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India and South Asia: From Area Studies to Ethnic Studies | High School Social Studies Course

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India and South Asia: From Area Studies to Ethnic Studies | High School Social Studies Course

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India and South Asia: From Area Studies to Ethnic Studies
Course design by Rachel Heilman, Issaquah High School.
Developed with the support of Sunila Kale (Associate Professor of International Studies) and the South Asia Center (Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington), with funding from the U.S. Department of Education National Resource Centers Program.

Dear Colleague,

I hope you are able to implement some version of this course at your institution! I have it aligned to Washington State Social Studies Standards, but it is right in line with Common Core-driven expectations and should fit well with any state’s standards. This course also very much supports the new Washington Ethnic Studies Framework.

––Rachel Heilman, March 2022

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How can understanding a particular region both shape and enhance our understanding of ourselves and the world around us? As we gain knowledge, how do we both recognize and cross the political boundaries we see on maps? In this one-semester course we will use an interdisciplinary approach to examine India and wider South Asia as we work to conceptualize the ways people, power, geography, and the past shape the region. For the purposes of this course South Asia will include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In our role as global citizens we will also expand our inquiries to the web of connections between South Asia and our own individual and social identities.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Ethnic Studies; History; Social Science; Sociology; World Cultures; World History
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Case Study; Full Course; Lecture Notes; Lesson Plan; Module; Syllabus; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Author:: Rachel Heilman; University of Washington South Asia Center
Date Added:: 03/15/2022

Individual and Family Development, Health, and Well-being

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Individual and Family Development, Health, and Well-being

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This book provides an overview of lifespan developmental tasks (physical, cognitive, language, social, emotional) examined from individual and family theoretical perspectives. It covers topics related to families, diversity, individual and family health and well-being, and reciprocal relationships as affected by external factors.

Subject:: Biology; Life Science; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Iowa State University
Author:: diana lang; laura overstreet; lumen learning; nick cone
Date Added:: 08/01/2022

Individuals, Groups, and Organizations

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Individuals, Groups, and Organizations

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This class develops basic concepts for understanding individual, group, and organizational behavior through the critical analysis of important works in the field. Among the areas covered are: individual affect and cognition; group process and performance; and organizational culture and adaptation. The class also emphasizes the use of behavioral science concepts for stimulating new and useful organizational behavior research.

Subject:: Business and Communication; Psychology; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Carroll, John
Date Added:: 09/01/2006

Information Technology and the Labor Market

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Information Technology and the Labor Market

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This course explores how information technology is reshaping different dimensions of the U.S. labor market: the way work is organized, the mix of occupations, the skills required to perform in an occupation, economy-wide labor productivity, and the distribution of wages.

Subject:: Business and Communication; Economics; Political Science; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Levy, Frank
Date Added:: 02/01/2005

Information and Communication Technologies in Community Development

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Information and Communication Technologies in Community Development

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This practicum subject integrates theory and practice through the design, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive community information infrastructure that promotes democratic involvement and informs community development projects. Students work with Lawrence Community Works, Inc. to involve constituents and generate solutions to an important planning problem in the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Final project presentations take place in a public forum, and serve to inform future development of the information infrastructure. Subject begins with an overview of the digital divide, e-government, public participation GIS, and neighborhood information systems. Subject includes a reflection component and a deliberate investigation of race, class, and gender dynamics.

Subject:: Business and Communication; Communication; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Hoyt, Lorlene; Keyes, Langley
Date Added:: 02/01/2004

Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) Overview

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Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) Overview

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This page hosts training materials associated with the Northern Academy's Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) training.

Subject:: Social Work
Material Type:: Full Course
Author:: Northern Academy
Date Added:: 12/01/2020

Intellectual Influences in Contemporary Curriculum Study

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Intellectual Influences in Contemporary Curriculum Study

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ISBN: 978-1-55195-470-7

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Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Education; Philosophy; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: University of Alberta
Author:: Cathryn Van Kessel
Date Added:: 12/01/2021

An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology

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An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology

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This "textbook" is interactive, meaning that although each chapter has text, they also have interactive HTML5 content, such as quizzes, simulations, interactive videos, and images with clickable hotspots. Students receive instant feedback when they complete the interactive content, and therefore, can learn and check their understanding all in one place. The first unit introduces students to the nature of science, including scientific controversies, and information literacy, including how to analyze literature and identify stakeholders. Unit 2 is organismal biology, including carbon cycling and population growth, and unit 3 is molecular biology with a focus on gene expression.

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This “textbook” is interactive, meaning that although each chapter has text, they also have interactive HTML5 content, such as quizzes, simulations, interactive videos, and images with clickable hotspots. Students receive instant feedback when they complete the interactive content, and therefore, can learn and check their understanding all in one place. I still consider this textbook to be fairly text-heavy and will continue to make it even more interactive content!

The image on the cover represents the creation of this book. I pulled most of the content from open resources, modified them, added questions, and now offer them for you to use!

I chose the content to align with two courses that I teach: environmental and organismal applications and biomedical applications. Unit 1 introduces students to science, which both courses use. Unit 2 covers content necessary for understanding conservation implications (the underlying theme of the course is de-extinction), and Unit 3 focuses on proteins so that students can understand the implications of modifying DNA (the underlying theme is CRISPR).

Please use this book as you see fit for your classes. I look forward to hearing how to make this book even more useful in the future!

Word Count: 27692

ISBN: 978-1-62610-106-7

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Subject:: Anatomy/Physiology; Arts and Humanities; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; English Language Arts; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Philosophy; Reading Literature; Social Science; Sociology; Zoology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Michigan State University
Date Added:: 01/01/2021

An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed.

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An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed.

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This "textbook" is interactive, meaning that although each chapter has text, they also have interactive HTML5 content, such as quizzes, simulations, interactive videos, and images with clickable hotspots. Students receive instant feedback when they complete the interactive content, and therefore, can learn and check their understanding all in one place. The first unit introduces students to the nature of science, including scientific controversies, and information literacy, including how to analyze literature and identify stakeholders. Unit 2 is organismal biology, including carbon cycling and population growth, and unit 3 is molecular biology with a focus on gene expression.

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This “textbook” is interactive, meaning that although each chapter has text, they also have interactive HTML5 content, such as quizzes, simulations, interactive videos, and images with clickable hotspots. Students receive instant feedback when they complete the interactive content, and therefore, can learn and check their understanding all in one place. I still consider this textbook to be fairly text-heavy and will continue to make it even more interactive content!

The image on the cover represents the creation of this book. I pulled most of the content from open resources, modified them, added questions, and now offer them for you to use!

I chose the content to align with two courses that I teach: environmental and organismal applications and biomedical applications. Unit 1 introduces students to science, which both courses use. Unit 2 covers content necessary for understanding conservation implications (the underlying theme of the course is de-extinction), and Unit 3 focuses on proteins so that students can understand the implications of modifying DNA (the underlying theme is CRISPR).

Please use this book as you see fit for your classes. I look forward to hearing how to make this book even more useful in the future!

Word Count: 34749

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Subject:: Anatomy/Physiology; Arts and Humanities; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; English Language Arts; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Philosophy; Reading Literature; Social Science; Sociology; Zoology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Michigan State University
Author:: Andrea Bierema
Date Added:: 08/01/2021

Interpreting Gujarat: the Historical Plurality and Multicultural Past of a Region - by Sebastian Vazhapilly, SJ

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Interpreting Gujarat: the Historical Plurality and Multicultural Past of a Region - by Sebastian Vazhapilly, SJ

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WIP: This text takes six important variables that go into the making of Gujarat as a region: political, social, cultural, religious, economic and linguistic. These six variables are taken as ‘frameworks’ to explore the uniqueness of Gujarat as a region. There are various ways of understanding and interpreting Gujarat. This text seeks to interpret Gujarat through the framework of the above six variables. Through these variables, we shall try to understand the unique features, dynamics and characteristics of a region called Gujarat. It must be noted that this text is not a straightforward history of Gujarat. Rather, it is a way of interpreting Gujarat, its past and present by exploring different variables that makes Gujarat a unique region. In these chapters you will find multiple voices history, silent voices of society, cultural dynamics which have shaped Gujarat, political configurations and its relation to identity. Here you will find the contribution of the dynamics of Gujarati language in shaping the regional and cultural identity of this region. Finally, you will find here how the economic history has given Gujarat a particular slant. The author of this book is Dr. Fr. Sebastian Vazhapilly, SJ.

Subject:: History; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Author:: Nirmal Savio Paul; Sebastian Vazhapilly
Date Added:: 06/03/2024

Intimate Relationships and Families

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Intimate Relationships and Families

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Examines the various forms of intimate partner relationships that exist within a diverse, multicultural society. Social, cultural, and political constructs that apply to the definition, status, and legality of human partnerships are analyze.

Subject:: Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: College of the Canyons
Author:: Paul Cheney; Ron Hammond
Date Added:: 08/06/2020

Introduction to Behavioral Health & Social Services

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Introduction to Behavioral Health & Social Services

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In this course, you will learn about opportunities in behavioral health and human services through career explorations, self-assessments, and charting your personal academic and professional plan. You will also learn about mental health disorders and first responder skills in a mental health crisis.

Subject:: Health, Medicine and Nursing; Psychology; Social Work
Material Type:: Full Course
Author:: Micah Weedman; Karly Schauwecker
Date Added:: 02/16/2023

Introduction to Design Equity – Open Textbook

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Introduction to Design Equity – Open Textbook

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Why do affluent, liberal, and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.

Subject:: Applied Science; Architecture and Design; Career and Technical Education; Graphic Design; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Full Course; Textbook
Author:: Kristine Miller
Date Added:: 01/16/2019

Introduction to Diversity Studies

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Introduction to Diversity Studies

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Word Count: 140801

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Subject:: Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Author:: Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Date Added:: 02/10/2022

Introduction to Eating Disorders

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Introduction to Eating Disorders

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This is a comprehensive overview of eating disorders and associated issues, containing 13 chapters and aimed at an undergraduate psychology or sociology audience.

Subject:: Psychology; Social Work; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Author:: Catherine Gillespie
Date Added:: 09/14/2021

Introduction to Evolution & Human Behavior

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Introduction to Evolution & Human Behavior

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An Anthropological and Comparative Approach

Word Count: 49859

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Subject:: Anthropology; Applied Science; Biology; Ecology; Health, Medicine and Nursing; Life Science; Psychology; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Date Added:: 08/21/2022

Introduction to Field Placement

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Introduction to Field Placement

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This Introduction to Field Placement resource includes three interactive online modules designed to prepare community services students, specifically Child and Youth Care students, for field placement. The modules are: Professionalism, Cultural Competence, and The Self.

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This Introduction to Field Placement resource includes three interactive online modules designed to prepare community services students, specifically Child and Youth Care students, for field placement. The modules are: Professionalism Cultural Competence The Self

This Introduction to Field Placement resource includes three interactive online modules designed to prepare community services students, specifically Child and Youth Care students, for field placement. The modules are: Professionalism, Cultural Competence, and The Self Each module is designed to augment the content delivered in students’ face-to-face classes. Students will work through the material online and then connect their learning to in-class discussions. With this resource, learners will practice new skills, techniques, and critical thinking in a virtual environment. The modules and interactive activities have the potential to improve the learners’ retention of knowledge and promote active learning, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.

Word Count: 16092

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Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Early Childhood Development; Education; Psychology; Social Science; Social Work; Special Education
Material Type:: Textbook
Date Added:: 01/26/2024

Introduction to Housing, Community, and Economic Development

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Introduction to Housing, Community, and Economic Development

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This course provides students with a critical introduction to: social and economic inequality in America; equitable development as a response framework for planners; social capital and community building as planning concepts; and the history, development, and current prospects of the fields of housing (with an emphasis on affordability and inclusion) and local economic development.

Subject:: Economics; Political Science; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Steil, Justin; Thompson, J.
Date Added:: 09/01/2015

Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development

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Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development

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As an introduction to the field of Housing, Community, and Economic Development (HCED), the course is structured to:

Advance student’s understanding of how public policy and private markets affect housing, economic development, the local economy, and neighborhood institutions;

Provide an overview of techniques for framing public and private interventions to meet housing and community development agendas, broadly defined, of inner city and low income neighborhoods;

Review and critique specific programs, policies and strategies that are (and have been) directed at local development and neighborhood regeneration issues;

Give students an opportunity to reflect on their personal sense of the “housing, community, and economic development” process and the various roles that planners play in implementing the elements of that agenda.

Subject:: Economics; Political Science; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Keyes, Langley
Date Added:: 09/01/2003

Introduction to Social Work

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Introduction to Social Work

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This textbook provides a foundation of the social work profession. It covers cultural competencies, issues related to poverty and provides a survey of the different populations served within the social work profession.

Subject:: Social Science; Social Work
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: LibreTexts
Author:: Jessica Gladden et al.
Date Added:: 06/13/2024