Unit Title	Author
2013
Close Reading of Modern Poetry: A Study in Form and Content	Julie Mikolajewski
Keywords: close reading, content, form, modern poetry, poetry
Form and Content in Modern Poetry and Drama	Jessica Waber
Keywords: content, Drama, form, modern poetry, poetry
Integrating Poetry into the Common Core Standards	Nicole Flores
Keywords: figurative language, literary skills, Literature, poetry
2011
Teaching Reading Skills through Poetry	Melissa Freeman
Keywords: language play, poetry, reading skills
Playing with Poetry	Rachel Gelb
Keywords: early literacy, literacy, poetry, Reading
2010
“A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words”: Telling Stories Through Paint, Photography and Poetry Using Technology	Dale Apple
Keywords: Harlem Renaissance, poetry, Technology
The Science Behind Art and Literature: How We Process What We See and Hear	Amanda Bridgeford
Keywords: Physical Science, physics, poetry
Romare Bearden: Commemorating the Centennial Birthday of the Man of Many Parts	Rita Sorrentino
Keywords: elementary poetry, poetry, Romare Bearden
2009
Looking at the Black Experience in America Through African American Poetry	Joyce Arnosky
Keywords: 5th grade, African American, Black experience in America, History, poems, poetry, Reading, writing
P.O.W.E.R. : Profound. Original. Words. Expressing. Resilience.	Karen L. Brinkley
Keywords: afrian american literature, African American art, african american poetry, History, Literature, poetry
Imagery in Action	Donna L. Jones
Keywords: African American literature, african american poetry, Literature, poetry
Imagery in Action	Donna L. Jones
Keywords: activism, african american poetry, Civil Disobedience, English 3, Imagery, Imagery in Action, literary devices, Literature, poetry
Homage to a Mockingbird: Poetry in Motion	Stacia D. Parker
Keywords: 1930s, characters, collaboration, conscience, courage, found poem, haiku, Harper Lee, historical background, Historical Context, odes, poetry, social injustice, social order, social responsibility, sonnet, The Black Arts Movement, The Harlem Renaissance, themes, To Kill a Mockingbird
Prosody and the African American Poet: A Case for Close Reading	Deborah Samuel
Keywords: active engagement, close readings, Critical thinking, English, English literature, examine, literary techniques, Literature, poetry, read, slow down
Southwest Philadelphia: What it was and how we see it today	Deanna M. Stephan
Keywords: 11th grade, African-American community, American Literature, analyze current status of community, Claude McKay, Gwendolyn Brooks, historical frameworks, history of the community, Jack Myers, poetry, process observations, Reading
2008
Bridging the Gap: Hip-Hop and the Second Generation English Romantic Poets	John J. Grob
Keywords: contemporary era, English, Hip-Hop Rap poets, inquiry-based project, poetry, Second Generation English Romantic poets
2007
Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and Students’ Poetic Perceptions of Contemporary Issues	Kemo Donita Logan
Keywords: African American literature, Compare and contrast, Harlem Renaissance, literacy revolution, poetry, social activism, social themes
2006
The American Dream Redefined – How the Harlem Renaissance Questioned and Changed the Idea of the American Dream	Laura C. Jacklin
Keywords: History, Literature, maryann dicker, poetry, The Harlem Renaissance
Poetry and Music of the Harlem Renaissance and Today	Alexandra Volin Avelin
Keywords: African American activists, Alain Locke, poetry, The Harlem Renaissance
Hip Hop Renaissance: The Struggle for Self-expression	Russell Kaback
Keywords: African American culture, hip-hop, poetry, The Harlem Renaissance