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Unit TitleAuthorYear

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


The Haitian Revolution and Governor General Toussaint Louverture: A Biography

Keysiah M. Middleton 2016
Keywords: High School, social studies

Seminar: Black Visual Culture


Self-Representation is the Message, the Message is Power

Meredith Seung Mee Buse 2022
Keywords: artists of color, Black artists, Black gaze, ekphrastic writing, empowerment, Frederick Douglass, personal narratives, poetry, portfolios, Portraiture, self-portraits, self-representation, visual vocabulary

Awake the Uniqueness in Me!

Dr. David L. Turner 2022
Keywords: Barrack Obama, Black culture, Black gaze, black hair, Black history, Fredrick Douglass, James Baldwin and Tina Campt, Toni Morrison, white gaze

Seminar: Children's Literature


Oh Mother, Pleeeeze Let Me Read That Book! The United States Constitution and Banned Books

Pat Mitchell-Keita-Doe 2011
Keywords: banned, books, constitution, History, social history

Seminar: Children’s Environmental Health


Equipping the Canary to be an Agent of Change: Educating Students to be Activists

Alima McKnight 2023
Keywords: ADVOCATE, CHANGE AGENT, lead, lead poisoning

A Healthy Me is a Better Me

Marie P. Clarke 2023
Keywords: airways, allergy, asthma, pollution, respiratory, triggers, wheezing asthma attack

Compounded Environmental Injustice requires Compounded Solutions

Theresa Eck 2023
Keywords: action learning, advocacy, asthma, civic action, civics, environmental justice, Environmental Racism, local government, pollution

Seminar: Cinema and Civil Rights


How Can We Expect Them to Stand Up in a Crooked Room?

Regina Hastings 2020
Keywords: cinema, communications, film, Media, Pop culture, Reading, Sociology, writing

From “We Shall Overcome” to “Black Lives Matter”: Learning from the Present, Building on the Past

Geoffrey Winikur 2020
Keywords: Black Art, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, collaborative learning, culturally responsive teaching, dialogic teaching, feminist pedagogy, inquiry-based learning

Teaching African American Culture Through Cinema

Chanelle Harley 2020
Keywords: African American culture, American History, cinema, community, film, History

The Ongoing Black Freedom Struggle: Expanding the Single Story of the Civil Rights Movement

Pearl Jonas 2020
Keywords: American History, Civil Rights Movement, film, History

Lasting Effects of Slavery

Victor M. Pomales Jr. 2020
Keywords: African American History, film, Slavery, social studies

Seminar: Cities through the Lens of Race, Class, and Gender


A Geographical Analysis of Sites of African American History in Philadelphia

Hannah Zieve 2021
Keywords: African American History, anthropology, Geography, High School, project based learning, Research, social studies

Roblox and the City: Exploring Race, Class, and Gender Through Digital Gaming

Robert Rivera-Amezola 2021
Keywords: cities, class, digital citizens, digital games, digital literacy, elementary, gender, race, Technology

Living for the City: How Race, Class and Gender Impacts Philadelphia’s Future

Ryann Rouse 2021
Keywords: education, Environmental Issues, gentrification, Healthcare, immigration, intersectionality, Philadelphia 2035, Photo Essay, Urban Planning, Wealth

The Power of Place – How Cities Connect People, Land & Resources

Anna Herman 2021
Keywords: asset-based community development, community based economic development, community gardens, environmental justice, foodsheds, gentrification, Geography, grassroots activism, land policy, land tenure, land use, mapping, neighborhood disinvestment, red-lining, story maps, urban agriculture, urban gardens, urban geography, Urban Planning, urban watersheds

Discovering Our Community Assets

Sarah C. Beverly 2021
Keywords: assets, community, English Language Arts, Philadelphia, service learning, social studies

Tracing Our Steps, Mapping Our Journeys

Erica Darken 2021
Keywords: cities, elementary, Geography, journey, Workshop

Wicked Problems, Place, and Liberation

Charlie McGeehan 2021
Keywords: cities, Kensington, Philadelphia, social justice, Wicked Problem

Seminar: Data Visualization


One Island Two People: Visualizing and Comparing the Development Stories of Haiti and Dominican Republic

Samuel A. Reed, III 2018
Keywords: data analysis, Data visualization, Describing data, infographics, Research design