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Index of all Curriculum Units, 2005-2023
section "F"
Selecting a Unit number will take you to the Guide Entry for that Unit.
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Directory of Volumes | Yale National Initiative
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
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
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