Unit Title	Author
2019
Student Personal Stories: Another Step to Unleashing Lifelong Learning	Nora Karasanyi
Keywords: Animal Farm, Canterbury Tales, critical readers, critical writers, fables, frame story, lifelong learning, Middle East, motivation, personal frame stories., South East Asia
Celebrating Cultures of the World Through Reading and Writing Folktales	Katherine Volin
Keywords: cultures, folktales, Reading, storytelling, writing
Chasing Cinderella: Following One Story Around the World	Phyllis Zimmer
Keywords: cinderella, Culture, PBL, Philadelphia, stories
Poets Imagining the City	Sally O’Brien
Keywords: imagination, Literature, O'hara, poetry, Whitman, writing prompts
Borders and Doorways: Using Poetry of Constraint to Explore Boundaries and Possibilities	Sophia Renda
Keywords: English, History, poetry, us history
I Am UnBroken: Deconstructing Modern American Poetry to Promote Self-Actualization For English Language Learners	Lisa (Yuk Kuen) Yau
Keywords: American poetry, Emily Dickinson, poetry, Walt Whitman
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
Keywords: Critical thinking, ELA, elementary, English
2018
Now You See It! Using Infographics to Help Kids Access and Present Information	Alima McKnight
Keywords: Character Traits, Data visualization, Graphs, Inferencing, infographics, Report writing
One Island Two People: Visualizing and Comparing the Development Stories of Haiti and Dominican Republic	Samuel A. Reed, III
Keywords: data analysis, Data visualization, Describing data, infographics, Research design
Novel and a Movie?	Nicole Flores
Keywords: Clips, Media, Novel, Pairing, Pop culture, Reading
The Great Gatsby & Media Literacy	David Jennis
Keywords: "The Great Gatsby", Cinematography, Creative Writing, Drama, Entertainment industry, Media, Reading, Screen writing
Reds in Tinseltown: The Cold War, Hollywood, and Blacklisting	Matthew Menschner
Keywords: American History, Cinematography, Cold War, Entertainment industry, Media, Media Strategies, Media Studies, Politics, Pop culture, Propaganda, World politics, World War II
Everyone’s a Critic: Asking Meaningful Research Questions through Film	Keeler Park
Keywords: Cinematography, Creative Writing, developing research questions, Entertainment industry, essay, film, film in the classroom, Media, outline, Pop culture, public speaking, Reading, Research, research project, student choice, writing
The Awakening of the Black Panther: Shifting the Paradigm of Hollywood’s Portrayal of Africa	Wendi Mungai Umoren
Keywords: Africa, Creative Writing, Media, Reading, Screen writing
Socratic Philosophy for Kids	Krystle Birdsall
Keywords: Analyzing arguments, Critical thinking, ELA activity, ethics, Making connections, Morality, Personal Identity, Philoslphy of science, philosophy, Questioning, social studies
Empathetic Community Philosophy	Jaimie Piotrowicz
Keywords: Analyzing arguments, Critical thinking, ELA activity, ethics, Making connections, Personal Identity, philosophy, Questioning, social justice
Agency Through Inquiry: A Quest for Social Justice	Ryann Rouse
Keywords: ecofeminism, ELA, English Language Arts, ethics, geomedicine, High School, philosophy, scientific justice, social justice, structural violence
Reading Philosophy in The Hate U Give	Amanda Schear
Keywords: Critical thinking, ELA activity, Making connections, Personal Identity, philosophy, Questioning, social justice
Philosophy and Literature Unit Plan	Kimberly Sweeney
Keywords: ELA activity, ethics, philosophy
“Who Am I? An Exploration of Personal Identity Through Philosophy and Literature”	Jessica Waber
Keywords: Critical thinking, Making connections, Morality, Personal Identity, philosophy, Questioning, social justice