: Creating the Instruments and Sounds of Africa	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: Africa, African music, Africana studies, Art, contemporary music, hands-on, High School, high school art, high school music, instrument, Music
Framing Africa with 5 Music Narratives	Lisa Yuk Kuen Yau
Keywords: Africa, African music, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, freedom songs, griots, gumboot, hip-hop, Kenya, Mali, national anthems, protest dances, protest songs, Pygmies, South Africa, stepping, Zap Mama
Art and Tyranny: Franco’s Role in Mobutu’s Zaire	Geoffrey Winikur
Keywords: arts education, colonization, culturally responsive teaching, imperialism, Inquiry, interdisciplinary pedagogy, multiple literacies, postcolonial studies, Research, student research
Exploring Our City Through Images, Poetry, and Music	Katherine Volin
Keywords: class, gender, Music, poetry, race
Roblox and the City: Exploring Race, Class, and Gender Through Digital Gaming	Robert Rivera-Amezola
Keywords: cities, class, digital citizens, digital games, digital literacy, elementary, gender, race, Technology
The Museum of Gold	Kristin Nakaishi
Keywords: economics, geology, gold, minerals, Sociology
Voting Rights and Black Electoral Power in the 21st Century	John Taylor-Baranik
Keywords: civic education, civil rights, dialogical pedagogy, inquiry-based learning, interdisciplinary curriculum, media literacy, student research, voting rights
How the Humanities and Social Sciences Address Today’s Political Divide	Alexander de Arana
Keywords: History, Humanities, identity politics, political divide, social sciences, social studies
Critical Interventions into the Single Story of Africa	Pearl Jonas
Keywords: Africa, African American History, Bias, Culture, Identity, Music, narrative, perspective, project-based, Single story, stereotypes, storytelling
Climate Crisis: a Storyline Exploration	Bijal Makadia
Keywords: climate crisis, renewable energy, Scottish Storyline Method
A Voice of My Own: Defining Epistemic Injustice in The House on Mango Street	Keeler Park
Keywords: book study, collaborative reading, Creative Writing, Culture, ethnicity, gender, igno-rance, immigrant experience, injustice, knowledge, lan-guage arts, literacy, philosophy, social class, social justice, society, The House on Mango Street, women empowerment, writing project
Representing our Blessings on Pottery Inspired by Southwestern Native American Art	Allison Aubry
Keywords: Art, blessings, clay tools, coil pot, motif, narrative, Native American, pinch pot, pottery, pottery wheel, Pueblo Pottery, secondary, slab, symbolism, symbols, well wishes
Using Poetry to Confront Neighborhood Representation and Gentrification	Sally O’Brien
Keywords: class, gender, gentrification, High School, intersectionality, landscape literacy, media analysis, metaphor, place-based learning, poetry, race
Form, Function and Symbolism: Art of The Pueblo Peoples	Kimberley Colasante
Keywords: Acoma, Ancestral Pueblo, Cochiti, Jason Garcia, Maria Martinez, Pueblo Pottery, Pueblo revolt, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Clara Pueblo, Santa Domingo Pueblo, Taos, Tewa, Zuni