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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: Modern and Contemporary U.S. Poetry


I Am UnBroken: Deconstructing Modern American Poetry to Promote Self-Actualization For English Language Learners

Lisa (Yuk Kuen) Yau 2019
Keywords: American poetry, Emily Dickinson, poetry, Walt Whitman

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


Slavery: A Tough Lesson to Learn

Margo Pinckney-Wilson 2020
Keywords: diversity, poetry, Slavery

Seminar: Philadelphia and the Immigrant Experience


Crossing Borders and Crossing Time: A Tableau of African Immigration and Migration in America

Stacia D. Parker 2008
Keywords: Africa, African Diaspora, cultural traditions, Culture, immigrants, journey, languages, Liberia, memoirs, migrants, migratory experiences, oral history, Senegal, Sierra Leone, social traditions, trasnformation, tribes, world history

Seminar: Roots of the American Empire


Bomba and Chicken: Afro-Latinas in the United States

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe 2015
Keywords: Afro latinas, Afro-latin culture, Bomba, Bomba dance, chicken

Seminar: Southwest Native American Art & Culture


Gathering Clay: Community Poetry, Individual Grace, and the Limitations of Language

Greg Probst 2021
Keywords: Art, artifacts, community, Creative Writing, Culture, English Language Arts, High School, Indigenous, individuality, louise erdrich, Native American, Navajo, neoindigenous, philly, poetry, Pueblo, society, south philadelphia, southwestern

Seminar: The Aesthetics of Hip Hop


Bridging the Gap: Hip-Hop and the Second Generation English Romantic Poets

John J. Grob 2008
Keywords: contemporary era, English, Hip-Hop Rap poets, inquiry-based project, poetry, Second Generation English Romantic poets

The Sankofa – Hip Hop Connection

Karen L. Brinkley 2008
Keywords: analyze and critique, comparative analysis, Critical thinking, Ghana, hip-hop, importance of music, movies, past traditions, primary source documents, rap music, sankofa, Technology, Twi language

Dissecting Lyrics

Lisa Katzer 2008
Keywords: 4th Grade, 5th grade, display, dissecting lyrics, figurative language, hip-hop, listening skills, meaning and awareness, meaningful learning, perform, rap music, vocabulary, writing poetry

Using Rap Lyrics as a Resource in the Secondary English Classroom

Lisa Kelly 2008
Keywords: African American, African-based American art form, analyze, Bronx, city students, comments on current events, enjoy, literary devices, literary skills, literary styles, rap music, rap tells stories, relevant to student life, tells stories, trace themes

Seminar: The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond


Poetry and Music of the Harlem Renaissance and Today

Alexandra Volin Avelin 2006
Keywords: African American activists, Alain Locke, poetry, The Harlem Renaissance

Soul to Spirit to Speak to Writers: Poetry and Song

Bonnee L. Breese 2006
Keywords: african american poetry, Black Poets, Harlem Renaissance, poetry, Women poets