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PLUMA 3: Historias en Español
Pilar Hernández · MiraCosta College
PLUMA is a narrative-based language learning program for the first three levels of college Spanish. This program is organically aligned with ACTFL, featuring Can-Do Statements as an organizing principle and as a springboard from which the learner can direct and personalize their learning. It is grounded in narrative-based teaching and learning that evolves from people’s lived experiences and fragments of the history and culture of their countries of origin.
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Puertas y Puentes- Introductory Spanish II 2e
E. Aldea, A. Anderson, K. Armstrong, J.Liu, and A. Stachura · Fraklin & Marshall College
Puertas y Puentes: Introductory Spanish II is designed for second-semester Spanish learners. Each of its four chapters provide cultural information about the Hispanic World including Spain, El Cono Sur, Colombia, and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Students can read text, watch videos, and apply their growing language skills through the many activities in each chapter. Cover Photo by Jose Luis Cernadas Iglesias.
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Voces que cruzan fronteras: nuestra comunidad y la identidad multilingüe II
Nancy Domínguez-Fret and Megan Tzeitel Marshall · Northern Illinois University
Part Two of this textbook builds on the content, themes, and language development introduced in Part One. It draws on the stories and histories of the Latinx community in the Chicago area to engage students in further exploring language and identity while continuing to build on and expand their existing language skills. Its goal is to strengthen and support students’ linguistic and sociocultural connections to Spanish-speaking communities. Part Two can be used as a continuation of Part One or as
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Beginning Drawing
Laura Kramer · Palo Verde College
Introduction to Drawing is a starting-level textbook that guides students through the essential skills, techniques, and creative practices of drawing while fostering critical observation, artistic confidence, and personal expression. Beginning with the fundamentals of drawing materials, mechanics, and artistic themes, the text emphasizes observational drawing as the cornerstone of visual literacy, teaching students how to accurately perceive and represent the world around them.
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8.1: Jesús Colón (1901-1974)
Jill Bonds · Coalinga College
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Scriptwriting for Video, Broadcast, and Digital Media
Noemi Zeigler · Laney College
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9.3: Sophocles. Antigone (441 BC)
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
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Intermediate Drawing: Techniques and Content
Melissa Delaney · Coalinga College
Drawing, a timeless and fundamental part of the visual arts, has transcended time and technology, from ancient cave paintings to modern digital art. It serves as a universal language, enabling artists to communicate, solve problems, and express themselves across diverse cultures and eras. Delving into the history and evolution of drawing not only deepens our understanding but also fosters a sense of connection to the rich artistic heritage that continues to influence art today.
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3.11.6: Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890)
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
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How Arguments Work
Anna Mills · City College of San Francisco
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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SPAN 100: Beginner Spanish Language and Culture I
Elizabeth Pereira · Capilano University
This is a beginners' course which offers a comprehensive introduction to the Spanish language and culture. Emphasis is placed on grammar and the development of the students' speaking, understanding, reading and writing skills.
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Para vivir con salud
Kathryn Joy McKnight and Jill S. Kuhnheim · University of New Mexico
Para vivir offers an introduction to reading different literary and cultural texts from the Spanish-speaking world with a thematic focus on health. It can be used as an alternative to the standard Introduction to Hispanic Literature course texts, as it also teaches techniques of close reading. It incorporates authors from seventeen counties, has an almost even representation of male and female authors and diverse communities in the Hispanic world.
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Romeo and Juliet
Rebecca Olson et al. · Oregon State University
This edition of Romeo and Juliet was edited by students for students. We believe that reliably edited versions of the play should be available for free online. The editors who remember, far better than their professors, what it was like to read the play for the first time—carefully considered every pronoun, punctuation mark, and footnote. Our goal: to make a friendly, confidence-building edition that supported classroom activities at the high school and college level.
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Saber es poder
Vianey Cabrera · University of Southern California
These activities for heritage learners explore students’ perceptions of their heritage and linguistic strengths while raising consciousness about social varieties used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Additionally, these materials seek to raise awareness of the social, cultural, and political dynamics of language use.
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Two Dimensional Design and Color
Michael Leonard · University of the Pacific
This OER publication provides instruction support for a foundational level course that introduces the theoretical application of the art elements and principles of two-dimensional design and the practical applications of color theory. Exercises in visual thinking and the use of traditional principles of composition and two-dimensional media are emphasized through sequential, skill-building projects. The studio art major will gain insight into painting composition and an objective approach to col
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Passo Dopo Passo: Italiano 1
Diana Ferrara · De Anza College
Passo dopo passo teaches Italian as a living language tied to culture and daily life, not just grammar and vocabulary. It uses authentic images, stories, and videos contributed by the Italian-speaking community to keep the material genuine and warm. Designed holistically, it combines video, audio, text, and visuals to support different learning styles, helping students build understanding step by step.
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Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers
Mike Caulfield · Washington State University Vancouver
The web is both the largest propaganda machine ever created and the most amazing fact-checking tool ever invented. But if we haven't taught our students those capabilities is it any surprise that propaganda is winning? This is an unabashedly practical guide for the student fact-checker. It supplements generic information literacy with the specific web-based techniques that can get you closer to the truth on the web more quickly.
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Studying and Living in the US, Low-Intermediate Novel and Textbook for University ESL Students
Amber Bliss Calderón · Portland State University
Each unit begins with a chapter of fiction about a teacher and students in one ESL class. Reading comprehension and reading skills exercises follow. Prefix and suffix vocabulary-focus exercises are included. Academic Word List vocabulary exercises help students build a strong foundation in both receptive and productive knowledge. The chapters in each unit expand on unit themes through non-fiction articles focusing on academic preparation, international experiences, and cultural adjustment.
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Global Femicide: Indigenous Women and Girls Torn from Our Midst (Anderson, Pete, Kubik, and Rucklos-Hampton)
Brenda Anderson, Shauneen Pete, Wendee Kubik, and Mary Rucklos-Hampton · University of Regina
This book underscores the common, interlocking effects of racism and sexism on Indigenous women. Family members, scholars and researchers, artists, activists and policy-makers provide their decade-long perspectives, providing testimony and evidence that sexualized and racialized violence is not only a product of historic colonization but continues to manifest in entrenched systems of colonization and global femicide. The analysis and the heart of all the authors is generously shared.
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Authoring Culture: The Foundations of Twenty-first Century Writing
The Authoring Culture Collective · Columbia College Chicago
This text is designed to help 21st Century college students with writing.