Index of all Curriculum Units, 2005-2024

section "F"

Selecting a Unit number will take you to the Guide Entry for that Unit.

Family Life

African American
20.02.08 We Are Family: The Importance of Community through an Exploration of Johnathon Upper Elementary Schools
14.01.02 American Genre Painting: Visual Representations of Slavery and Emancipation, 1850-1870
12.04.09 The Resiliency of the Black Family
12.04.11 The Heart's Migration: Finding, Making, Coming Home
07.01.09 Using Film and Literature to examine The Great black Migration: An Analysis of "A Raisin in the Sun" through poetic voices

and Gender
14.01.07 Taking a Close Look at Pirates and Mothers

in Art
14.01.01 Dramatizing Art: Tableaux Vivants
14.01.02 American Genre Painting: Visual Representations of Slavery and Emancipation, 1850-1870
14.01.06 Power and the Machine: A Visual Examination of Class and Gender through the Industrial Revolution
05.02.06 Representations of Family in Mexican Art

in Film
15.04.08 Lights, Camera, Action! Reading Children’s Literature through Film in the Spanish Classroom

Latin American
16.03.02 Afirmando Nuestra Identidad (Affirming Our Identity): Exploring Dream Worlds and Storytelling through Alebrijes
14.03.05 Immigration and Migration: My Family and My Community

in Literature
20.02.08 We Are Family: The Importance of Community through an Exploration of Johnathon Upper Elementary Schools
15.02.05 Character in Hamlet: Family & Loss
14.04.01 Medea: Innocent or Guilty? It's just Rhetoric
12.02.08 Beloved: A Case Study in Storytelling Analysis
12.02.10 Stylistic Voice and Questions of Speaking for the Voiceless in The Poisonwood Bible
09.03.07 Single Parenting and Family Dynamics Then and Now: King Lear

Native Americans
13.03.10 The Significance of My Great-Grandparent

Storytelling
22.03.01 Reclaiming the Lost Art of Storytelling Using Textile
20.01.02 American History Through American Lives Celebrating Our Family History Through Immigration Stories
12.02.02 The Storytelling Cycle: Navigating Our Way through the Listening and Sharing of Stories
10.03.12 Connecting to Community: Biography and the Digital Age

Fashion
20.02.09 No Lye, Nappy or Straight, People Still Gon’ Hate: Getting to the Root of the Issue; Colorblindness and Neutrality within Hairstyles and Hair Types
12.01.01 War on the Home Front: Politics and the Zoot Suit
11.04.12 Feathers and Beads: Exploring Heritage through the Mardi Gras Indians

Feminism (see Gender; Women)
14.01.10 Making Art against the Odds: The Triumph of Edmonia Lewis
13.03.12 Glory Daze: Gloria Steinem's Biography Untangles the Mystique of Feminism

Film

13th
18.01.09 13th and Locking Up Our Own: Argument, Voice, and Perspective in Two Modern Meditations on Mass Incarceration

African
09.01.07 A Study of Oral Tradition: Storytelling in Ireland, West Africa and Japan
09.01.08 Keeping the Tradition of African Storytelling Alive
06.01.07 Oral Tradition and Memory in African Film
06.01.09 From Africa to America: The Untold Story

African Americans
18.03.03 From Prince to King: Black Panther in Text and Film
16.03.06 Seeking a Home: The Wiz and the Black Arts Movement
07.01.06 The Color Purple's Three-Fold Adaptation: Examining Protagonists and Media through a Self-Reflective, Critical Lens
07.01.09 Using Film and Literature to examine The Great black Migration: An Analysis of "A Raisin in the Sun" through poetic voices
06.01.02 Life Made Aware: Scripting Lives through Eyes Only
06.01.09 From Africa to America: The Untold Story

Analysis
22.01.02 Film and Art: Setting the Stage with Framing
22.01.04 Cultivating a Growth Mindset through Film Studies
22.01.05 Themes in Encanto and Wadjda
22.01.06 Film as a Site for Education and Resistance
15.04.04 Film Analysis and Contemporary Issues: The Surveillance State
15.04.05 You Should Be in a Dress and Camisole
15.04.06 Deepening One's Understanding of Psychological Disorders through Film: From One Extreme to Another - Depression and Schizophrenia
15.04.07 Immigration and the Narrative Voice: Analysis of Image and Sound in Film and Its Connection to the Immigrants' Stories

and Identity (see Identity)
18.03.03 From Prince to King: Black Panther in Text and Film
18.03.04 Stories Told through Literature, Film and How It Applies to Our Society
18.03.05 Native American Literature Adaptation: From Smoke Signals to Reading Comprehension
18.03.10 Wonderstruck: Disability Awareness Through Visual Storytelling
09.01.09 The Global Bildungsroman: A Film Study of Individual Identity and Integration into Society
07.01.10 Political Socialization: Finding Ourselves in Film

and Pedagogy
22.01.06 Film as a Site for Education and Resistance
22.01.07 Teaching Writing through Films: A Visual Exploration of Identities
15.04.04 Film Analysis and Contemporary Issues: The Surveillance State
11.04.11 'Imaginal' Performances in Memory
09.01.01 Using Stories and Film in the English Language Learner Classroom to Teach Immigration History
09.01.10 Movie Posters: Capturing the Essence of a Story
06.01.01 Cultural Literacy through Media: Breaking Down Stereotypes by Building Up Knowledge
06.01.11 The Rhetorical Nature of Narrative

and Storytelling
18.03.04 Stories Told through Literature, Film and How It Applies to Our Society
18.03.09 Adapting Culture from Book to Film: Laughing Boy
10.01.06 Finding the Story through Intermediality: PoetryComics, Animated Poetry and Tableu Vivant

Animated
15.04.02 The Visual Art of Writing

Black Panther
18.03.03 From Prince to King: Black Panther in Text and Film

Blade Runner
07.01.07 Blade Runner Redux: Teaching a Sci-Fi Meta-Art Classic

Children’s
22.01.03 Social Emotional Learning through Film
06.01.06 Uniting Children of the World through Film: Planning an International Film Festival for Middle School Students

Chinese
15.04.02 The Visual Art of Writing

Class
15.04.03 Film, Freud and Fitzgerald: A Psychoanalytical Critique of The Great Gatsby and Jazz Age Values

Comparative
22.01.05 Themes in Encanto and Wadjda
18.03.06 Fahrenheit 451 in 2018: Can film bring Ray Bradbury’s classic into the modern age?
15.04.02 The Visual Art of Writing
15.04.07 Immigration and the Narrative Voice: Analysis of Image and Sound in Film and Its Connection to the Immigrants' Stories
14.03.01 Lights, Camera, Immigration! An Examination of Global Cities through Film
09.01.07 A Study of Oral Tradition: Storytelling in Ireland, West Africa and Japan
09.01.09 The Global Bildungsroman: A Film Study of Individual Identity and Integration into Society
09.01.10 Movie Posters: Capturing the Essence of a Story

Documentary
22.01.01 The Child Migrant: Evaluating the Journey to the United States through Film and Nonfiction Text
18.01.09 13th and Locking Up Our Own: Argument, Voice, and Perspective in Two Modern Meditations on Mass Incarceration
15.03.02 Silicon Valley’s Otro Lado, Youth Voices Speak About Their Community in Film
11.01.01 The Other Side: Experiencing Cultures through the Eyes of My Students
11.04.11 'Imaginal' Performances in Memory
10.03.10 Barack Obama: A Nonfiction Approach to Reading in the "Reel" World through Documentary, Political Images, and Speech
08.07.05 Considering Case Studies of Chemical Contamination

Fahrenheit 451
18.03.06 Fahrenheit 451 in 2018: Can film bring Ray Bradbury’s classic into the modern age?

Fahrenheit 451
06.02.07 Our Right to Read, to Learn, and to Think: Ray Bradbury's Prediction

Frozen
18.03.02 The Snow Queen in Film

Gender (see Gender)
22.01.05 Themes in Encanto and Wadjda
18.03.02 The Snow Queen in Film
15.04.03 Film, Freud and Fitzgerald: A Psychoanalytical Critique of The Great Gatsby and Jazz Age Values
15.04.05 You Should Be in a Dress and Camisole
15.04.06 Deepening One's Understanding of Psychological Disorders through Film: From One Extreme to Another - Depression and Schizophrenia
14.03.01 Lights, Camera, Immigration! An Examination of Global Cities through Film
07.01.03 Macbeth and Issues of Gender
06.01.04 Women in World Cinema: Stories of Struggle and Resistance
06.01.10 Raising Social Consciousness

German
15.04.10 Life in the DDR through Film: German II

Good Will Hunting
11.01.01 The Other Side: Experiencing Cultures through the Eyes of My Students

Hitchcock, Alfred
15.04.01 Look Behind You! Mastering the Art of Suspense with Poe and Hitchcock
12.01.05 Teenage Dream: Consuming Subtext
06.01.11 The Rhetorical Nature of Narrative

Irish
09.01.07 A Study of Oral Tradition: Storytelling in Ireland, West Africa and Japan
09.01.09 The Global Bildungsroman: A Film Study of Individual Identity and Integration into Society

Japanese
09.01.07 A Study of Oral Tradition: Storytelling in Ireland, West Africa and Japan
06.01.05 The Delicate Marriage of Theatre and Film

Jurassic Park
18.05.09 Endangered Species, De-Extinction and MANipulation

Latin American
22.01.01 The Child Migrant: Evaluating the Journey to the United States through Film and Nonfiction Text
20.02.05 Race and Racial Formation in Latin America: Racism Conscious Instruction in the Spanish Heritage Language Classroom

Lawrence of Arabia
16.03.08 Unraveling the Dream World Stereotype of the Arab People

Literary Adaptation
18.03.01 The Miracle Worker: Bridging Drama and Film Study to Build Critical Literacy Skills
18.03.02 The Snow Queen in Film
18.03.09 Adapting Culture from Book to Film: Laughing Boy
18.03.10 Wonderstruck: Disability Awareness Through Visual Storytelling
18.03.11 Filmic Adaptations of Mid-Century Bildungsromans Using The Catcher in the Rye and The Bell Jar
16.03.06 Seeking a Home: The Wiz and the Black Arts Movement
16.03.08 Unraveling the Dream World Stereotype of the Arab People
15.04.02 The Visual Art of Writing
15.04.03 Film, Freud and Fitzgerald: A Psychoanalytical Critique of The Great Gatsby and Jazz Age Values
15.04.05 You Should Be in a Dress and Camisole
10.01.06 Finding the Story through Intermediality: PoetryComics, Animated Poetry and Tableu Vivant
09.01.09 The Global Bildungsroman: A Film Study of Individual Identity and Integration into Society
07.01.01 The Odyssey: Seeing My Journey through Film
07.01.02 Hamlet and Hollywood: Using Film Adaptation to Analyze Ophelia and Gertrude
07.01.03 Macbeth and Issues of Gender
07.01.04 Modernizing Shakespeare: Finding Contemporary Themes from Othello
07.01.05 War of the Worlds-Multimedia Adaptations
07.01.06 The Color Purple's Three-Fold Adaptation: Examining Protagonists and Media through a Self-Reflective, Critical Lens
07.01.07 Blade Runner Redux: Teaching a Sci-Fi Meta-Art Classic
07.01.08 Spanish Cultures through Film and Literature
07.01.09 Using Film and Literature to examine The Great black Migration: An Analysis of "A Raisin in the Sun" through poetic voices
06.02.07 Our Right to Read, to Learn, and to Think: Ray Bradbury's Prediction

O Brother Where Art Thou?
07.01.01 The Odyssey: Seeing My Journey through Film

Politics (see Politics)
15.04.10 Life in the DDR through Film: German II
07.01.10 Political Socialization: Finding Ourselves in Film

Race (see Race)
18.01.09 13th and Locking Up Our Own: Argument, Voice, and Perspective in Two Modern Meditations on Mass Incarceration
18.03.03 From Prince to King: Black Panther in Text and Film
16.03.06 Seeking a Home: The Wiz and the Black Arts Movement
16.03.08 Unraveling the Dream World Stereotype of the Arab People
14.03.01 Lights, Camera, Immigration! An Examination of Global Cities through Film
07.01.06 The Color Purple's Three-Fold Adaptation: Examining Protagonists and Media through a Self-Reflective, Critical Lens
07.01.09 Using Film and Literature to examine The Great black Migration: An Analysis of "A Raisin in the Sun" through poetic voices
07.04.01 Boricua, Morena: Latin-Caribbean American and African American Cultural Connections En ciudad de Filadelfia
07.04.02 Examining Mexican Immigration Thru First Person Point-of-view
06.01.02 Life Made Aware: Scripting Lives through Eyes Only

Spanish
07.01.08 Spanish Cultures through Film and Literature

Suspense
15.04.01 Look Behind You! Mastering the Art of Suspense with Poe and Hitchcock

The Miracle Worker
18.03.01 The Miracle Worker: Bridging Drama and Film Study to Build Critical Literacy Skills

The Wiz
24.02.03 Inspiration via Critical Literacy: Filling Gaps in the Canon
24.02.07 Teaching Theater in a Minority-Majority Classroom
16.03.06 Seeking a Home: The Wiz and the Black Arts Movement
07.01.01 The Odyssey: Seeing My Journey through Film

To Kill a Mockingbird
15.04.05 You Should Be in a Dress and Camisole

War (see War)
09.01.06 Interpreting Vietnam: War Stories and Film

West Side Story
15.04.07 Immigration and the Narrative Voice: Analysis of Image and Sound in Film and Its Connection to the Immigrants' Stories

World
15.04.02 The Visual Art of Writing
14.03.01 Lights, Camera, Immigration! An Examination of Global Cities through Film
09.01.03 A.VOID: Who Are the Poor People? How Environment Impacts the Development of Character
09.01.06 Interpreting Vietnam: War Stories and Film
09.01.09 The Global Bildungsroman: A Film Study of Individual Identity and Integration into Society
06.01.04 Women in World Cinema: Stories of Struggle and Resistance
06.01.06 Uniting Children of the World through Film: Planning an International Film Festival for Middle School Students
06.01.12 Back to the Future: How Earlier Art Forms Have Influenced Contemporary Cinema in Ireland, Iran, and Africa

Writing
22.01.07 Teaching Writing through Films: A Visual Exploration of Identities

Folktales
18.03.02 The Snow Queen in Film
16.03.09 Journey to the Sun: Reclaiming Imagination and Self-Esteem through Culture and History
09.01.04 Cinderella: A Cross-cultural Story
09.01.07 A Study of Oral Tradition: Storytelling in Ireland, West Africa and Japan
09.01.08 Keeping the Tradition of African Storytelling Alive
06.03.09 Using African and African-American Folktales in a Genre Study
06.03.10 The Big Con: Tricking the High School Student into Writing a Research Paper
06.03.11 Children's Literature for Students with Reading Challenges Using Pictures Books and Film
06.04.08 Mythology of the Inca and Maya
06.04.11 The Popol Vuh: A High School Literature Unit

Food

Allergies
08.06.06 Food Allergies Beware: We Know your Secret!

and Disease (see Disease)
15.06.01 Diabetes and Navajo Nation
11.07.09 Heart Disease, Transplants and New Technology
08.06.01 Eat to live: the connection between food, digestion and diabetes

and the Environment
23.05.03 Coffee, Cacao, and Chacras – Applying Principles of Sustainable Agriculture in Costa Rica and Peru to Farming in Delaware
22.05.07 Climate Change Impact on Agriculture in California
21.05.02 Vertical Farming: The Future of Urban Agriculture
20.05.10 Marine Biotoxins: Invisible, Odorless, and Lethal
19.04.04 Transfer of Energy through a Food Chain
12.07.01 Quantifying Solutions to Reduce Our Food's Environmental Impact
08.07.01 What Is She Eating?
08.07.02 Eat, Drink, and Be Wary: Recognizing Toxic Chemicals in Foods and Beverages

Baking
17.04.01 The Math and Science of Kitchen Ratios
17.04.02 The Chemistry of Baking Bread

Coffee
23.05.03 Coffee, Cacao, and Chacras – Applying Principles of Sustainable Agriculture in Costa Rica and Peru to Farming in Delaware

Cultural History
17.04.09 Salt and Health – It’s not fair!
14.03.04 The Cultural Move: Impact of Mexican Migration on today's American Food
13.04.07 Appetizers, Main Courses, and Desserts: A Menu of Sociological Research Methods
07.04.05 Latino Children's Folk Music: A Series of Thematic Writing Exercises

Dining
13.04.07 Appetizers, Main Courses, and Desserts: A Menu of Sociological Research Methods

Fast Food
08.06.02 Fast Food, Fast Track… To No Where

History
22.02.01 Let’s Go Bananas! U.S. Imperialism Through the Lens of a Fruit

Nutrition
21.03.04 Can They Escape from Hot Cheetos & Takis? Black Appetite, White Food: Examining Issues of Race, Democracy, and Place
21.05.07 More Than Frybread: The Road to Healthy Eating and Physical Fitness
15.01.03 Farming, Food and a Balanced Navajo Lifestyle
15.06.01 Diabetes and Navajo Nation
12.01.08 Food Choice: How the ingredients on food packaging influence the foods we eat
12.01.08 Food Choice: How the ingredients on food packaging influence the foods we eat
12.07.09 Processed Food for Thought: Exploring Chemical Additives in Processed Foods
10.06.05 Nutritional Adaptations and Nutritional Choices
09.06.08 Our Brain's Fat and Carbohydrate Connection
08.06.01 Eat to live: the connection between food, digestion and diabetes
08.06.03 Healthy Choices Lead To Healthy Bodies! A Child's Guide to Good Nutrition and Exercise
08.06.04 Getting an Early Start to a Healthy Life
08.06.07 Feeding our Bodies, Fueling our Minds
08.06.08 The Way Food Works: Analyzing the Short and Long Term Effects of What We Eat
08.06.09 School Lunch, How Healthy Is It?
08.06.10 Childhood Obesity and High Fructose Corn Syrup. What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing!
08.06.11 Developing Student Leaders through Nutritional Empowerment
06.04.02 Things, Foods, and How We Know

Production
18.05.03 GMOs: Costs, Benefits, and Controversies
18.05.04 Feeding the World Using Genetically Modified Organisms: A Survey of GMO Technology and its Impact on Agricultural Production
17.04.03 Food Preservation: From Edible School Garden to Science Table
17.04.04 The Power of Extracts
17.04.12 Best Practices for Food Preservation from Lab to Home Kitchen
09.07.03 EFP&W: Energy Food-Production & Waste
08.05.07 Rice to Feed the World- Estimations on Rice Consumption and Production

Science of
24.05.06 Using Algebra to Explore Population Genetics in Lactose Tolerance
06.04.02 Things, Foods, and How We Know

Chemistry
18.05.07 Chemical Footprints: Health Threats of Food Toxins?
17.04.01 The Math and Science of Kitchen Ratios
17.04.02 The Chemistry of Baking Bread
17.04.03 Food Preservation: From Edible School Garden to Science Table
17.04.04 The Power of Extracts
17.04.05 Being Corny: Using Popcorn to Explore Thermodynamics
17.04.06 Rise and Bind: Substituting binders and flours in pancakes
17.04.07 Matter Chatter: Exploring the effect heat has on states of matter using the five senses
17.04.08 Science of Sugar
17.04.10 Confectionery Chemistry: Shifting the Contents of Chocolate
17.04.11 Everyday Science of Cooking
17.04.12 Best Practices for Food Preservation from Lab to Home Kitchen
13.06.04 Effects of Genetically Modified Organisms on Agriculture
13.06.06 Controversial Issues Regarding the Consumption of Genetically Modified Crops
08.06.05 Stoichiometry - A Necessary Tool in Chemistry

Sugar
17.04.08 Science of Sugar
12.01.08 Food Choice: How the ingredients on food packaging influence the foods we eat

Forensic Science (see Criminal Justice)
16.06.01 Silent Witnesses: Hexapod Helpers in Crime Scene Investigation
13.06.07 DNA in Forensic Science: genetic engineering applications in forensics
07.02.09 Police Investigative Challenges: To Snitch or Not to Snitch, That is the Unanswered Question

Fractions
16.05.03 Moving from Rods to Number Lines to Understand Fractions
16.05.08 Diyogi (Navajo Rug) and the Number Line
15.05.07 Fractions: Building a Foundation through Conceptual Understanding and Problem Solving
14.05.02 Fractions Aren't So Scary! Using the Unit Fraction to Ease the Fear
14.05.03 Defending a Fractions Position
14.05.04 Protect My House: Developing a Family Over the Counter Drug Dosage Chart
14.05.05 Developing Mathematical Minds – Learning Fractions Through Career and Technical
11.06.06 Fractions: Building a Strong Foundation Based on Conceptual Understanding
11.06.07 A Deeper Understanding of Fractions through Number Line Explorations
11.06.08 A Fraction of What We Know

France

Culture
13.01.07 Picturing Paris: Sites and Sights of the City

History
10.03.08 Voices of France: Understanding the Power of Individual Voice through Biography

Language
23.01.07 La Francophonie Diverse: French Adjective Agreement Through Art
14.04.06 Elements of Rhetoric in the Language-Learning Classroom: Convince Me You are Fluent!
13.01.07 Picturing Paris: Sites and Sights of the City
11.04.06 La Francophonie, beyond the Hexagon
05.04.07 Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans le ciel étoilé? Basic Astronomy for Middle School French Students

French
14.04.06 Elements of Rhetoric in the Language-Learning Classroom: Convince Me You are Fluent!
13.01.07 Picturing Paris: Sites and Sights of the City
11.04.06 La Francophonie, beyond the Hexagon
10.03.08 Voices of France: Understanding the Power of Individual Voice through Biography
05.04.07 Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans le ciel étoilé? Basic Astronomy for Middle School French Students

Friendship

in Literature
11.01.04 Making Friends with Characters: Exploring Friendship through Literature