Unit Title	Author
2017
A Round of Rhythms	Patricia Rich
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
2015
Our Songs, Our Story: From Spirituals to Hip-Hop- The Use of Music in the African-American Culture	Jada L. Warfield-Henry
Keywords: hip-hop, History, language arts, Music, Slaves, songs, spirituals
2011
Music and Social Activism – Introducing American Music and History to Elementary Students Through Protest Songs	Dale Apple
Keywords: History, Music, social activism, songs
African American History as told through African American Music	Sue Christmas
Keywords: African American music, American History, Media, Music
Traveling In Time Through Words: Lyrics of Hip Hop, Funk, Jazz and the Blues	Sydney Hunt Coffin
Keywords: African American culture, blues, funk, hip-hop, Jazz, Music
What is American Music and Where Did it Come From?	Frank Machos
Keywords: blues, Jazz, Music, Music History, rock
Stop The Violence: Music is the Message	Regina Perrulli
Keywords: African American History, Music, rap, Slavery, violence
Moved by the Music: A Musical Journey in West African and African American Music	Donna M. Rohanna
Keywords: African American music, Culture, Music, West Africa
Oye como va: African and Hispanic Influences on Music	Diana Shortall
Keywords: African music, Cuba, Cuban music, Music, Reggaeton
Cultural Music and Movement	Lorraine Bias
Keywords: African dance, movement, Music, traditions
2009
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
Civil Rights Era and the African American Experience: Investigating American History through a Literary Lens	Erin Swan-Potras
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
2008
The African, Caribbean and African American Cultural Connection	Keysiah M. Middleton
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
2007
Rock and Roll and the Record and Broadcasting Industry	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: African American Artists, Blues music, Music, Philadelphia, rhythm, rock and roll
Masquerading in Western Africa	Janice D. Williamson
Keywords: Africa, Art, Culture, customs, dance, Music
Strange Fruit – Metaphors, Music and Place – Jazz and Hip Hop as Reflective of the Times	Samuel A. Reed, III
Keywords: Art, Culture, hip-hop, Jazz, lyrics, Music, popular culture, Reading, social studies, society, videos, writing
Dance, Readings, Acting, Music, and Art (D.R.A.M.A.): A Study of African American Performing and Visual Arts in the 1940s – 1950s	Leslie Carlis
Keywords: acting, African American, Art, dance, Music, performing arts, Reading, visual arts
The Harlem Renaissance	Richard P. Holmes
Keywords: African American, African American art, African American History, dance, History, Literature, Music, The Harlem Renaissance
American Expatriates in the 1920s: Why Paris?	Deborah Samuel
Keywords: American Literature, Art, British literature, dance, Harlem, Literature, Music, Paris, Renaissance
Learning Physics and Math: An Aesthetic Approach	Moses B. Jackson
Keywords: 10th grade, 9th grade, Art, arts, create, dance, discover, explore, high school math, Math, Music, physics, think