Survey of American Literature: Eng 253

This is a free online college course which is a chronological survey of American Literature from before the Revolutionary War to the Civil War. The Word documents include a syllabus and course outline, handouts and exercises preparing students for college-level academic work, discussion questions, homework assignments, overviews of movements, reading quizzes, exams, and essay assignments. Instructors are encouraged to modify any and all files in this resource.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Lecture Notes

Authors: Amy Hofer, Chauna Ramsey, Jennifer Hanlon-Wilde

Survey of American Literature: Eng 254

This is a free online college course which is a chronological survey of American Literature from the Civil War to 1974. The Word documents include a syllabus and course outline, handouts and exercises preparing students for college-level academic work, discussion questions, homework assignments, overviews of movements, reading quizzes, exams, and essay assignments. Instructors are encouraged to modify any and all files in this resource.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Lecture Notes

Authors: Chauna Ramsey, Jennifer Hanlon-Wilde

Analyzing Arguments--Propaganda (Robbie Pock, Portland Community College)

In this unit you will learn about the formal parts of an argument and how they work together. You will also learn about a common and not always honest way that people making arguments attempt to persuade their audiences, sometimes through manipulation. This unit contains two lessons, a primary source reading, an information literacy activity, and a discussion activity. This resource was created as part of a Developmental Reading course redesign project, with contributions from Theresa Love and David Pontious and support from an Open Oregon Educational Resources grant.

Material Type: Module

Authors: Amy Hofer, Robbie Pock

Analyzing Arguments--Rhetorical Analysis (Robbie Pock, Portland Community College

Rhetorical analysis is a tool for deeper critical reading. When you analyze a text rhetorically, you consider the overall situation and context of the writing and how the needs and constraints of the writing situation may have guided the author’s choices. Rhetorical analysis helps us look at the text itself but also outside the text at other aspects of the writing situation—context, author, audience, genre—that influenced the way this particular text was written. This unit contains two lessons and two activities. This resource was created as part of a Developmental Reading course redesign project, with contributions from Theresa Love and David Pontious and support from an Open Oregon Educational Resources grant.

Material Type: Module

Authors: Amy Hofer, Robbie Pock

Inference (Robbie Pock, Portland Community College)

In this unit you will learn about making inferences and the ways that active readers use this skill to improve both engagement and comprehension. This unit contains a lesson, a link to a video, a short story, and a practice assignment. This resource was created as part of a Developmental Reading course redesign project, with contributions from Theresa Love and David Pontious and support from an Open Oregon Educational Resources grant.

Material Type: Module

Authors: Amy Hofer, Robbie Pock

US History Teaching Resources

This project adopted an OER text and supporting resources for U.S. History courses taught by both Blue Mountain Community College and the local high schools through the Eastern Promise program, posted in our PLC LiveBinder. The "Teaching Resources" tab links to OER as well as reviews of open content for the course.

Material Type: Reading

HE 250: Personal Health, Portland Community College

This resource has been updated. Please visit https://oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/110249 for the current version.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Amy Hofer

HE 250: Personal Health, Portland Community College

The Portland Community College Health Studies Subject Area Committee redeveloped the Personal Health course with OERs as a basis for course material, which meets the Health Studies graduation requirement. The project team developed the course into 17 topic modules that cover a broad range of Personal and Public Health health topics. Each topic has a Google Slides Presentation, Instructor Resources, Student Resources, Topic Study Guides, an In-Class Activity, Discussion Questions, and any other additional OER resources available.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Amy Hofer