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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: Painless Statistics for Teachers and Teaching


Statistics for First Grade, What Do You Mean?

Catherine Cmiel 2013
Keywords: elementary, first graders, Math, Probability / Statistics, Statistics

Want to be a Better Reader? Then Read!

Jessica Ramos 2013
Keywords: Book logs, English, graphing, Increased reading ability, Literature, Middle, Probability / Statistics

Seminar: Philadelphia and the Immigrant Experience


Germantown PA: Researching the Great Road Welcome Mat

Barbara McDowell Dowdall 2008
Keywords: 9th grade, African, Daniel Pastorious, Dutch trading company, English 1, Germantown, Irish, Italian, Philadelphia

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: Philosophy, Science & Society


Philosophy and Literature Unit Plan

Kimberly Sweeney 2018
Keywords: ELA activity, ethics, philosophy

“Who Am I? An Exploration of Personal Identity Through Philosophy and Literature”

Jessica Waber 2018
Keywords: Critical thinking, Making connections, Morality, Personal Identity, philosophy, Questioning, social justice

Critical Thinkers Are World Changers

Charlette Walker 2018
Keywords: Analyzing arguments, character development, Critical thinking, ELA activity, empowerment, ethical responsibility, ethics, Morality, Personal Identity, philosophical chairs, philosophy, social justice

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

Telling Stories and Making Connections Through Clay

Katherine Steiner 2021
Keywords: Art, clay, Indigenous Pottery, pottery, Pueblo, storytelling

Seminar: Surfaces, Technology and Life


Bone, Muscle and Prosthetic Unit for Surfaces and Nanotechnology

Nancy Baulis 2009
Keywords: bones, muscles, Nanotechnology, prosthetics

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

Is it Still a Brave New World?

Deborah Samuel 2008
Keywords: Beyond This Horizon, Biology, Brave New World, English, literacy, neuropsychology, technological advances

Seek and Save the Yeti Campaign

Maxine Tumaian 2008
Keywords: art critique, career, conservation quests, cross-curricular, cryptozoology, film interpretation, Middle School, scientific process, vocabulary builders, Yeti

Seminar: Teaching the Holocaust: Bearing Witness


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


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