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Seminar: Art and the Life of the City


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 2007
Keywords: acting, African American, Art, dance, Music, performing arts, Reading, visual arts

Paul Robeson, African-American Artist, and the McCarthy Era

Carole Chernecky 2007
Keywords: African American, American Literature, Art, artist, Drama, Elgnish, Identity, Paul Robeson, social justice, social studies

The Harlem Renaissance

Richard P. Holmes 2007
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 2007
Keywords: African American art, Art, artists, Mexico, printmaking, social awareness

American Expatriates in the 1920s: Why Paris?

Deborah Samuel 2007
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 2007
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 2007
Keywords: bravadi, code switching, Identity, masks, stereotypes

Seminar: Asian Americans in U.S. Schools


Considering Cultural Communities in the Middle School Literacy Classroom

Emma Connolly 2022
Keywords: assimilation, comprehension instruction, Culture, discussion, ethnicity, graphic novels, Identity, Middle School, special education, vocabulary instruction

Asian Americans in Education

Kimberly Sweeney 2022
Keywords: Asian Americans, culturally responsive teaching, immigration, model minority

Asian Americans in Media: Representation & Identity

Tia Larese 2022
Keywords: Digital Learning, diversity, elementary, ELL, English language learners, Immigrant, Intercultural Classroom, Misrepresentation, Representation, social justice

Seminar: Biography as History, or, Perhaps, History as Biography


Have You Ever Told That Story Before? Student Biographers Asking Important Life Questions, Preserving Memories and Writing History

Joyce Arnosky 2016
Keywords: biography, elementary, language arts, social studies, writing

Are They REALLY That Different?

Nicole Flores 2016
Keywords: Compare, elementary, English, Fifth-Grade, Literature, poetry, social studies

The Philadelphia Wax Museum: Exploring the History of a City Through Different Points of View

Tia D. Larese 2016
Keywords: biography, elementary, History, Philadelphia, revolutionary war, social studies, wax museum

Exploring Biography through an Author Study: Jan Brett

Charlena Watson 2016
Keywords: biography, Critical thinking

Seminar: Children's Literature


Super Books! Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Enhance Literacy Instruction

Erin Bloom 2011
Keywords: comic books, graphic novels, literacy

Learning Sequencing Through Eric Carle Books

Pamela Elters 2011
Keywords: counting, Eric Carle, illustrations, maps, size

Connections to Literature

Nicole Flores 2011
Keywords: African American literature, comprehension, Literature

Teaching Reading Skills through Poetry

Melissa Freeman 2011
Keywords: language play, poetry, reading skills

Playing with Poetry

Rachel Gelb 2011
Keywords: early literacy, literacy, poetry, Reading

Phonemes, Come Get the Phone! Who’s Calling?

Grace Hollaender 2011
Keywords: Charlotte's web, Math, Reading, social studies, writing