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2010


Settling of the West: Expansion, Emigration, and Extermination

Nancy B. Matlack
Keywords: American History, emmigration, History, indian massacre, Native American History

Images of American Wars and Warriors: Trial and Triumph

Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: American History, Civil War, revolutionary war, vietnam war, WW1

Romare Bearden: Commemorating the Centennial Birthday of the Man of Many Parts

Rita Sorrentino
Keywords: elementary poetry, poetry, Romare Bearden

Afghanistan: A Nation of Minorities

Kathleen Ayers
Keywords: Afghanistan, economies, Global history, Middle East History, policies

In Palestine and Israel: Writers and Activists Light the Way to Peace

Barbara McDowell Dowdall
Keywords: Arabs, Israel, Jews, Middle East History, Palestine, religion

The United States and Afghanistan 1970 – 2010: Friendships and Foes in Times of War

Stephanie Felder
Keywords: Afghanistan, Foreign Relations, Middle East History

The American Veil: Media Inspired (Mis)Conceptualization of Muslim Women of the Middle East

Zoelene Hill
Keywords: mass media, Middle East, Muslim women

Encounters of the First Kind: Early U.S. and Middle East Relations

Mona Kolsky
Keywords: American History, Middle East History, oil

In and Out of Africa — Egypt, Sudan and the Influence of the Ottoman Empire

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe
Keywords: Egypt, Middle East, Sudan

2009


Brave Voices through Time and Space: Poetry Café for Young People

Samuel A. Reed, III
Keywords: African American poets, Art, biography, constructive criticism, demystify poetry, figurative language, Middle School, Music, read, Reading, Research, social studies, speak, write, writing

The African American and the Woman Suffrage Movement

Myrtle Bastien
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Why Do You Ask? An Introduction to Interview & Survey Methodology

Kate Reber
Keywords: 12th grade, Bradley Effect, election polls, Ex-Slaves, exploring bias in research, Graduation Project, interview, research based, research methodologies, research strategies, research topics, School of the Future, service-learning project, skill building, survey, West Philadelphia

Philadelphia 1793: Yellow Fever, Race, Medicine and Politics

Mona Kolsky
Keywords: History, Medicine, Philadelphia, race, yellow fever