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Let's Get Writing!

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A freshman composition textbook used by the English Department of Virginia Western Community College (VWCC) in Roanoke, Virginia. It aligns with ENG 111, the standard first-year composition course in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). The ten chapter headings are: 1. Chapter 1 - Critical Reading 2. Chapter 2 - Rhetorical Analysis 3. Chapter 3 - Argument 4. Chapter 4 - The Writing Process 5. Chapter 5 - Rhetorical Modes 6. Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Outside Sources 7. Chapter 7 - How and Why to Cite 8. Chapter 8 - Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence? 9. Chapter 9 - Punctuation 10. Chapter 10 - Working With Words: Which Word is Right? This book was created by the English faculty and librarians of VWCC using Creative Commons -licensed materials and original contributions.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Ann Moser, Elizabeth Browning, Jenifer Kurtz, Katelyn Burton, Kathy Boylan, Kirsten Devries

Topics and Issues in Music History

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This is a text by Dr. Matthew Franke designed to be used in music history courses at the college level. The readings are designed to stimulate classroom discussion and focus on major topics and themes in the historiography of music, such as the canon, aesthetics, types of evidence in music history, the nature of musical works, and issues related to recorded sound. 

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Matthew Franke

Progress Monitoring Project Outline

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Progress monitoring is the measurement of student achievement of a goal through the periodic collection of data. For this project you will be evaluating a student’s ability in literacy (e.g., letter recognition, phonemic awareness, word recognition, fluency), setting a goal for improvement, collecting data weekly, displaying the data collection in a graph, writing lesson plans, and then discussing the results of the project.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Ken Dobush

Smithsonian Open Access

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The following overview is from the Smithsonian Open Access web site: Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to more than 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo. ...We have released these images and data into the public domain as Creative Commons Zero (CC0), meaning you can use, transform, and share our open access assets without asking permission from the Smithsonian.

Material Type: Data Set, Diagram/Illustration, Interactive, Primary Source

Author: Smithsonian

What Influences Corrections Policies

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In this section we learn two perspectives explaining punitive crime policies. One argues that political elites promote punitive criminal justice policies as a political move to counter the civil rights movement and control minority groups (Weaver). The other argues that the public’s punitive preferences influence the incarceration rate and political leaders’ agenda (Enns). To be clear, we don’t know which perspective is correct. Both sides have their logic and evidence. This topic still requires further exploration. 

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Luzi Shi

ENGL101 Snapshot: Looking At Your Potential Major and Career

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This First Year Writing assignment builds on narrative skills and introduces students to informational and argumentative writing using minimal primary and secondary research as well as drawing on elements on visual rhetoric. So far this semester you have reflected on the potential career(s) you are interested in and why you are in college. Now you are going to widen your scope to learn about the major disciplines of humanities, physical sciences, and social sciences that liberal arts courses make up and build on that knowledge to take a look at your possible major and career more specifically. It is important when thinking about a major to understand what job options that field of study can lead to and understand what courses are required. When thinking about a career it is useful to learn what types of positions exist, what skills are needed, and what those job positions are like on a daily basis. It is also equally important to remember that in college a major is not equal to a specific career. This project gives you the chance to explore all of that.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Nicole Williams

Introduction Email Assignment

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This is an introductory assignment for the first week of a new semester. This assignment involves students sending a properly formatted introduction email to the professor of the class, answering several questions within the body of the email (e.g., which topic from the course schedule are they most excited to learn about). 

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Ashley Hansen-Brown

MaxGuides at Bridgewater State University

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The BSU MaxGuide for GEOG 333 (Environmental Justice) includes documents of historical importance relevant to the history of the environmental racism - environmental justice movement, including the first GAO reports in pdf format, and will be updated to links to journal articles tracing the roots of environmental racism, the problems of identifying environmental racism, the geographic nature of environmental racism, the issues of scale and sampling, and its shift into the larger embrace of environmental/social justice.

Material Type: Case Study

Author: Bob Amey

Joseph Bologne - String Quartet No. 2 Score

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                The String Ensemble set out to find an under represented BIPOC/female composer and work that we could record and revitalize/rearrange. After sifting through project composers and works, we settled on Joseph Bolonge Le Chevalier de St. Georges, a BIPOC and underrepresented composer and his work, String Quartet No. 2, Op. 1. Prior to our project, the work was offered with no overall score and just manuscript individual parts that were somewhat difficult to read. In addition, the string virtuoso composer had some much influence on Mozart, Haydn, and the creation of the classical music genre of the sinfonia concertante. Yet, I had never even heard of his existence or influence which music textbooks do not give Joseph Bologne the proper credit to sinfonia concertante. Therefore, we wanted to bring justice to a neglected composer and work so that others could hear his work and make his work more accessible to perform. https://youtu.be/9HEEawfBN80

Material Type: Full Course

Author: bebo Shiu

Early Education and Care Field Placement Supervision Handbook

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SPRING 2020 Short Description: This book lists the policies and procedures used in ECPK 481 and ECPK 492 Long Description: Students, site supervisors, and Bridgewater State University supervisors can use this book as a reference for the policies and procedures for the field placement courses in the Early Education and Care program. Students complete these courses at the end of their course of study. The major prepares students for certification through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) as Lead Teacher, Infant-Toddler Teacher and Director I. Graduates have career opportunities with young children from infancy through age six in the mixed delivery system outside the public schools. The field placement coursework provides mentoring and coaching in understanding the developmental stages of young children, developmentally appropriate teaching methodologies, adaptive curriculum planning, partnering with families and evaluation of children and programs. Word Count: 30164 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Childcare Programming, Administration, and Supervision, Birth-PreK

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Short Description: Explores the information and skills necessary for operating, managing, and supervising high quality early childhood programs. Long Description: The text supports coursework focused on the information and skills necessary for operating, managing, and supervising high quality early childhood programs. Topics include: Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) licensing regulations, QRIS and NAEYC standards, establishing program policies, administrative responsibilities, fiscal management, staff supervision and development, program evaluation, family involvement and rights, hiring procedures, health and safety, environments, selection of materials, and community resources. Meets EEC requirements for Director I. Word Count: 49613 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically as part of a bulk import process by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided. As a result, there may be errors in formatting.)

Material Type: Textbook

Comparing Early Education and Care Programs and Policies Globally

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SCWK 399 and CHST 399 Long Description: This book is used in a cross referenced social work and childhood studies course that The course increases awareness that Early Childhood Education and Care is locally and globally is in crisis and critical for the health and well-being of children and society. The course provides opportunities to learn from international researchers, scholars, and practitioners for the purpose of comparing practices observed in MA. Topics include but are not limited to: Methods for effective advocacy; Critical examination of local policies and practices that may negatively affecting children and the early childhood workforce; Participation in data collection or analysis from the ECEC workforce in MA; and Opportunities to advocate for changes. Word Count: 5031 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Mentored Program Observation

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Long Description: The text supports an upper-level early education and care course. The course requires observations in six different Birth-K settings across the mixed delivery system of early childhood education. Students compare their experiences and submit a portfolio analyzing the settings they visit using national early childhood accreditation standards. Course is designated as fulfilling the writing designated in the major (CWRM) core curriculum requirement. This course is designed so students experience and reflect upon the full range of childcare delivery models, birth through kindergarten. Some students may have experienced only one type of early childhood setting. Part of becoming a professional in the field is developing “The Big Picture” and realizing there are many ways to provide quality services for children. We work together, to make sure children and families in our community are served effectively. Word Count: 46650 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Gwen Alexander, Susan Eliason

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