Unit Title	Author
2013
Enhancing Beginning Reading Skills Through Poetry	Pamela Elters
Keywords: literacy, poetry, reading skills, Shel Silverstein
The Ringing of Bells: Joyful Sounds of Poetry	Lynn Gourinski Fahr
Keywords: American Literature, listeining skills, poetry, writing skills
Close Reading of Modern Poetry: A Study in Form and Content	Julie Mikolajewski
Keywords: close reading, content, form, modern poetry, poetry
Form and Content in Modern Poetry and Drama	Jessica Waber
Keywords: content, Drama, form, modern poetry, poetry
Integrating Poetry into the Common Core Standards	Nicole Flores
Keywords: figurative language, literary skills, Literature, poetry
2012
Teaching American African Males Using Short Stories	Keysiah M. Middleton
Keywords: African American males, African American short stories, short stories
2011
Teaching Reading Skills through Poetry	Melissa Freeman
Keywords: language play, poetry, reading skills
Playing with Poetry	Rachel Gelb
Keywords: early literacy, literacy, poetry, Reading
2010
“A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words”: Telling Stories Through Paint, Photography and Poetry Using Technology	Dale Apple
Keywords: Harlem Renaissance, poetry, Technology
Romare Bearden: Commemorating the Centennial Birthday of the Man of Many Parts	Rita Sorrentino
Keywords: elementary poetry, poetry, Romare Bearden
Literature and Visual Art of the Urban Experience	Zachary F. Wright
Keywords: 19th century, 20th century writers, Emerson, Thomas COle, Thoreau
2009
Looking at the Black Experience in America Through African American Poetry	Joyce Arnosky
Keywords: 5th grade, African American, Black experience in America, History, poems, poetry, Reading, writing
P.O.W.E.R. : Profound. Original. Words. Expressing. Resilience.	Karen L. Brinkley
Keywords: afrian american literature, African American art, african american poetry, History, Literature, poetry
Imagery in Action	Donna L. Jones
Keywords: African American literature, african american poetry, Literature, poetry
Imagery in Action	Donna L. Jones
Keywords: activism, african american poetry, Civil Disobedience, English 3, Imagery, Imagery in Action, literary devices, Literature, poetry
Bob Kaufman: Life According to the Beat	Lisa Kelly
Keywords: Beats, Bob Kaufman, consumerism, discussions, literacy, literary movement, power, race, silencing in America
Homage to a Mockingbird: Poetry in Motion	Stacia D. Parker
Keywords: 1930s, characters, collaboration, conscience, courage, found poem, haiku, Harper Lee, historical background, Historical Context, odes, poetry, social injustice, social order, social responsibility, sonnet, The Black Arts Movement, The Harlem Renaissance, themes, To Kill a Mockingbird
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
Prosody and the African American Poet: A Case for Close Reading	Deborah Samuel
Keywords: active engagement, close readings, Critical thinking, English, English literature, examine, literary techniques, Literature, poetry, read, slow down
LA POESÍA DE LAS AMERICAS	Michael Steele-Eytle
Keywords: Afro-American poets, art and music, interpretation, language acquisition, lens of Spanish Translation, listening, poetic structure, Reading, Spanish, speaking, writing