The Kids are not the Threat

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 26.01.11

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rational
  3. Background Knowledge And Content
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Annotated Bibliography
  7. Appendix On Implementing District Standards
  8. Notes

Somewhere, A Place for Us: Peaceful Protests for Place in Philadelphia

Kati Steiner

Published September 2026

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Notes

  1. https://www.usnews.com/education/
  2. “An American Tradition: The History of Student Movements in the U.S.,” CAIR California
  3. Zinn, Howard. SNCC: The new abolitionists. Vol. 1. South End Press, 2002.
  4. Baldwin, Davarian L. In the shadow of the ivory tower: How universities are plundering our cities. Bold Type Books, 2021
  5. Epstein, Edward M. Race, Real Estate and Education: The University of Pennsylvania’s Interventions in West Philadelphia, 1960–1980. University of Pennsylvania, 2020.
  6. https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/university-city-science-center-and-black-bottom
  7. https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/university-city-high-school
  8. Rodin, Judith. The university and urban revival: Out of the ivory tower and into the streets. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015
  9. https://whyy.org/articles/the-penn-alexander-effect-is-there-any-room-left-for-low-income-residents-in-university-city/
  10. Zionts, Sophie Calla. "The “Threat” of District Designation: Preservation or Gentrification?." PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2023.
  11. https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/origins-modern-day-policing
  12. Wilson, Kathryn Elizabeth. "Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia's Chinatown: Space, Place, and Struggle." Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2015.
  13. City of Philadelphia. "76 Place Arena Independent Community Impact Study." Official Municipal Report, Office of the Mayor, Philadelphia, PA, 2024.
  14. "The Origins of Modern-Day Policing," NAACP
  15. De Bono, Edward. 1985. Six Thinking Hats. Boston: Little, Brown.

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