Unit Title	Author
2009
Propaganda and “Truth”: How Do You Know?	Elisabeth Raab
Keywords: English, High School, persuasion, Propaganda, rhetoric
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
American Politics through Literary Exposures: Film, Essays, & Speeches	Bonnee Breese
Keywords: american politics, language arts
Bone, Muscle and Prosthetic Unit for Surfaces and Nanotechnology	Nancy Baulis
Keywords: bones, muscles, Nanotechnology, prosthetics
Achievement and Delight: When Mathematics and Literature Cross Paths	Barbara McDowell Dowdall
Keywords: advanced placement english, ELA, Math
2008
Germantown PA: Researching the Great Road Welcome Mat	Barbara McDowell Dowdall
Keywords: 9th grade, African, Daniel Pastorious, Dutch trading company, English 1, Germantown, Irish, Italian, Philadelphia
Crossing Borders and Crossing Time: A Tableau of African Immigration and Migration in America	Stacia D. Parker
Keywords: Africa, African Diaspora, cultural traditions, Culture, immigrants, journey, languages, Liberia, memoirs, migrants, migratory experiences, oral history, Senegal, Sierra Leone, social traditions, trasnformation, tribes, world history
Love to Tell the Story: West African Expressions Come to West Philadelphia	Bonnee Breese
Keywords: African people, cross-cultural understanding, cultural and historical backgrounds, discover and explore, dismantle stigmas and stereotypes, English Language Arts, oral storytelling, Overbrook neighborhoods of West Philadelphia, storytelling, written storytelling
Using Elder Stories to Understand the Continuity of History	Meagan C. McGowan
Keywords: broader historical narratives, folk lore, folk lorists, local resources, make history relevant, Reading, stories of elders
Philadelphia Stories: African Transitions from West Africa to Philadelphia as a Means to Study Oral Histories	Stephanie R. Wicks
Keywords: African American History, African immigrants in Philadelphia, English, ethnography, historical research, historiography, learn content through oral history, learning history, love of history, love of learning, oral history project, story time, storytelling
Folktales: Trickster Stories Across Time – From African Ancestors to African American Rappers	Wilda Hayward
Keywords: African, African American, African Diaspora, African folktales, anthropology, ESOL, folktales, hip-hop, legacy, Middle Passage, rap, trickster stories, West African storytellers
Bridging the Gap: Hip-Hop and the Second Generation English Romantic Poets	John J. Grob
Keywords: contemporary era, English, Hip-Hop Rap poets, inquiry-based project, poetry, Second Generation English Romantic poets
The Sankofa – Hip Hop Connection	Karen L. Brinkley
Keywords: analyze and critique, comparative analysis, Critical thinking, Ghana, hip-hop, importance of music, movies, past traditions, primary source documents, rap music, sankofa, Technology, Twi language
Dissecting Lyrics	Lisa Katzer
Keywords: 4th Grade, 5th grade, display, dissecting lyrics, figurative language, hip-hop, listening skills, meaning and awareness, meaningful learning, perform, rap music, vocabulary, writing poetry
Using Rap Lyrics as a Resource in the Secondary English Classroom	Lisa Kelly
Keywords: African American, African-based American art form, analyze, Bronx, city students, comments on current events, enjoy, literary devices, literary skills, literary styles, rap music, rap tells stories, relevant to student life, tells stories, trace themes
Scratching beyond the Surface: Hip Hop and Its Art of Persuasion	Samuel A. Reed, III
Keywords: commercial and community, Critical thinking, hip-hop, hip-hop lyrics, media literacy, non-print media, persuasion, persuasive digital stories, persuasive techniques, persuasive writing, rap music, Reading, social studies, traditional literacy, writing
Science Through Science Fiction in a Hot Air Balloon	Nancy Baulis
Keywords: aeronautics, air machines, Dirigibles, fantasy, Hindenburg, hot air balloon, Math, Philadelphia Zoo, Science, science fiction, social studies, weather, Wizard of Oz, writing
Is it Still a Brave New World?	Deborah Samuel
Keywords: Beyond This Horizon, Biology, Brave New World, English, literacy, neuropsychology, technological advances
Teaching Science with Science Fiction	Stuart Surrey
Keywords: atomic structure, audiovisual, chemical reactions, Chemistry, energy, English, flow of energy, matter, printed, Science, science fiction
Seek and Save the Yeti Campaign	Maxine Tumaian
Keywords: art critique, career, conservation quests, cross-curricular, cryptozoology, film interpretation, Middle School, scientific process, vocabulary builders, Yeti