Unit Title	Author
2024
The Pulse of the Land: Using the Arts to Teach About War	Keeler Park
Keywords: Art, conflict, Creative Writing, Culture, emotion, History, Literary Analysis, military, Military History, poetry, primary source, secondary source, social studies, social-emotional learning, war, world history
Hispanic Heritage Month for All: 31 Days of LatinXellence	Alima McKnight
Keywords: Culture, elementary, Hispanic, Indigenous, interactive notebook, Latina, Latine, Latino, LatinX, National Hispanic Heritage Month, social studies
2023
World History or White History?: Deconstructing Race in the World History Classroom	Keeler Park
Keywords: analysis, annotation, Critical Race Theory, criticality, DBQ, discussion, document-based questions, Equity, Geography, History, map reading, power, primary source, race, Slavery, social studies, society, Sociology, world history
2021
A Geographical Analysis of Sites of African American History in Philadelphia	Hannah Zieve
Keywords: African American History, anthropology, Geography, High School, project based learning, Research, social studies
How the Humanities and Social Sciences Address Today’s Political Divide	Alexander de Arana
Keywords: History, Humanities, identity politics, political divide, social sciences, social studies
Henrietta Lacks, HeLa Cells, and Health Inequities: Making Student Research Relevant and Authentic	Charlette Walker
Keywords: cancer biology, digital literacy, English Language Arts, HeLa cells, Henrietta Lacks, Research, Science, social studies, systemic medical racism, writing
Discovering Our Community Assets	Sarah C. Beverly
Keywords: assets, community, English Language Arts, Philadelphia, service learning, social studies
Power and the Past: A Philosophical Approach to Historiography	Matthew Menschner
Keywords: Epistemology, Historical Thinking Skills, historiography, History, philosophy, social studies
Mapping it Out!	Nicole Flores
Keywords: 3-D Map, History, maps, Maps Skills, Neighborhoods, Reading, research skills, social studies
2020
Police Free City: Writing Emancipatory Visionary Fiction	Charlie McGeehan
Keywords: Black Lives Matter, dark fantastic cycle, fantasy, fiction, Literature, Reading, science fiction, social studies, the Hunger Games, writing
Lasting Effects of Slavery	Victor M. Pomales Jr.
Keywords: African American History, film, Slavery, social studies
2019
Lead Town Hall	Freda/Frankie Anderson
Keywords: activism, environment, Health, social studies, STEM
Exploring Culture and Storytelling with Fairy Tales	Cher Baylor
Keywords: Culture, fairy tales, social studies, storytelling
2018
Making Philosophic Ideas Visible: Connecting the Age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution	Alexander de Arana
Keywords: Age of Enlightenment, Critical thinking, Foundations of Government, French Revolution, Political thought, Social Contract, social studies
Socratic Philosophy for Kids	Krystle Birdsall
Keywords: Analyzing arguments, Critical thinking, ELA activity, ethics, Making connections, Morality, Personal Identity, Philoslphy of science, philosophy, Questioning, social studies
Philosophy in the Social Contract and Forms of Government	Taylor Franko
Keywords: Analyzing arguments, Critical thinking, philosophy, Political thought, Questioning, social studies
2017
Put Yourself Out There: Identity, Genre, and Concert Production in Music Ensemble Performance	Walter Bechtold
Keywords: Arranging, Band, Culture, Genre, Grade 7-12, High School, Identity, Instrumental Music, Middle School, Music, Music Technology, Orchestra, Performance, Popular Music, social studies
Investigating Religious and Cultural Spending Trends	Catherine Michini
Keywords: cross, Culture, Social and cross-cultural skills, social studies, World religions
The Music of New Orleans and How It Shaped Its Culture	Chanelle Harley
Keywords: History, Reading, social studies, writing
2016
Have You Ever Told That Story Before? Student Biographers Asking Important Life Questions, Preserving Memories and Writing History	Joyce Arnosky
Keywords: biography, elementary, language arts, social studies, writing