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Alternative Energy in the West Fall 2007
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Abstract: Alternative Energy in the West. From EPS 170: Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society - Fall 2007 - Intersection of geological processes with American cultures in the past, present, and future. Overview of ethnogeology including traditional knowledge of sources and uses of earth materials and their ... More »
America in the Nuclear Age, Fall 2000
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Abstract: American experience at home and abroad from Pearl Harbor to the end of the Cold War. Topics include: America's role as global superpower, foreign and domestic anticommunism, social movements of left and right, suburbanization, and popular culture.
American Indian World Views Fall 2007
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Abstract: American Indian World Views. From EPS 170: Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society - Fall 2007 - Intersection of geological processes with American cultures in the past, present, and future. Overview of ethnogeology including traditional knowledge of sources and uses of earth materials and their cultural ... More »
American Science: Ethical Conflicts and Political Choices, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Explores the changing roles, ethical conflicts, and public perceptions of science and scientists in American society from World War II to the present. Studies specific historical episodes focusing on debates between scientists and the contextual factors influencing their opinions and decisions. Topics ... More »
Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002
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Abstract: Subject examines the brain as a cultural object in contemporary media, science, and society. Explores cultural assumptions about neuroscience by drawing on anthropology, history, semiotics, and the cognitive sciences. Topics include historical views of the brain; digital images of the brain; psychopharmacology; ... More »
Change in a Democratic Society, Lesson 1 of 3
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Abstract: This lesson will demonstrate how art can imitate society. Students will learn about democracy in America through an examination of and a Paideia seminar on "The Sword of Damocles," an oil painting by British painter Richard Westall. This lesson should be used after a study of colonial times in America ... More »
Changes in a Democratic Society, Lesson 2 of 3
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Abstract: This lesson is the post seminar activity to the Changes in a Democratic Society, Lesson 1 of 3. Students will participate in tiered assignments reflecting on the Westall painting, "The Sword of Damocles," and the prior day's Paideia seminar on that painting.
Chinese in the Gold Rush Fall 2007
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Abstract: Chinese in the Gold Rush. From EPS 170: Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society - Fall 2007 - Intersection of geological processes with American cultures in the past, present, and future. Overview of ethnogeology including traditional knowledge of sources and uses of earth materials and their cultural ... More »
Chinese IV (Regular), Spring 2004
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Abstract: This is the continuing instruction in spoken and written Chinese, with particular emphasis on consolidating basic conversational skills and improving reading confidence and depth. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to speak Chinese with some fluency on basic conversational topics, ... More »
Chinese IV (Streamlined), Spring 2004
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Abstract: This is the second semester of the intermediate level sequence intended for students whose conversational ability exceeds their reading and writing skills. Focus is on reading and writing, as well as broadening conversational skills and control of standard pronunciation, for students with background ... More »
Citizenship and Pluralism, Fall 2003
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Abstract: This course will serve as both an introduction to contemporary political philosophy and a way to explore issues of pluralism and multiculturalism. Racial and ethnic groups, national minorities, aboriginals, women, sexual minorities, and other groups have organized to highlight injustice and demand recognition ... More »
Civil-Military Relations, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Subject consists of five sections. After a general survey of the field, students consider cases of stable civilian control, stable military rule (coups), and transitions from military to civilian rule. Cases are selected from around the world.
Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
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Abstract: offers materials for teaching about the Civil War. It includes recruitment posters, sketches, photos, a prison camp newspaper, and letters Walt Whitman wrote to wounded servicemen. Special sections examine the 1860 election, secession, war, African Americans in the Civil War, and recruitment and conscription.
Classical Literature: The Golden Age of Augustan Rome, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Concentrates on specific periods of Classical Greek and Roman Literature in translation with attention to cultural, political, and social influences. Topics vary from year to year chosen from among fifth-century Athens, the Golden Age of Latin Literature, the Silver Age, and Late Antiquity. Roman Literature ... More »
Course 5: Educating for Civil Societies
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Abstract: This final course in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery focuses on the application of teacher training to international development.
Desertification and Global Change Fall 2007
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Abstract: Desertification and Global Change. From EPS 170: Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society - Fall 2007 - Intersection of geological processes with American cultures in the past, present, and future. Overview of ethnogeology including traditional knowledge of sources and uses of earth materials and their ... More »
Disease and Society in America, Fall 2005
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Abstract: This course examines the growing importance of medicine in culture, economics and politics. It uses an historical approach to examine the changing patterns of disease, the causes of morbidity and mortality, the evolution of medical theory and practice, the development of hospitals and the medical profession, ... More »
Drugs, Politics, and Culture, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Examines the relationship between drugs, politics, and society in cross-cultural perspective; use of mind-altering and habit-forming substances by "traditional societies"; the development of a global trade in sugar, opium, and cocaine with the rise of capitalism; and the use and abuse of alcohol, LSD, ... More »
Durkheim: Moral Individualism and Modern Society
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Abstract: Legal Studies 103 - Spring 2007. An historical examination of major interpretations of law, morals and social development, with special emphasis on the social thought of the 18th and 19th centuries and including the writings of Marx, Maine, Durkheim, Weber and other contemporary figures.
Economics: Market Surveys
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Abstract: This lesson plan is for an accelerated, academically gifted 4/5th grade combination class. The unit of study is economics (Social Sciences). The SCoS goals and objectives cross grade levels and curriculum areas because of the nature of the children for whom this lesson was designed. This lesson was designed ... More »