Unit Title	Author
2010
Settling of the West: Expansion, Emigration, and Extermination	Nancy B. Matlack
Keywords: American History, emmigration, History, indian massacre, Native American History
Images of American Wars and Warriors: Trial and Triumph	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: American History, Civil War, revolutionary war, vietnam war, WW1
Fitzgerald & Hopper: Windows on the 1920s	Kate Reber
Keywords: African American History, American History, great gatsby
Encounters of the First Kind: Early U.S. and Middle East Relations	Mona Kolsky
Keywords: American History, Middle East History, oil
2009
Reconstruction: The Promises and Failures of Post-Civil War America	Hye-Won Gehring and Shanee Garner
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
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
Keywords: American History, childhood health, Health, health legislation, law and health, legislation, persuasive writing, physical education, writing
2008
The Immigrant Journey to Philadelphia	Jonathan Williams
Keywords: American History, cultural opposition, Europe to Philadelphia, Golden Door, immigrant experience in Philadelphia, immigrants, immigrants journey, Lazaretto, social studies
Sew Me a Story: African and African American “Quilt Lore”	Kelly Graham
Keywords: African American History, American History, elementary school, human experience, quilt, Quilt Lore, quilting, stories and designs, storytelling
Possible Worlds (II)	Kate Reber
Keywords: American History, Bloodchild, Brave New World, Humanities, interdisciplinary, Math, possible world, Science, Technology, world history
Science Fiction of the Fifties: Reflections of Cold War Themes	Steven Shust
Keywords: American History, Cold War, cold war culture, cold war politics, cold war technology, conformity, control, destruction through the lens of science fiction, fear, films, History, novels, science fiction, themes of alientation
2007
Made In China: Early American Trade with China, 1784-1844	Mona Kolsky
Keywords: America, American History, American-chinese trade, Asian studies, China, globalization
2006
Linguistic meanings through figurative language in Langston Hughes’s poetry, Faith Ringgold’s quilts/textiles and Romare Bearden’s collages	Kemo Logan
Keywords: African American History, American History, Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, Romare Bearden