Unit Title	Author	Year
Seminar: Learning about America and the World from McDonald’s
The Art of the Ad: A Critical Investigation of Persuasive Tactics	Alima McKnight	2019
Keywords: advertising, confidence, Critical thinking, English language learners, ESOL, opinion writing, persuasive writing, Self-Regulated Learning (SRL), special education, SpEd, theme
Rich or King “Founding” Fathers or Mothers’ Mythology	Samuel A. Reed, III	2019
Keywords: American History, founding fathers, Humanities, king, mythology
Seminar: Listening to the Music of Contemporary Africa: History, Politics, and Human Origins
Tale of Two Cities: Cultural Capital of Hip Hop in Kenya and Philadelphia	Jeri Johnson, M.S. Ed., M.S. School Psychology	2021
Keywords: black placemaking, Charles Dickens, Chris Emdin, COVID-19, critical hip-hop pedagogy (CHHP), Elizabeth Acevedo, hip-hop music, Kenya Vision 2030, mind-mapping, musical patterns, Philadelphia Vision 2035
Framing Africa with 5 Music Narratives	Lisa Yuk Kuen Yau	2021
Keywords: Africa, African music, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, freedom songs, griots, gumboot, hip-hop, Kenya, Mali, national anthems, protest dances, protest songs, Pygmies, South Africa, stepping, Zap Mama
Seminar: Modern and Contemporary American Poetry
Poets Imagining the City	Sally O’Brien	2019
Keywords: imagination, Langston Hughes, Mary Oliver, poetry, writing prompt
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, But How Many Pictures is a Word Worth?	Femi-Ama K. Johnson	2013
Keywords: English, language arts, literacy, writing
Poetry Out Loud: Reading, Reciting, and Responding to Poetry	Stacia Parker	2013
Keywords: close reading, English, High School, out loud, poetry, spoken word
The Color of Beauty in the Darkness – Using Poetry and Art to Create a Visual Picture of Your World	Michelle Todd	2013
Keywords: English, figurative language, Langston Hughes, Middle School, poetry, segregation
“Ode to Common Things” 1	Dale Apple	2013
Keywords: 21st century poetry, American poetry, poetry, point of view
“Make it New”: New and Unique Approaches to Teaching Poetry in the Secondary Classroom	Tara Ann Carter	2013
Keywords: American Literature, figurative language, poetry, significance, symbolism
The Art of the Poem in Poems of Art: Using Visuals and Close Readings to Aid Creative Writing	Sydney Hunt Coffin	2013
Keywords: Art, Creative Writing, modern art, poetry
Enhancing Beginning Reading Skills Through Poetry	Pamela Elters	2013
Keywords: literacy, poetry, reading skills, Shel Silverstein
The Ringing of Bells: Joyful Sounds of Poetry	Lynn Gourinski Fahr	2013
Keywords: American Literature, listeining skills, poetry, writing skills
Close Reading of Modern Poetry: A Study in Form and Content	Julie Mikolajewski	2013
Keywords: close reading, content, form, modern poetry, poetry
Form and Content in Modern Poetry and Drama	Jessica Waber	2013
Keywords: content, Drama, form, modern poetry, poetry
Integrating Poetry into the Common Core Standards	Nicole Flores	2013
Keywords: figurative language, literary skills, Literature, poetry
Seminar: Modern and Contemporary U.S. Poetry
The Art of Literature: Visual Stimuli that Constructs Communication	Silvino J. Alexander Jr.	2019
Keywords: "Third Space" Paradigm, Art, comic books, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP), History, literacy, poetry, THAL (Technology
PoetryTeaches Too!	Nicole Flores	2019
Keywords: close reading, comprehension, comprehension skills, poetry
Identity and Ideology: Using Poetry to Explore Who You Are and What You Believe	Ellen Powell Fracassini	2019
Keywords: Identity, ideology, poetry
Examining the Human Condition Through Paired Poems: The Universal & The Particular	Kristin R. Luebbert	2019
Keywords: Aracelis Girmay, Claude McKay, Eve Ewing, Langston Highes, poetry, Ross GAy, vocabulary, vocabulary development