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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: How Critical Elements Make Up our Modern World


Critical Metals and Their Real-World Applications

Ariel Coff 2021
Keywords: earth metals, mining, periodic table

Changing Technology for a Changing Climate: Knowledge is not always power, but power is rarely ignorant

Chloe Glynn 2021
Keywords: climate change, critical minerals, environment, fossil fuels, geopolitics, green technology, greenhouse gases, hands-on experiments, power, renewable energy, social media

The Museum of Gold

Kristin Nakaishi 2021
Keywords: economics, geology, gold, minerals, Sociology

Sustainable? Systemic Dis-illusions?

Maya Bhagat 2021
Keywords: critical metals, rare earth metals, sustainability, systems

Seminar: Is There Any Life in the Worlds Beyond Our Own?


Models on Earth and Space

Amatise Ponzo 2017
Keywords: Earth Science, listening, Reading, Space Science

Seminar: Learning about America and the World from McDonald’s


La Comida y la Cultura

Sean Carr 2019
Keywords: Culture, Food, Mexico, Peri, Spanish

Taking control of our happiness

Regina Hastings 2019
Keywords: anxiety, depression, happiness, mental health, philosophy

The Struggle: Work, Poverty, & What We Can Do

Charlie McGeehan 2019
Keywords: activism, fast food, poverty, struggle

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


How Music and Song has Influenced Political Change in Africa and the United States

Carmen R. Carrion M.Ed. 2021
Keywords: African American History, African music, Music

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

West African Jelis/Griots Old and New

Aisha Al-Muid 2021
Keywords: Geography, Mali, Nigeria, West Africa, West AFrican empires

The Sound of Resistance: Protest Music in African Cinema

David Jennis 2021
Keywords: African Cinema, African music, Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony, Apartheid, History of Africa: Resistance and Liberation, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, South Africa

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

Art and Tyranny: Franco’s Role in Mobutu’s Zaire

Geoffrey Winikur 2021
Keywords: arts education, colonization, culturally responsive teaching, imperialism, Inquiry, interdisciplinary pedagogy, multiple literacies, postcolonial studies, Research, student research

Critical Interventions into the Single Story of Africa

Pearl Jonas 2021
Keywords: Africa, African American History, Bias, Culture, Identity, Music, narrative, perspective, project-based, Single story, stereotypes, storytelling

Seminar: Modern and Contemporary U.S. Poetry


Teaching African-American History Through Contemporary Modern Poetry

Chanelle Harley 2019
Keywords: African American culture, African American History, modern poetry, poetry

Erasing History: Engaging with Primary Sources Through Erasure Poetry

Matthew Menschner 2019
Keywords: Bill of Rights, blackout poetry, constitution, Declaration of Independence, historical documents, History, poetry

Borders and Doorways: Using Poetry of Constraint to Explore Boundaries and Possibilities

Sophia Renda 2019
Keywords: English, History, poetry, us history