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Unit Title	Author	Year
Seminar: Social Justice, Monuments, Museums, and Heritage
Don Quixote, the Impossible Dream, and the American Street Empowerment Zone	Jenifer Félix	2022
Keywords: Bilingual, Don Quijote, Don Quixote, Emigration, Empowerment Zones, Kensington, Monuments and Statues, Philadelphia Geography, Philadelphia history, Representation, Spanish as a Heritage Language, Spanish as a Native Language

Seminar: Southwest Native American Art & Culture
Building Language: Representing and Affirming ELLs’ Home Cultures through Southwest Native American Art	Katie Miller	2021
Keywords: artifacts, English language learners, Indigenous Pottery, language, Navajo, project based learning, Pueblo, Southwest Native American Art, Visual Art Integration, Visual Arts and Language

Seminar: Storytelling Traditions of South Asia and the Middle East
Storytelling for Language Acquisition	Patricia Rich	2019
Keywords: Asian literature, Foreign Language, language acquisition, storytelling

Legends, Folktales and Urban Myths in Latinx Cultures	Gabrielle Tompkins	2019
Keywords: folktales, latin culture, legends, storytelling, urban myths

The Hero’s Journey in The Conference of the Birds and The Name Jar	Paul Dale	2019
Keywords: reading comprehension, storytelling, vocabulary

Seminar: That's My Song! Musical Genre as Social Contract
A Round of Rhythms	Patricia Rich	2017
Keywords: African culture, African history, Afro-Cuban, Artístas y Músicos Latino Americanos, Charlie Parker, claves, community building, Cuban son, digital media, Dizzy Gillespie, djembe, drum circle, ensemble, hand drums, improv, improvisation, Jazz, karaoke, Mariel boatlift, Music, music literacy, rhythm, Son Cubano, Spanish, Tabadul, Taller Puertorriqueño

Seminar: The City in History
Ciudades mexicanas en el pasado y el presente (Mexican Cities in the Past and Present)	Sean Carr	2020
Keywords: colonial Mexico, Mexican cities, Mexican culture, modern MExico, Spanish 2

Exploring Community Local and Global though Primary Documents and Artifacts: Where do I Stand and What Can I Learn from the Past?	Alla Dolderer	2020
Keywords: artifacts, ESL, local community, low proficiency ESL, Philadelphia history, primary documents

Seminar: The Dark Fantastic: Reading Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comics to Change the World
Here I Am: Graphic Novels as Social Equalizers for English Language Learners	Tia D. Larese	2020
Keywords: comics, English language learners, graphic novels, the dark fantastic

Seminar: Understanding Human Health and Disease
Staying Healthy by Participating in Dance and Sports: Ways of Exercise in Many Cultures	Meg H. Flisek	2012
Keywords: dance, exercise, Health, sports

Seminar: Visual Art and Society
Linguistic meanings through figurative language in Langston Hughes’s poetry, Faith Ringgold’s quilts/textiles and Romare Bearden’s collages	Kemo Logan	2006
Keywords: African American History, American History, Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, Romare Bearden

Seminar: Who Are Those People and Why Are They Listening to That Music
Oye como va: African and Hispanic Influences on Music	Diana Shortall	2011
Keywords: African music, Cuba, Cuban music, Music, Reggaeton

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Seminar: Social Justice, Monuments, Museums, and Heritage

Don Quixote, the Impossible Dream, and the American Street Empowerment Zone

Seminar: Southwest Native American Art & Culture

Building Language: Representing and Affirming ELLs’ Home Cultures through Southwest Native American Art

Seminar: Storytelling Traditions of South Asia and the Middle East

Storytelling for Language Acquisition

Legends, Folktales and Urban Myths in Latinx Cultures

The Hero’s Journey in The Conference of the Birds and The Name Jar

Seminar: That's My Song! Musical Genre as Social Contract

A Round of Rhythms

Seminar: The City in History

Ciudades mexicanas en el pasado y el presente (Mexican Cities in the Past and Present)

Exploring Community Local and Global though Primary Documents and Artifacts: Where do I Stand and What Can I Learn from the Past?

Seminar: The Dark Fantastic: Reading Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comics to Change the World

Here I Am: Graphic Novels as Social Equalizers for English Language Learners

Seminar: Understanding Human Health and Disease

Staying Healthy by Participating in Dance and Sports: Ways of Exercise in Many Cultures

Seminar: Visual Art and Society

Linguistic meanings through figurative language in Langston Hughes’s poetry, Faith Ringgold’s quilts/textiles and Romare Bearden’s collages

Seminar: Who Are Those People and Why Are They Listening to That Music

Oye como va: African and Hispanic Influences on Music