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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: Cities through the Lens of Race, Class, and Gender


A Geographical Analysis of Sites of African American History in Philadelphia

Hannah Zieve 2021
Keywords: African American History, anthropology, Geography, High School, project based learning, Research, social studies

Seminar: From Slavery to Civil Rights


The American Civil War and African American Emancipation: A Documentary Analysis

Keysiah Middleton 2013
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln, African American History, capitalism, Civil War, emancipation, History, Middle School, primary source documents

Freedom, Colorism, and Race and Place in the American South

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe 2013
Keywords: African American History, Colorism, Gens d’ Couleur, History, Homer Plessy, Middle, Mobile, New Orleans, Placage, St. Domingue

Economic Restrictions and Opportunities of Freed People

Bernadette McHenry 2013
Keywords: African American History, freedmen, High School, primary sources, Reconstruction, social studies

50 Years and Beyond:Philadelphia after the Emancipation Proclamation

Terry Anne Wildman 2013
Keywords: English, History, language arts, literacy, Pennsylvania History, social studies

“Everybody But Me”: The Historical Implications of the Struggle for Civil Rights on Culture, Education, and Politics in the 21st Century

Erin Bloom 2013
Keywords: African American History, civil rights, education, History, Politics, Slavery

Abraham Lincoln: Discovering an Iconic President

Teresa Coyle-Kahn 2013
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln, African American History month, Government, Presidents

The Civil Rights Era

Richard P. Holmes 2013
Keywords: American History, civil rights, civil rights era

Seminar: From West Africa to West Philadelphia


Sew Me a Story: African and African American “Quilt Lore”

Kelly Graham 2008
Keywords: African American History, American History, elementary school, human experience, quilt, Quilt Lore, quilting, stories and designs, storytelling

Using Elder Stories to Understand the Continuity of History

Meagan C. McGowan 2008
Keywords: broader historical narratives, folk lore, folk lorists, local resources, make history relevant, Reading, stories of elders

The African, Caribbean and African American Cultural Connection

Keysiah M. Middleton 2008
Keywords: aesthetic values, African, African American, Black Atlantic, connect to Africa, cultural expression, dance, Food, interlinked groups, language, Music, pride, shared African background, shared awareness

Philadelphia Stories: African Transitions from West Africa to Philadelphia as a Means to Study Oral Histories

Stephanie R. Wicks 2008
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

Seminar: History of Hollywood


Learning Through the Lens: How Hollywood Shapes the Way We View History

Andrea Ferentchak 2018
Keywords: American History, Creative Writing, History activity, Media, Reading

Seminar: How Critical Elements Make Up our Modern World


Changing Technology for a Changing Climate: Knowledge is not always power, but power is rarely ignorant

Chloe Glynn 2021
Keywords: climate change, critical minerals, environment, fossil fuels, geopolitics, green technology, greenhouse gases, hands-on experiments, power, renewable energy, social media

Seminar: Learning about America and the World from McDonald’s


Rich or King “Founding” Fathers or Mothers’ Mythology

Samuel A. Reed, III 2019
Keywords: American History, founding fathers, Humanities, king, mythology

Seminar: Listening to the Music of Contemporary Africa: History, Politics, and Human Origins


Critical Interventions into the Single Story of Africa

Pearl Jonas 2021
Keywords: Africa, African American History, Bias, Culture, Identity, Music, narrative, perspective, project-based, Single story, stereotypes, storytelling

Seminar: Native American Voices: The People – Here and Now


Native American Music and Living Legends

Cynthia Cozette Lee 2014
Keywords: biographies, contemporary, crossover, History, Native American music, percussion instruments, traditional

The Seminole and African Collaboration: An Alliance for Survival

Keysiah M. Middleton 2014
Keywords: Abraham, African American History, Alachua chief, American History, Andrew Jackson, Asi Yahola, Battle at Hatcheelustee Creek, Battle at Jupiter Inlet, Battle of Lockahatchee, Battle of Okeechobee, Battle of Wahoo Swamp, Ben Bruner, Black Seminoles, Coacoochee, Colonial Florida, Dade’s Massacre, Destruction of St. John’s Sugar Plantations, Duncan Clinch, Edmund P. Gaines, First Battle of Withlacoochee, Francis L. Dade, freedom fighters, Geechee, Gullah, History, John Caesar, John Horse, La Florida, Luis Fatio Pacheco, Micanopy, Micconuppe, Mikasuki, Native American History, Negro Fort Massacre, Osceola, runaway slaves, Second Battle of Withlacoochee, Seige of Camp Izard, Seminole maroons, Seminoles, St. Augustine, St. John Slave Revolt, Thomas Sidney Jesup, Tuskegee, Wild Cat, Zachary Taylor

Whispering Rivers: Whatever Happened to the Indians of Pennsylvania?

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe 2014
Keywords: American History, Historical Context, History, Native American, Native American History, Native American issues, Native Americans, Pennsylvania History, Political Activism, Political thought, political unrest

Seminar: New Approaches to the History of Slavery: The View from the Penn and Slavery Project


Slavery: A Tough Lesson to Learn

Margo Pinckney-Wilson 2020
Keywords: diversity, poetry, Slavery