Unit Title	Author
2007
American Expatriates in the 1920s: Why Paris?	Deborah Samuel
Keywords: American Literature, Art, British literature, dance, Harlem, Literature, Music, Paris, Renaissance
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
Looking Through Others’ Eyes- Literature and the Double Self in the 20th Century	Laura C. Jacklin
Keywords: American short stories, American society, double-consciousness, Literature, The Souls of Black Folk, World War I
Recurring Themes of African American Folktales	Catherine Thornton Brownlee
Keywords: African American folktales, African American literature, Afro-American, language arts, Reading, symbolism, themes
The Lesson the Piano Teaches: August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and the African-American Experience It Illuminates	William S. Lewis
Keywords: African American History, August Wilson, griot, History, Literature, personal history
Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and Students’ Poetic Perceptions of Contemporary Issues	Kemo Donita Logan
Keywords: African American literature, Compare and contrast, Harlem Renaissance, literacy revolution, poetry, social activism, social themes
What Matters the Most through Reading and Writing	Christine Lokey
Keywords: direct reading, inspire to act, integrating, Literature, racial justice, Reading, scaffolding, social justice, writing, writing instruction
Connecting Nineteen Eighty-Four to Today	Alison McCartney
Keywords: analyze, British literature, debate, English, George Orwell, involved citizens, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Reading, social science, World Literature
Exploring African American Culture Through Literature	Susan King
Keywords: African American culture, African American literature, autistic support, books, comprehension skills, Reading, storytelling
Jim Crow and Apartheid: Walking hand in hand to the Promised Land	Stacia D. Parker
Keywords: African American History, America, Apartheid, Harlem Renaissance, political literature, South Africa, think globally
2006
A Celebration of African American Oral Tradition in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston	Deborah Samuel
Keywords: African American oral traditions, The Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston
Poetry and Music of the Harlem Renaissance and Today	Alexandra Volin Avelin
Keywords: African American activists, Alain Locke, poetry, The Harlem Renaissance
Soul to Spirit to Speak to Writers: Poetry and Song	Bonnee L. Breese
Keywords: african american poetry, Black Poets, Harlem Renaissance, poetry, Women poets