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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: From Slavery to Civil Rights


50 Years and Beyond:Philadelphia after the Emancipation Proclamation

Terry Anne Wildman 2013
Keywords: English, History, language arts, literacy, Pennsylvania History, social studies

“Everybody But Me”: The Historical Implications of the Struggle for Civil Rights on Culture, Education, and Politics in the 21st Century

Erin Bloom 2013
Keywords: African American History, civil rights, education, History, Politics, Slavery

Abraham Lincoln: Discovering an Iconic President

Teresa Coyle-Kahn 2013
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln, African American History month, Government, Presidents

The Civil Rights Era

Richard P. Holmes 2013
Keywords: American History, civil rights, civil rights era

Seminar: From West Africa to West Philadelphia


Sew Me a Story: African and African American “Quilt Lore”

Kelly Graham 2008
Keywords: African American History, American History, elementary school, human experience, quilt, Quilt Lore, quilting, stories and designs, storytelling

Using Elder Stories to Understand the Continuity of History

Meagan C. McGowan 2008
Keywords: broader historical narratives, folk lore, folk lorists, local resources, make history relevant, Reading, stories of elders

The African, Caribbean and African American Cultural Connection

Keysiah M. Middleton 2008
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

Kids Love Stories

Nan Richmond 2008
Keywords: attitudes towards young and old people, celebrations, community culture, evaluate, folktales, games, heroes, interactional routines, language arts, language of origin, local settings, problem solving, relating to life, retelling, social studies, Technology, values

Philadelphia Stories: African Transitions from West Africa to Philadelphia as a Means to Study Oral Histories

Stephanie R. Wicks 2008
Keywords: African American History, African immigrants in Philadelphia, English, ethnography, historical research, historiography, learn content through oral history, learning history, love of history, love of learning, oral history project, story time, storytelling

Seminar: History of the Modern Middle East


The United States and Afghanistan 1970 – 2010: Friendships and Foes in Times of War

Stephanie Felder 2010
Keywords: Afghanistan, Foreign Relations, Middle East History

Encounters of the First Kind: Early U.S. and Middle East Relations

Mona Kolsky 2010
Keywords: American History, Middle East History, oil

In and Out of Africa — Egypt, Sudan and the Influence of the Ottoman Empire

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe 2010
Keywords: Egypt, Middle East, Sudan

Seminar: How Critical Elements Make Up our Modern World


Critical Metals and Their Real-World Applications

Ariel Coff 2021
Keywords: earth metals, mining, periodic table

Changing Technology for a Changing Climate: Knowledge is not always power, but power is rarely ignorant

Chloe Glynn 2021
Keywords: climate change, critical minerals, environment, fossil fuels, geopolitics, green technology, greenhouse gases, hands-on experiments, power, renewable energy, social media

Seminar: Learning about America and the World from McDonald’s


La Comida y la Cultura

Sean Carr 2019
Keywords: Culture, Food, Mexico, Peri, Spanish

Seminar: Listening to the Music of Contemporary Africa: History, Politics, and Human Origins


West African Jelis/Griots Old and New

Aisha Al-Muid 2021
Keywords: Geography, Mali, Nigeria, West Africa, West AFrican empires

Seminar: Modern and Contemporary U.S. Poetry


Erasing History: Engaging with Primary Sources Through Erasure Poetry

Matthew Menschner 2019
Keywords: Bill of Rights, blackout poetry, constitution, Declaration of Independence, historical documents, History, poetry

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


The Navajo Code Talkers

Richard P. Holmes 2014
Keywords: Code Breakers, Native American, Navajo, World War II

Whispering Rivers: Whatever Happened to the Indians of Pennsylvania?

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe 2014
Keywords: American History, Historical Context, History, Native American, Native American History, Native American issues, Native Americans, Pennsylvania History, Political Activism, Political thought, political unrest

Seminar: New Approaches to the History of Slavery: The View from the Penn and Slavery Project


Welcome to America: Enslaved Diasporic and Indigenous People

Jeri Johnson, M.S. Ed., M.S. School Psychology 2020
Keywords: Afircan American History, American History, indigenous people, Slavery