Unit Title	Author
2007
Teenage Obesity and the Problems it Presents for High School Students	Deborah H. Smithey
Keywords: Biology, blood sugar, carbohydrates, diabetes, Health, heart disease, Science, self esteem, stroke
Masquerading in Western Africa	Janice D. Williamson
Keywords: Africa, Art, Culture, customs, dance, Music
Tell Me About It: The Africa I Left Behind	Susan Bunch
Keywords: Africa, ESL, ESOL, storytelling, traditions, West Africa
What’s Cooking in West Africa?	Robert Sandy
Keywords: Africa, cooking, Food, food preparation, life skills, meals, West Africa
Strange Fruit – Metaphors, Music and Place – Jazz and Hip Hop as Reflective of the Times	Samuel A. Reed, III
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
Keywords: acting, African American, Art, dance, Music, performing arts, Reading, visual arts
Paul Robeson, African-American Artist, and the McCarthy Era	Carole Chernecky
Keywords: African American, American Literature, Art, artist, Drama, Elgnish, Identity, Paul Robeson, social justice, social studies
The Harlem Renaissance	Richard P. Holmes
Keywords: African American, African American art, African American History, dance, History, Literature, Music, The Harlem Renaissance
Elizabeth Catlett, Charles White and the Taller de Grafica Popular of Mexico	Audrey J. Jackson
Keywords: African American art, Art, artists, Mexico, printmaking, social awareness
Celebrated Impressions from the Painters of Paris	Debra Migden
Keywords: Art, artists, Impressionist, Paris, society
American Expatriates in the 1920s: Why Paris?	Deborah Samuel
Keywords: American Literature, Art, British literature, dance, Harlem, Literature, Music, Paris, Renaissance
The Life and Work of Dox Thrash: An Expression of Identity	Pamela Toller
Keywords: African American art, African American History, Art, cultural climate, Culture, Dox Thrash, History, political climate, social climate
Shedding False Images Through Art and Poetry	John J. Grob
Keywords: bravadi, code switching, Identity, masks, stereotypes
The Story of Us: An Urban Fifth Grade Class Creates a Living History Document Through Memoir and Photography	Joyce Arnosky
Keywords: analyze, data collection, History, literacy, Math, memoir, photography, social studies, Visual Art, writing
Philly Girls Grow Up Through Memoir and Fiction	Barbara McDowell Dowdall
Keywords: African American women, American Literature, growing up, memoir, women, writers
Looking Through Others’ Eyes- Literature and the Double Self in the 20th Century	Laura C. Jacklin
Keywords: American short stories, American society, double-consciousness, Literature, The Souls of Black Folk, World War I
Recurring Themes of African American Folktales	Catherine Thornton Brownlee
Keywords: African American folktales, African American literature, Afro-American, language arts, Reading, symbolism, themes
2006
The Black Press and the Philadelphia Tribune	Florence B. Oliver
Keywords: Democratic Society, Media, Philadelphia Tribune, Press, society
The Evolution of Law Enforcement in Philadelphia	Tim Woods
Keywords: Criminal Justice, Philadelphia Law Enforcement, Philadelphia Police Department, Police, PPD, United States Government
Lenni-Lenape (Delaware) Indians’ History, Culture and Food	Nancy Baulis
Keywords: beans, Corn, Culture, Growing of Food, History, Lenni-Lenape People, Philadelphia Region, Plant