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John Metoyer's English 97
John Metoyer · City Colleges of Chicago
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Avant-Première : Intermediate French Through Films
Caren Barnezet Parrish & Aurélie Chevant-Aksoy · Chabot College
This course is the third semester of French. This intermediate level course is a study of the French language and French-speaking cultures, with continued emphasis on the development of communicative skills and basic structures. Course combines in-class instruction with self-paced study in the Foreign Language Laboratory.
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How Arguments Work: A Guide to Reading, Writing and Analyzing Texts in College
Karen Woodring · Harrisburg Area Community College
How Arguments Work takes students through the techniques they will need to respond to readings and make sophisticated arguments in any college class. This is a practical guide to argumentation with strategies and templates for the kinds of assignments students will commonly encounter. It covers rhetorical concepts in everyday language and explores how arguments can build trust and move readers.
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Theatrical Roles: An Introduction to Theatre
Gibson Cima · Northern Illinois University
THEA 203: Introduction to Theatre explores the role of theatre as a major fine art, a cultural tradition, and a vital tool for communicating human values and ideas. Students typically examine dramatic literature, historical production styles, and the collaborative artistic roles that bring a script to life.
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Playwriting
Nick Garcia · Los Medanos College
This book is a resource designed to help guide you through the essential components of a play and is designed to serve as a guide to helping you develop a process for your writing that has been proven over time to be successful. These lessons are garnered from many books, interviews, classes, and life lessons on playwriting and story development.
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Libro Libre - Beginning Spanish
Erin Huebener · Spokane Community College
One of the most important things we can do to hold ourselves accountable for our learning is to engage in goal setting and metacognition—a fancy term for thinking about the way we think and learn. The goals we set should be specific and achievable. Something like “Speak Spanish” is too broad, we need to focus on the steps we need to take to get there and the signs that we will see as proof of our progress.
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Video Production Handbook
Steve Shlisky, Vina Cera, Misha Antonich, Christopher Clemens & Jennifer Vaughn · OERI
Welcome to the Video Production Handbook, a practical approach to creating video content for a variety of formats. This handbook provides an overview of production techniques used in video production, including documentary, marketing, narrative short films, and commercial videos. Understanding how to take an idea from concept to final product starts with building a strong foundation in all aspects of production from development to delivery.
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An Outline History of East Asia to 1200
Sarah Schneewind · University of California San Diego
This is the second edition of the open access textbook that arose out of a course at the University of California, San Diego, called HILD 10: East Asia: The Great Tradition. The course covers what have become two Chinas, Japan, and two Koreas from roughly 1200 BC to about AD 1200. As we say every Fall in HILD 10: “2400 years, three countries, ten weeks, no problem.”
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Solano Community College: Art History
Deborah Gustlin & Zoe Gustlin · Evergreen Valley College
This text for ART 001 and ART 002 explores the history of art in the Western World from the Paleolithic era through Post-Modern Art. Focuses on the interrelation of art and culture, with a comparative study of select works of non-Western art. Students will examine the connection between art and culture, and evaluate the historic, religious, and political influences on the artistic choices of diverse men and women of art history.
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¡Hola! Español 1
Beatrice Tseng and Karla Lemari · Irvine Valley College
¡HOLA! Spanish 1 is the first half of a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, offering the four foundational language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Each module presents thematic vocabulary, sequenced grammar instruction, numerous self-assessment exercises, open-ended communicative activities, scaffolded writing tasks, and curated videos and reading selections that explore diverse aspects of life and culture throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
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Introduction to Art - Design, Context, and Meaning
Sachant et al. · University System of Georgia
This text offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses. Combining the best elements of both a traditional textbook and a reader, it introduces such issues in art as its meaning and purpose; its meaning and purpose; its structure, material, an
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English for All Disciplines
Nicole Otero · Kapiolani Community College
In this book you will learn language patterns and U.S. academic customs to help you succeed in all your college courses, and in your life as a U.S. college student.
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Being Human: An Introduction to Western Culture
Jacqui Shehorn · West Hills College Lemoore
The humanities are branches of study focused on culture, values, and other ways that humans express themselves, like literature, art, history, philosophy, and religion. The idea of the humanities originates in Greece with paideia, or general education beginning with the Sophists in the fifth century BCE. The goal of these studies was to prepare young men to be good and active citizens and Cicero’s humanitas, which prepared young men to be orators.
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English 101
Dylan Altman · Oxnard College
Welcome to the readings for our English 101 class! You will find the essay prompt at the start of each Chapter or Level, and you find the readings on the following pages. This course provides development of skills in written expression, especially expository themes, including training in research techniques and preparation of a research paper. It is designed to develop critical thinking, analytical, and rhetorical skills.
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Ventana al mundo: Curso intermedio de la lengua española - Español 103
Ana Gomez de Torres · Allan Hancock College
SPAN 103 is designed for intermediate Spanish speakers, entirely taught in Spanish, and therefore ideal for Heritage Speakers, and/or native Spanish-speakers wishing to improve reading and writing literacy. SPAN 103 covers vocabulary and grammar with an emphasis on listening/oral, reading, and writing skills at the intermediate level. This course also includes cultural components of the Spanish-speaking world.
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U.S. History
OpenStax · LibreTexts
U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.
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¡HOLA! Spanish 3 (Tseng, Rosales, and Lemari)
Beatrice Tseng, Karla Lemari, Lisbeth Rosales · Irvine Valley College
¡HOLA! Spanish 3 is the first half of a comprehensive intermediate Spanish sequence, offering the four foundational language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Each module presents thematic vocabulary, sequenced grammar instruction, numerous self-assessment exercises, open-ended communicative activities, scaffolded writing tasks, and curated videos and reading selections that explore diverse aspects of life and culture throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
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Integrated Reading and Writing
Sravani Banerjee, Elizabeth Eckford, Nicholas Goodwin, Robin Hahn, and Binh Vo · Evergreen Valley College
This text is designed for a semester-long, college-level composition course intended for English 1A students. It is divided into 11 chapters, addressing different aspects of the writing process including the academic research paper. The last chapter is a database of texts for supplemental college-level reading and writing integration. This text focuses primarily on nonfiction, as intended for English 1A students.
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Virgil's Aeneid
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Critical Thinking Through Literature
Heather Ringo & Athena Kashyap · LibreTexts
This course offers instruction in analytical, critical, and argumentative writing, critical thinking, research strategies, information literacy, and proper documentation through the study of literary works from major genres, while developing students’ close reading skills and promoting an appreciation of the aesthetic qualities of literature.