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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: Native American Voices: The People – Here and Now


Fact Versus Fiction: Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources about Christopher Columbus and the Colonization of the New World With a New Perspective on Thanksgiving

Kathleen Radebaugh 2014
Keywords: activism, Christopher Columbus, Native Americans, primary sources, secondary sources, social media, Thanksgiving, writing

Seminar: Storytelling Traditions of South Asia and the Middle East


Dawning of A Sunrise

Valerie Adams 2019
Keywords: Critical thinking, Drama, ELA, fables, folktales, frame story, frame tale, Middle East, multi-intelligence, narrative, pair, Personal Identity, poetry, Reading, share, short stories, South Asia, storytelling, think, writing

Celebrating Cultures of the World Through Reading and Writing Folktales

Katherine Volin 2019
Keywords: cultures, folktales, Reading, storytelling, writing

Seminar: Teaching Science with Science Fiction


Science Through Science Fiction in a Hot Air Balloon

Nancy Baulis 2008
Keywords: aeronautics, air machines, Dirigibles, fantasy, Hindenburg, hot air balloon, Math, Philadelphia Zoo, Science, science fiction, social studies, weather, Wizard of Oz, writing

Genetics through the Eyes of Tomorrow

Wendy J. Hafford 2008
Keywords: Beyond This Horizon, Brave New World, creativity, Critical thinking, Gattaca, genetics, Media, Science, writing

Teaching Inquiry with Science Fiction

Christine Lokey 2008
Keywords: broaden vocabulary, literacy and inquiry, oral language, Reading, real world experience, Scientific inquiry, scientific reasoning, writing

Seminar: Teaching the Holocaust: Bearing Witness


Students are Survivors Too: Bearing Witness to the Stories of Our Lives Through Holocaust Survivor Testimony

Eilis Hood 2014
Keywords: European history, Holocaust, witness testimony, writing

One Story, Innumerable Losses: Themes in Genocide

Brynn Allison McGinn 2014
Keywords: close reading, genocide, History, Holocaust, Literature, Rwanda, witness testimonies, writing

Bearing Witness through Narration

Karen J. Burrell 2014
Keywords: Holocaust, literacy, Literature, narration, stories, writing

We All Have A Story to Tell…

Nicole Flores 2014
Keywords: fiction, Holocaust, journals, nonfiction, religion, religious beliefs, writing

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


The Music of New Orleans and How It Shaped Its Culture

Chanelle Harley 2017
Keywords: History, Reading, social studies, writing

Seminar: The Aesthetics of Hip Hop


Hip Hop Notions

Audrey J. Jackson 2008
Keywords: African American painters, break dancing, Bronx, expressive performance, fashion, hip hop life style, hip-hop, Jamaica, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kingston, listening, rap music, rhyming, speaking, Visual Art, visual graffiti, writing, youth culture

Scratching beyond the Surface: Hip Hop and Its Art of Persuasion

Samuel A. Reed, III 2008
Keywords: commercial and community, Critical thinking, hip-hop, hip-hop lyrics, media literacy, non-print media, persuasion, persuasive digital stories, persuasive techniques, persuasive writing, rap music, Reading, social studies, traditional literacy, writing

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


Police Free City: Writing Emancipatory Visionary Fiction

Charlie McGeehan 2020
Keywords: Black Lives Matter, dark fantastic cycle, fantasy, fiction, Literature, Reading, science fiction, social studies, the Hunger Games, writing

Seminar: The Evolving Universe


Your Galactic Address: Space, Place, and Perspective

Amanda Amanullah 2016
Keywords: astronomy, elementary, English, fractions, Geography, geometry, Math, perspective, physics, point of view, Proportion, Ratio, Reading, scale, Science, social studies, solar system, space, Space Science, universe, writing

Seminar: The Public Health Issues of Child Obesity


Me—A Wonderful Eater

Catherine Cmiel 2008
Keywords: analyze, charts, choose good foods, classify foods, elementary school, food pyramid, healthy bodies, Literature, need, nutrition, nutritional games, want, worksheets, writing