"We Demand an End to Racism!": The Civil Rights Movement in Chattanooga

Material created for an exhibition curated by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections. Series of five posters describing various aspects of the Civil Rights Movement in Chattanooga Tennessee, including reproductions of primary source materials. Chattanooga Divided: The Fight for School Desegregation “Protest for Dignity”: Black Power in Chattanooga Recovering Perspectives: Desegregation of the University of Chattanooga White Opposition to a Changing Chattanooga Chattanooga Youth Activism: How Howard Students Impacted the Civil Rights Movement

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Author: Susan Eckelmann Berghel

Welcome to Intermediate Academic English

 This module will introduce students to Intermediate Academic English.  Students will review the learning outcomes for the course and course policies. They will send an email to the instructor, write an introductory paragraph, and begin reviewing verb tenses.

Material Type: Module

Authors: Linda Patterson, Chris Hastings, Margie Dernaika, Janet Rosenthal, Jessica Miller, Rachel Mixson

Working Thesis Statements and Reflection

This formative assessment guides students through developling at least two (2) possible working thesis statement, evaluating which one is more successful, and at least one (1) way the stronger of the two can still be improved.

Material Type: Assessment

Author: Mike Kiggins

Writing Activities and Assignments - ESL Level 1

This file contains writing lessons and assignments for a Level 1 academic ESL class with an emphasis on writing paragraphs. It can be combined with the other files in this folder to create an entire OER based class. 

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Authors: Janet Rosenthal, Linda Patterson, Rachel Mixson, Margie Dernaika, Chris Hastings, Jessica Miller

The campus library: supporting research and scholarship since 1886

Material created for an exhibition curated by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections. Since 1886, there has been a library serving the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus and metropolitan area. As the campus has grown and changed over the years, so too has the library, responding to the needs of the university. Although many of the library resources available to current students, faculty, staff, and community members look different than those of years past, this exhibition celebrates the library’s commitment to supporting information discovery and providing infrastructure for learning that have been a part of its mission from day one.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration

A new institution with a running start”: celebrating 50 years of UTC

Material created for an exhibition curated by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections. Although the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) was established as a legal entity 50 years ago in an agreement between the University of Tennessee and the University of Chattanooga (UC), the roots of the university date back to a private school founded in 1886. The materials in this exhibition illustrate UTC’s growth and development into the vibrant and engaged metropolitan university it is today.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration

A quick, free, somewhat easy-to-read introduction to empirical social science research methods

A free, brief textbook to introduce students to the core concepts of empirical social science research methods, available in PDF (main download link below) and EPUB (additional file below). This textbook has been used as the main textbook in an undergraduate social science research methods course (supplemented by many in-class exercises and research reports) and as the basis of a review in preparation for graduate-level study in research methods and program evaluation. Contents: (1) Identifying the research question (and an aside about theory); (2) Conceptualizing and operationalizing (and sometimes hypothesizing); (3) Data collection structured by formal research designs; (3.1) Sampling; (3.2) Data collection methods; (3.3) Formal research designs; (4) Data analysis; (5) Generalizing and theorizing; (6) Evaluating research: Validity and reliability; (7) Research ethics; (8) Appendix A: More research designs; (9) Appendix B: Elaboration modeling; (10) Appendix C: Research Methods Glossary. A note to instructors: If you use this text in any way, whether as the primary text, a supplemental text, or a recommended resource, I ask only two small favors: (1) When you make it available to students, please always include a link back to the text’s download site, https://scholar.utc.edu/oer/1/. While you are free to download and distribute the text intact under the Creative Commons 4.0 license, my preference is that you point students to this website to download it themselves. Seeing the download numbers tick up is a treat, and I plan to add additional appendices over time, so the download file will be updated occasionally. (2) Please send me a quick email at Christopher-Horne@utc.edu letting me know you’re using it. I certainly welcome your feedback as well. Thank you, and best wishes for successful research methods instruction.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Christopher S. Horne

Medical Interpreting Resources

Medical Interpreting Resources:Youtube Channel with the 12 medical interpreting videos with and without subtitles and a Medical Interpreting Book on Pressbooks  

Material Type: Simulation, Textbook

Author: Diana Ruggiero