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Unit TitleAuthor

2012


Fly Away North: African-American Short Stories of the Great Migration

Bonnee L. Breese
Keywords: Great Migration, short stories, US distinction, US migration

African American Short Stories: Author Studies for Elementary Level Students

Sue A. Christmas
Keywords: African American stories, Faith Ringgold, Jacqueline Woodson, Julius Lester, short stories

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: African American Short Stories in the Jazz Tradition

Sydney Hunt Coffin
Keywords: African American short stories, Jazz, short stories

Teaching American African Males Using Short Stories

Keysiah M. Middleton
Keywords: African American males, African American short stories, short stories

Short Story Encounters: Pathos in Action in African-American Fiction

Stacia Parker
Keywords: African American fiction, pathos, short stories

Teaching Characterization and Metacognition using African-American Short Stories

Jessica L. Shupik
Keywords: African American short stories, metacognition, Recitatif, short stories

School Daze: Engagement Strategies for Middle School Readers

Joan Taylor
Keywords: African American short stories, cognitive strategies, reading strategies, short stories

Do You Know My Struggle? A Writing Unit Designed to Explore the Voices of Middle School Students

Michelle Todd
Keywords: external conflicts, internal conflicts, literacy, short stories

2011


Super Books! Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Enhance Literacy Instruction

Erin Bloom
Keywords: comic books, graphic novels, literacy

Connections to Literature

Nicole Flores
Keywords: African American literature, comprehension, Literature

Oh Mother, Pleeeeze Let Me Read That Book! The United States Constitution and Banned Books

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe
Keywords: banned, books, constitution, History, social history

Reading Persepolis: Defining and Redefining Culture, Gender and Genre

Tara Ann Carter
Keywords: gender, Iran, Middle East, Persepolis, women

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

2010


Here’s Lookin’ At You, Kid Growing Up in America Through Art and Literature

Joyce Arnosky
Keywords: American History, childhood

Propaganda, Its History and Techniques, and Its Use by Proslavery and Abolitionist Movements

Lisa Kelly
Keywords: abolitionists, History, proslavery, Slavery

Romare Bearden: Commemorating the Centennial Birthday of the Man of Many Parts

Rita Sorrentino
Keywords: elementary poetry, poetry, Romare Bearden

Fairytales, Folktales, and Animal Tales: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Literacy

Aimee Davis
Keywords: African American folktales, fairytales, West African Geography

Teaching Similar and Different Through Fairy Tale Variants

Melissa Freeman
Keywords: cinderella, literacy, multicultural

Once Upon an Opposite: Using Multi-Cultural Trickster Tales to Promote Literacy

Klair McGlynn
Keywords: fairytales, leprechaun, literacy, St Patricks Day, trickster stories

Using Variants of Red Riding Hood to Build Critical Reading Skills

Mindy Cohen
Keywords: fairytales, reading skills, red riding hood