Unit Title	Author
2021
Tangible History: Engaging Students Through Art of Indigenous Cultures	Alima McKnight
Keywords: appreciation, appropriation, Art, Blackfoot, Culture, design, hands-on, Indigenous, Native American, Navajo, pottery, Pueblo, symbols, teepees, textiles, weaving
Gathering Clay: Community Poetry, Individual Grace, and the Limitations of Language	Greg Probst
Keywords: Art, artifacts, community, Creative Writing, Culture, English Language Arts, High School, Indigenous, individuality, louise erdrich, Native American, Navajo, neoindigenous, philly, poetry, Pueblo, society, south philadelphia, southwestern
Weaving for Healing and Connection	Karen Rufino
Keywords: Diné, Hozhó, Native American, Navajo, reservation, Spider Woman, tribe, weabing
Telling Stories and Making Connections Through Clay	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: Art, clay, Indigenous Pottery, pottery, Pueblo, storytelling
2020
“Take Root Among the Stars” A Speculative Curriculum Unit for Fifth Grade	Vanetta Wood
Keywords: creative arts
The Ongoing Black Freedom Struggle: Expanding the Single Story of the Civil Rights Movement	Pearl Jonas
Keywords: American History, Civil Rights Movement, film, History
Still Segregated in 2020: A Study of Equity in Philadelphia Area Schools through Film Study and Creation	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: cinema, civics, Civil Rights Movement, communications, freedom, Government, History, Media, Philadelphia, Politics
Lasting Effects of Slavery	Victor M. Pomales Jr.
Keywords: African American History, film, Slavery, social studies
2019
La Comida y la Cultura	Sean Carr
Keywords: Culture, Food, Mexico, Peri, Spanish
On the Table: An Exploration of Culture, Class, and Stereotypes through Food	Alison R. Marzuoli
Keywords: class, Culture, fast food, Food, McDonalds, stereotypes
Autobiographical Art	Vanetta Wood
Keywords: Art, art history, autobiography, drawing, intrapersonal skills, Visual Art
Tell Your Truth: Showing Your Story Through Symbols	Katherine Steiner
Keywords: Culture, Middle East, South Asia, stories, symbols, Visual Art
2018
Film Techniques and Gender and Race Representation in Film	Amanda Fiegel
Keywords: Cinematography, Entertainment industry, Media, Pop culture
The Great Gatsby & Media Literacy	David Jennis
Keywords: "The Great Gatsby", Cinematography, Creative Writing, Drama, Entertainment industry, Media, Reading, Screen writing
Everyone’s a Critic: Asking Meaningful Research Questions through Film	Keeler Park
Keywords: Cinematography, Creative Writing, developing research questions, Entertainment industry, essay, film, film in the classroom, Media, outline, Pop culture, public speaking, Reading, Research, research project, student choice, writing
Phila-Gami: Philadelphia Themed Folding in the Math Classroom	Catherine Michini
Keywords: Alexander Calder, Art, fold-and-cut, geometry, Math, Mobile, origami, Philadelphia, Pi Day, pop-up card, STEAM
Origami for Precision and Cooperation	Rachel Odoroff
Keywords: Art, Math, origami, Standards for Mathematical Practice
German Style Paper Folding and the Moravian Tradition	Patricia Rich
Keywords: archives, Bethlehem, colonial Pennsylvania, cross-curricular, diaspora, Fröbel, Froebel, geometry, German Bells, German script, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, love feast, modular stars, Moravian, Moravian Archives, Moravian College, Moravian Star, polyhedral Stars, pop-up, project-based, Sütterlin
Using Origami to Practice Mindfulness and Create a Growth Mindset	Cara Wallin
Keywords: geometry, Growth Mindset, Math, Mindfulness, origami, spatial reasoning
Agency Through Inquiry: A Quest for Social Justice	Ryann Rouse
Keywords: ecofeminism, ELA, English Language Arts, ethics, geomedicine, High School, philosophy, scientific justice, social justice, structural violence