Unit Title	Author	Year
Seminar: American Capitalism
Rock and Roll and the Record and Broadcasting Industry	Sandy O’Keefe	2007
Keywords: African American Artists, Blues music, Music, Philadelphia, rhythm, rock and roll
Made In China: Early American Trade with China, 1784-1844	Mona Kolsky	2007
Keywords: America, American History, American-chinese trade, Asian studies, China, globalization
The History of African American Business in Philadelphia, 1850 – 1920	Vicki Baker	2007
Keywords: African American business, Philadelphia business
Why Are There Abandoned Factories in My Neighborhood?	Tim Woods	2007
Keywords: History, Industrial history, Philadelphia, William Penn
Seminar: American Literature and American Painting, 1840 to 1940
Propaganda, Its History and Techniques, and Its Use by Proslavery and Abolitionist Movements	Lisa Kelly	2010
Keywords: abolitionists, History, proslavery, Slavery
Settling of the West: Expansion, Emigration, and Extermination	Nancy B. Matlack	2010
Keywords: American History, emmigration, History, indian massacre, Native American History
Images of American Wars and Warriors: Trial and Triumph	Sandy O’Keefe	2010
Keywords: American History, Civil War, revolutionary war, vietnam war, WW1
Romare Bearden: Commemorating the Centennial Birthday of the Man of Many Parts	Rita Sorrentino	2010
Keywords: elementary poetry, poetry, Romare Bearden
Seminar: American Political Culture
The African American and the Woman Suffrage Movement	Myrtle Bastien	2009
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	2009
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	2009
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	2009
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	2009
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	2009
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	2009
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	2009
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
Philadelphia 1793: Yellow Fever, Race, Medicine and Politics	Mona Kolsky	2009
Keywords: History, Medicine, Philadelphia, race, yellow fever
Seminar: American Racial Politics
“We got to use what we got.” How Birmingham’s Children Became Foot Soldiers on the Front Lines in the Fight for Civil Rights Birmingham, Alabama 1963	Joyce Arnosky	2012
Keywords: Alabama, Birmingham, Black History month, civil rights, segregation
Race and Politics of Redistricting Who Will Win?	Vicki Baker	2012
Keywords: African American History, America, civics, Politics, race
“No Child Left Behind”: Does It Help Me? Change is Hard But Not Impossible	Monica A. Brundage	2012
Keywords: AYP, no child left behind, self advocacy