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English Language Arts Lesson Plans Developed by Urban Dreams Teachers	Grade	History / Social Studies Lesson Plans Developed by Urban Dreams Teachers	Grade
Critical Consumerism: Advertising and Teen Culture by J. Flaningam	9	Democracy and Campaign Financing in the United States by M. Wolfe	12
Ceremony by L. Coleman	11	Genocide by G. Danning	12
The "Four Foot Feat" Prose Essay Project (ELD) by M. Scott	9	Hidden in Plain Sight: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Radical Vision by C. Gordon	11
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by J. M. Holmes	9	Human Rights and the United Nations (World Cultures) by P. Arabia	10
The House on Mango Street (ELD) by M.Scott	9	An Inquiry Unit into the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911 by M. Laska	11
The House on Mango Street (ELD) by E. Carlson	9	Insanity Defense Pleas (Psychology) by P. Tinloy	12
A Lesson Before Dying by M Scott	9	Major Psychological Disorders (Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Multiple Personalities) by P. Tinloy	12
Like Water fpr Chocolate by C. Miller	10	"Nobody Here But Us Capitalists:" - Democracy, Big Business, and Progress at the Turn of the 20th Century by E. Haugen	11
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by M. Scott	9	"There Was A Certain Type of Fire That No Water Could Put Out"- Personal Stories of Liberation from The Civil Rights Movement by M. Herd-Chambers and S. Pesick	11
Parrot in the Oven by L. Delaney	9	External Sites Developed in Partnership with Urban Dreams Project
Science Fiction As a Vehicle for Social Commentary by P. Pugh	9	The United Farm Workers' Union The 1965 Grape Boycott: A Case Study in Strategy by Project Staff external site	9	11
Shadow of the Dragon by L. Delaney	9	The Black Panther Party's Struggle for Social Change by Project Staff external site	9	11
Themes of Love & Death in Sula by L. Delaney	9
Taming of the Shrew by S. King	10
Thousand Pieces Of Gold by L. Delaney	9
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by D. Gordon	12
Witch of Goingsnake by L. Delaney	9
Writing a Mystery Story by T. Jollymore	11
Digital Hyperverbicopia by R. O'Sullivan	9