Unit Title	Author
2007
The Life and Work of Dox Thrash: An Expression of Identity	Pamela Toller
Keywords: African American art, African American History, Art, cultural climate, Culture, Dox Thrash, History, political climate, social climate
Shedding False Images Through Art and Poetry	John J. Grob
Keywords: bravadi, code switching, Identity, masks, stereotypes
The Story of Us: An Urban Fifth Grade Class Creates a Living History Document Through Memoir and Photography	Joyce Arnosky
Keywords: analyze, data collection, History, literacy, Math, memoir, photography, social studies, Visual Art, writing
Philly Girls Grow Up Through Memoir and Fiction	Barbara McDowell Dowdall
Keywords: African American women, American Literature, growing up, memoir, women, writers
Learning Physics and Math: An Aesthetic Approach	Moses B. Jackson
Keywords: 10th grade, 9th grade, Art, arts, create, dance, discover, explore, high school math, Math, Music, physics, think
Learning Science through the Sound of Music	Vijayalakshmi Karri
Keywords: 9th grade, amplitude, frequency, human perception of sound, Music, music room, nature of waves, Physical Science, Science, science lab, Sound of Music, sound waves
Rock and Roll and the Record and Broadcasting Industry	Sandy O’Keefe
Keywords: African American Artists, Blues music, Music, Philadelphia, rhythm, rock and roll
Cartoon Animation and Films in Literature: Intrinsic to Physics	Bonnee L. Breese
Keywords: cartoon animation, English Language Arts, film, film editing, literacy terms, Making connections, Math, physics, physics vocabulary, Science
2006
Could We Learn Peace by Doing a Piece?	Kathryn Long
Keywords: design, discovery, History, murals, Philadelphia murals
Cultural Infusion: the Public Art of Philadelphia’s Chinatown	Maxine J. Tumaian
Keywords: Art, chinatown, Chinese, Chinese immigration, community, Dragon Mural, Philadelphia
The Impact of Advertising on Teenagers	Jacquelyn Massey
Keywords: advertising, advertising agencies, advertising strategies, business, communication, computer technology, graphic art
Langston Hughes, Romare Bearden and Comrades: Countering Negative Stereotypes through African American Arts Communities	Barbara McDowell Dowdall
Keywords: African American Artists, Art, Harlem Renaissance, Philadelphia, Visual Art
Linguistic meanings through figurative language in Langston Hughes’s poetry, Faith Ringgold’s quilts/textiles and Romare Bearden’s collages	Kemo Logan
Keywords: African American History, American History, Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, Romare Bearden
Visual Arts in Society: We Wear the Mask –Visual Arts and Literacy Project	Samuel A. Reed, III
“What Goes Around Comes Around: Body Painting /Tattooing in Societies Past and Present”	Sheila White
The Women of the Harlem Renaissance	Catherine Thornton-Brownlee
Keywords: African American culture, African American literature, The Harlem Renaissance
Hip Hop Renaissance: The Struggle for Self-expression	Russell Kaback
Keywords: African American culture, hip-hop, poetry, The Harlem Renaissance
Common Threads: Time and Textile	Pamela Toller
Keywords: Art, beliefs, Culture, Navajo, student awareness, symbolism, textile construction, traditions, weaving
The Influence of Music Television on Behaviors and Social Identities	Marsha A. Walker