Unit Title	Author
2007
Philly Girls Grow Up Through Memoir and Fiction	Barbara McDowell Dowdall
Keywords: African American women, American Literature, growing up, memoir, women, writers
Recurring Themes of African American Folktales	Catherine Thornton Brownlee
Keywords: African American folktales, African American literature, Afro-American, language arts, Reading, symbolism, themes
What Matters the Most through Reading and Writing	Christine Lokey
Keywords: direct reading, inspire to act, integrating, Literature, racial justice, Reading, scaffolding, social justice, writing, writing instruction
Connecting Nineteen Eighty-Four to Today	Alison McCartney
Keywords: analyze, British literature, debate, English, George Orwell, involved citizens, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Reading, social science, World Literature
Jim Crow and Apartheid: Walking hand in hand to the Promised Land	Stacia D. Parker
Keywords: African American History, America, Apartheid, Harlem Renaissance, political literature, South Africa, think globally
2006
Soul to Spirit to Speak to Writers: Poetry and Song	Bonnee L. Breese
Keywords: african american poetry, Black Poets, Harlem Renaissance, poetry, Women poets