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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: American Political Culture


The Intersections of Law and Health

Jordan Solomon 2009
Keywords: American History, childhood health, Health, health legislation, law and health, legislation, persuasive writing, physical education, writing

Seminar: American Racial Politics


“We got to use what we got.” How Birmingham’s Children Became Foot Soldiers on the Front Lines in the Fight for Civil Rights Birmingham, Alabama 1963

Joyce Arnosky 2012
Keywords: Alabama, Birmingham, Black History month, civil rights, segregation

The African-American Graphic Novel: Discovering, Examining and Creating Graphic Narratives of Racialized Experience

Tara Ann Carter 2012
Keywords: civil rights, graphic novel, race

Seminar: Art and the Life of the City


Strange Fruit – Metaphors, Music and Place – Jazz and Hip Hop as Reflective of the Times

Samuel A. Reed, III 2007
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 2007
Keywords: acting, African American, Art, dance, Music, performing arts, Reading, visual arts

Paul Robeson, African-American Artist, and the McCarthy Era

Carole Chernecky 2007
Keywords: African American, American Literature, Art, artist, Drama, Elgnish, Identity, Paul Robeson, social justice, social studies

The Harlem Renaissance

Richard P. Holmes 2007
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 2007
Keywords: American Literature, Art, British literature, dance, Harlem, Literature, Music, Paris, Renaissance

Seminar: Biography as History, or, Perhaps, History as Biography


Exploring Biography through an Author Study: Jan Brett

Charlena Watson 2016
Keywords: biography, Critical thinking

Seminar: Children's Literature


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

Erin Bloom 2011
Keywords: comic books, graphic novels, literacy

Connections to Literature

Nicole Flores 2011
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 2011
Keywords: banned, books, constitution, History, social history

Seminar: Cinema and Civil Rights


African American Hair, Freedom, and Civil Rights: Using Film, Media, and African American Hair Styles to Analyze Civil Rights

Aisha Al-Muid 2020
Keywords: African American, cinema, civil rights, film, freedom, Hair, Media

Seminar: Critical Thinking in Elementary School English Language Arts


Critical Thinking in Elementary School English Language Arts

Karen Detlefsen, Terry-Anne Wildman, Eliezer Gottlieb, Geralyn McGinty, Kimberly Gallagher, Kireema Sprowal, Lisa Yau, Melissa Green, Peggy Savage, Stephen Esser, Allauren Forbes 2019
Keywords: Critical thinking, ELA, elementary, English

Seminar: Democracy and Expertise in Science, History and Literature


Gender Stereotypes in the Classroom

Kimberly Sweeney 2021
Keywords: biographies, female characters, gender biases, gender stereotypes, inclusivity, non-binary, positive gender role models, transgender

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

Seminar: From West Africa to West Philadelphia


Love to Tell the Story: West African Expressions Come to West Philadelphia

Bonnee Breese 2008
Keywords: African people, cross-cultural understanding, cultural and historical backgrounds, discover and explore, dismantle stigmas and stereotypes, English Language Arts, oral storytelling, Overbrook neighborhoods of West Philadelphia, storytelling, written 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

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

Folktales: Trickster Stories Across Time – From African Ancestors to African American Rappers

Wilda Hayward 2008
Keywords: African, African American, African Diaspora, African folktales, anthropology, ESOL, folktales, hip-hop, legacy, Middle Passage, rap, trickster stories, West African storytellers