CARL SCHURZ ON THE GUBERNATORIAL CONTEST IN MASSACHUSETTS.

letter from the Hon. Carl Schurz has been received by a gentleman in Boston: written in New York, Oct. 16, 1886

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Is memory reliable? Why is it that we remember where we were on 9/11, but not the day before? These questions and others are tackled by leading memory researchers who discuss topics such as encoding, storage, and retrieval of memory. Demonstrations of short term memory are also presented and renowned researcher, Elizabeth Loftus, explains her role in debunking the phenomenon of repressed memories. 28-minute video

This course is designed to teach not only historical facts about music but also to encourage deeper listening to music from a variety of sources. The course is a guided journey of listening, reading, and discussion (oral and written) of music, with corresponding recommended listening and assignments for deeper understanding. An emphasis of this design is to place music within the framework of how music is experienced instead of in a chronological sequence. To that end, the modules include a unit on the music of the Civil Rights movement, with optional material on music for social justice in contemporary America, and the musical contributions of musicians from Alabama. Instructors are encouraged to modify the materials to serve the needs of the students or audience they are serving.

This resource includes the assignment prompt and average, above average, and excellent student samples of narrative essays.

This series of videos walks students through the writing and revising process for narrative essays. Topics include conclusions, dialogue, transitions, organization, etc. Each video is under 10 minutes long. Users may access two videos before being asked to establish a free account.

This Canvas Course was developed to support faculty in learning more about Open Educational Resources and other affordable textbook options. It includes modules on understanding OER; finding and evaluating OER; mapping OER to learning outcomes; adopting, adapting, and creating OER; and identifying other affordable learning materials (low cost / no cost). Support for the course was provided by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and modules are modeled after the Creative Commons Certificate course, Cleveland State University’s Textbook Affordability Summer Symposium, and other resources cited in the course. To request Canvas course cartridges, please email malonecenter@montevallo.edu.

This is a narrative essay. It is linked in the Successful College Composition textbook in the Narration chapter with broken links.

Learn about writing a persuasive essay in this 6-minute video. It covers what a persuasive essay is, how to organize it, and some helpful hints about being persuasive.

The scientific community must be effective in communicating the results of its work to the public in a way that can be understood and used. The need for this is acute, for the complexity and difficulty of environmental and resource problems require full use of all the knowledge scientists can muster. The wisdom of the actions of both the government and private sectors depends in large part on their understanding of resource characteristics.

The U.S. Geological Survey is uniquely qualified to provide much of the required knowledge about natural resources through its many reports and maps and can be proud of the products of its work. Too often, however, reports are couched in words and phrases that are understandable only to other scientists, engineers, or technicians. But, who, really, are the ones to whom the Survey wishes to convey its findings? Other scientists and engineers, yes. But beyond them, by far a larger audience: teachers, students, businessmen, planners, and Federal, State, county, and municipal officials–in short, the public.

More than 50 years ago former Director George Otis Smith recognized the same problem. His plea for “Plain Geology” was a classic, just as applicable now as it was in 1921. It is herewith reprinted to make it generally available.

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This resource consists of a Java applet and expository text. The applet simulates the basic poker experiment of dealing 5 cards from a standard deck. The random variable of interest is the type of hand.

The post-Millennial generation is beginning to come of age, and by 2020, it will make up about one-third of the U.S. population. Some refer to it as Generation Z, while others call it the iGeneration. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University and author of the book "iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy — and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood — and What That Means for the Rest of Us."

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This resource consists of a Java applet and expository text. The applet simulates the red and black experiment in which a player bets on a sequence of Bernoulli trials until a target fortune is reached or the player is ruined. The initial fortune, target fortune, and trial win probability can be varied, and the user can select either of two basic strategies: timid play or bold play.

We think we know what trees are, but even at the level of genetics, it's difficult to find what separates them from other plants.

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Ever wonder why people don’t do everything for themselves? In this video, Professor Art Carden of Samford University explains how specialization and trade create wealth and make us all better off.

The “Four C’s of Quality Course Design” is a professional development workshop for Higher Education Faculty.

The Four C's of Quality Course Design provides a simplified approach to constructing a high-quality online course based on four C’s - course mapping, consistency, community, and critical thinking. The purpose of the workshop is to empower faculty with strategies and resources to develop engaging online courses based on the Universal Design for Learning principles, the Quality Matters Rubric, and the Open SUNY Course Quality Review Rubric (OSCQR).

This workshop is a product of the Creative Commons OER Certification course provided by a grant by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. The entire workshop is shared by the creator using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

This how-to guide for teaching narrative is available both in text and audio versions.

Tips for writing narrative essays. Writing an effective narrative essay involves drawing the reader into the experience you are narrating, recreating it. includes topic prompts and structuring the essay

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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.